February 2012
Buckminster Fuller - Everything I Know →
During the last two weeks of January 1975 Buckminster Fuller gave an extraordinary series of lectures concerning his entire life’s work. These thinking out loud lectures span 42 hours and examine in depth all of Fuller’s major inventions and discoveries from the 1927 Dymaxion house, car and bathroom, through the Wichita House, geodesic domes, and tensegrity structures, as well as...
"The people that I admire most are the ones who... →
Sarah Foelske, associate creative director at Bruce Mau Design on creativity, collaboration and Jay Z via The 99 Percent.
GOOD Design Hackathon →
What is 21st-century citizenship for NYC?
THE SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE →
10 Tips on Writing Well from David Ogilvy →
1. Read the Roman-Raphaelson book on writing. Read it three times.
2. Write the way you talk. Naturally.
3. Use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs.
4. Never use jargon words like reconceptualize, demassification, attitudinally, judgmentally. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass.
5. Never write more than two pages on any subject.
6. Check your quotations.
7. Never send a...
“A study of iPod distraction found that selecting a song on an iPod can degrade...”
– Researcher Dario Salvucci (whose work focuses on multitasking and interruption, including driver distraction)