Josh Ellis’s latest rant about the Grim Meathook Future (this time he talks a bit about the alternatives):
It’s a simple fact that the American lifestyle is unsustainable for more than maybe another decade. That means that all of the companies that are in the business of outfitting that lifestyle are screwed. It’s hard to sell […]
Another pic and some more info at Wooster Collective.
15 Best Skylines in the World.
Above: Singapore.
(I hate to say it, but New York seems outclassed compared to some of these).
The Sudden Stardom of the Third-World City (via Abstract Dynamics).
This brings us to the most perverse suspicion of all. Perhaps the Third-World city is more than simply the source of the things that will define the future, but actually is the future of the western city. Perhaps some of those tourists who look to the […]
I’m on my way out the door, but I wanted to link to this real quick: Josh Ellis is soliciting funds for a net funded journalism project.
I remain skeptical of whether we’re truely entering some sort of post-capitalist “attention economy.” But I’m a techie, not an economist, so I’ll leave that discussion to people better suited for it for the time being.
Regardless, attention is the new technological frontier. Reading through notes from ETech 2006, as well as other recent blogosphere […]
Another plea for help from my readership:
I’m trying to use this WordPress hack to import my del.icio.us bookmarks in WP: YADD.
I’m having trouble figuring out how to setup the chronjob right. If anyone could help me out, or at least point me to a relevant guide to setting up chronjobs, that’d be great (my […]
Anyone know if it’s possible (and if so, what routers support this): I’d like to leave my wifi open to the public, but I’d also like to use a secure WEP connection for myself (for secure transactions, etc.). I’d also like to limit the bandwidth of the open wifi connection, but keep my private […]
Josh has some ideas for Witness, in response to Joi Ito’s joining their board:
Here’s my observation and suggestion, Joi: Witness is a really, really great program with a really brilliant idea behind it. So why haven’t most web surfers seen these materials, especially in an era when video of civil rights violations circulates almost as […]
Dudes, I had to find out about these through Sky’s blog?
Dr. Gabbo.
Luke.
Robert Oppenheimer agonized over building the A-bomb. Alfred Nobel got queasy about creating dynamite. Robert Propst invented nothing so destructive. Yet before he died in 2000, he lamented his unwitting contribution to what he called “monolithic insanity.”
Propst is the father of the cubicle. More than 30 years after he unleashed it on the world, we […]
If you’re an idiot or a fascist, that is. Remember that when people begin complaining about this film, and try to figure out which of the two categories they fit in. Or maybe they’ll fit in both!
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It’s shocking that a film like V For Vendetta, in which the hero can be described in no other […]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user klintron on 2006-03-07
Future Hi: Heart Chakra Exercise —
Tagged as: occult
Focus is cash in the economics of attention —
Tagged as: attention
I’m still not sure if I should mention the name of my employer here (I’m sure it’s ok, but I think I should ask first), but I can say a little more.
I’m a QA Engineer for a software start-up. I’m learning QA from the ground-up right now - I just posted my first bug […]