Category: Contemporary art
If we were to ask you to name one thing you wish your computer (or another Web-enabled device) could do, but doesn't now, what would you say? How about the ability to "touch the things that are in the screen, to feel and move them." That's what 7-year-old Daniela* wants. Matthew, 6, wishes he could play 3D games on his computer, and Jenna, 7, would like a solar-powered laptop. Cristina, 12, thinks it'd be great to travel more - to experience new, far-away places with the help of virtual reality.Continue
In the age of 1080p HDTVs, when almost every home has at least one computer and state-of-the-art mobile phones are seen in the hands of grade-schoolers, its hard to remember a time when viewing media required a trip to a theater. We've come a long way since those days, but theaters still put on plays and musicals, symphonies still perform, and musicians still entertain - but how can they compete with new media in hopes to attracting a younger audience?Continue
After spending the past few months getting the hang of coworking in my small town, I was intrigued to check out what coworking is like in a larger facility in a large city. What I discovered in visiting CoLab Orlando is that the important difference in size isn’t in the physical facility. It’s in the community created within it.Continue
How does ’simple’ differ from ‘minimalist’?
That’s the question someone asked me on Twitter recently, and it’s a good one.
Zen Habits has become known as a leading simplicity blog, and at the same time I recently started mnmlist, a blog about minimalism.
Why the two blogs? What’s the difference? It’s an important question as it forces us to examine each concept a little more closely.Continue
