Archive for January 2010

Links for 2010-01-11

In Links on 11 January 2010 with Comments Off

Designing Devices "Designing Devices is a series of articles on how and why to create devices, written by me, Dan Saffer, principal designer at Kicker Studio. This is a place for essays that I hope to eventually collect into a book in 2011. Like drafts, the articles will be constantly evolving, hopefully with your feedback." [...]

Links for 2010-01-08

In Links on 8 January 2010 with Comments Off

Bruce Schneier on TSA Absurdity and the Need for Resilience – Jeffrey Goldberg "A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy our country's way of life; it's only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage." Schneier is one of the few people I know who consistently has sensible things to say about [...]

Books I’ve Read in 2009

In Articles on 8 January 2010 tagged 2009, books, lists, reading with Comments Off

This is the last list I’ll be posting on stuff from 2009, I promise. After this it’s all about looking forward. I’ve been tracking my reading on aNobii for some time. Here’s a list of the books I’ve found particularly worthwhile, ordered chronologically. My three absolute favorites are marked in bold. Faith in Fakes, Umberto [...]

Links for 2010-01-07

In Links on 7 January 2010 with Comments Off

Mobile Trends 2020 Could have benefited from some editing (quantity, not quality seems to have been the main aim, here) but still, some interesting thoughts on where mobile tech might be headed in the near future. (tags: predictions foresight mobile trends 2020) Parrot AR.Drone One of the craziest toys I've seen in some time. (tags: [...]

My Year in Cities 2009

In Articles on 7 January 2010 tagged 2009, cities, lists, travel with Comments Off

Last year was thankfully much lower on travel than previous ones. We’re almost a week into 2010, I know, but I still thought it would be worth posting these.1 Vancouver Saint Augustine Kuala Lumpur London One or more nights were spent in each place. All of these were lovely in their own way, but KL’s [...]

Week 132

In Weeknotes on 5 January 2010 tagged 2010, Copenhagen, finances, Move It, new year, Tako with 4 comments

I’m taking up the challenge Matt Webb posted in his last weeknote of the year 2009 and will be posting weeknotes of my own here for the foreseeable future. You can expect stuff about design work I do at Hubbub, teaching at the Utrecht School of the Arts and perhaps bits about This happened and [...]

A Game as a Museum as a Game

In Articles on 5 January 2010 tagged culture, games, museums, play, simulations, youth with 2 comments

Over at Non-fiction, Juha writes about a hypothetical game that simulates museum management. He asks: “Could this be an interesting approach to open up museums and learn from our current and future audiences? Could a game be a museum? Could a museum be a game?” I think the simple answer to all these questions is [...]