V&A Victoria Albert Museum > ‘Pause and Wonder’ by Aardvark (Print) Not by my employers, but by a Hastings-based operation, selling this particular object through the V&A shop. I like their work (you may recall that I linked/purchased their 2010 manifesto last year), and think this is particularly lovely. I'm bookmarking it as a memo to self, so that I remember to try and pick this up next time I'm in the V&A.
This is the Big Society, you see. It must be big, to contain so many volunteers. | openDemocracy Philip Pullman, speaking in defence of libraries, neatly skewers the problem with Dangerous Dave's beloved Big Society, where we will all help each other and and volunteer to keep public services going: who do you know has the spare time, energy and ability to go without earning a living or looking after the kids in order to volunteer?
3-D TV? How about holographic TV? Wow. Only 15fps, and currently requires IR kit to watch, but against that – this is done with off the shelf consumer goods and was made in a matter of weeks. Are you happy with your future now? For consideration: add a second kinect/mocap device and a bit more coding, and you could have interactive 3D.
Lost Bomber – Techbelly Mentally link this with the story of the woman the other week who was looking to put her disabled daughter into care, because she couldn't cope with the cuts. Futher thoughts: anecdote != data, but anecdote is useful to understand and connect with data.
Ben Bashford – Notebook of Things – Emoticomp Interesting idea to bear in mind when designing apps/systems – how to give it an emotional face, that it is consistent, and ideally, compelling.
Will the ConDems allow the disabled to live? | Blogeration Another one I imagine you've already seen. Some absolutely splendid writing on the subject of the cuts, and how grossly unfair it is to ask the disabled to bear the size of cuts we're talking about.
Stupid legal threat of the young century – Boing Boing I'm sure loads of people will have done something like this, and you're bound to have seen the link, but essentially, lawyers for a website called Academic Advantage are sending websites that contain the words "academic" "advantage" and "scam" cease and desist letters claiming "There is absolutely no helpful reason for the website to have the words 'Academic,' 'Advantage' and 'Scam'". I disagree. There's a very helpful purpose – letting people know when the lawyers they retain engage in legal bullying that is completely groundless, and bring their client's name into disrepute.
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