May 2011

May 13, 2011 Speaking Up in Class, Silently, via Social Media

Wasn’t it just the other day that teachers confiscated cellphones and principals warned about oversharing on MySpace? A discussion on Today's Meet from Erin Olson's English Class in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, about a poem called "To the L Now, Erin Olson, an English teacher in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, is among a small but growing cadre of educators...

May 12, 2011 The Secret Lives of Invisible Magnetic Fields

Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo. More info can be found here ...

May 12, 2011 What does it mean to be a maker?

Via Boing Boing...

May 12, 2011 Waterproof Notepad for the Shower

Get an idea in the shower? Write it down on this badboy. ...

May 12, 2011 Guerrilla Marketing: Renault Laguna Stickers

May 11, 2011 Does Dyslexia Foster Entrepreneurship?

Ted Turner, Henry Ford and Richard Branson. Dyslexia may have nurtured their street smarts and resilience. More than a third of business owners may be dyslexic. A new documentary features those who say the reading disorder is a gift that aided their success. A new film airing tonight on HBO2 examines the role of dyslexia in the...

May 10, 2011 Terry Gilliam on his interpretation of Faust

The Damnation of Faust is at the London Coliseum through June 7th. Reviews have been mixed. (See the Guardian review vs. the much less generous piece by Bloomberg.) If you've seen it, please tell us your thoughts!...

May 09, 2011 #ICL2011 : New York Images Are Up!!

Thanks again to everyone who made it out to ICL:New York "What Price Architecture?" Symposium. We had a blast and cannot WAIT to see all of you again. Videos will be posted soon [nggallery id=2] ...

May 05, 2011 Thank you. #ICL2011

Thanks to everyone who Veni Vidi Vici-ed ICL 2011: NYC: What Price Architecture? I want to personally thank: Bernhard Karpf for his defense of Architecture. Bill Morrish for his criticism of outpaced development. David Allin for pointing out Architecture is uselesss until it's not. Sou Fujimoto for pointing out Architecture has to be "super useful." Especially in light of the March...