November 7, 2009

How ethnography informs design « Future of Fish

A great video that introduces the purpose of ethnography in design and how people go about doing it. (via ninakix)

November 6, 2009
At age 21, in 1976, Steve Jobs co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in Jobs’ family garage in Los Altos, Calif. Jobs’ father removed his car restoration equipment and brought home a wooden workbench that served as Apple’s first manufacturing base. Jobs returned to the empty garage in 1996 to be photographed for Fortune. (via FORTUNE)

At age 21, in 1976, Steve Jobs co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in Jobs’ family garage in Los Altos, Calif. Jobs’ father removed his car restoration equipment and brought home a wooden workbench that served as Apple’s first manufacturing base. Jobs returned to the empty garage in 1996 to be photographed for Fortune. (via FORTUNE)

Jobs with Next employees on the bus after a visit to the company’s unfinished factory in Fremont, Calif., in 1987. Next’s first computer is released a year later. (via  FORTUNE) Without the text one could think this is just some random singing cheering hippie bus ;)

Jobs with Next employees on the bus after a visit to the company’s unfinished factory in Fremont, Calif., in 1987. Next’s first computer is released a year later. (via  FORTUNE) Without the text one could think this is just some random singing cheering hippie bus ;)

November 5, 2009
best google doodle ever

best google doodle ever

synmirror: Alex MacLean’s aerial photography is really outstanding. Yes I am a big fan of aerial photography in general but what makes his pictures so good is the focus on human impact from a different perspective. glynnis: “Snowplow Stripe in Snow Covered Parking Lot, Taunton, Masaschusetts” by Alex MacLean I clicked through his entire site and couldn’t stop looking.  MacLean works exclusively with aerial photography.  I would put him in the same class with Edward Burtynsky in that they both explore the impact that humans have on the Earth.  However, Burtynsky tends to explore much larger, dramatic settings (the Three Gorges Dam, huge ship yards, quarries, etc.), while MacLean seems more concerned with how daily activity, living and farming space, and the evolution of technology (the abandonment of obsolete models of cars, factories, housing) shape our immediate surroundings.  His work deals exclusively with America, and ranges from the mostly defunct steel industry of Birmingham’s industrial revolution to amusement parks in Florida to large-scale RV parks and housing developments across the country.  It’s especially frightening work to consider in light of climate change and its potential long-term effects on the settings he photographs (and the way of life that comes with them), especially considering the economic climate much of America finds itself in today.

synmirror: Alex MacLean’s aerial photography is really outstanding. Yes I am a big fan of aerial photography in general but what makes his pictures so good is the focus on human impact from a different perspective.

glynnis:

“Snowplow Stripe in Snow Covered Parking Lot, Taunton, Masaschusetts” by Alex MacLean

I clicked through his entire site and couldn’t stop looking.  MacLean works exclusively with aerial photography.  I would put him in the same class with Edward Burtynsky in that they both explore the impact that humans have on the Earth.  However, Burtynsky tends to explore much larger, dramatic settings (the Three Gorges Dam, huge ship yards, quarries, etc.), while MacLean seems more concerned with how daily activity, living and farming space, and the evolution of technology (the abandonment of obsolete models of cars, factories, housing) shape our immediate surroundings.  His work deals exclusively with America, and ranges from the mostly defunct steel industry of Birmingham’s industrial revolution to amusement parks in Florida to large-scale RV parks and housing developments across the country.  It’s especially frightening work to consider in light of climate change and its potential long-term effects on the settings he photographs (and the way of life that comes with them), especially considering the economic climate much of America finds itself in today.

Le Grand Bleu - Yamdrok Tso, Tibet (via crossbreed handa)

Le Grand Bleu - Yamdrok Tso, Tibet (via crossbreed handa)

November 4, 2009
“Big Bird Google Doodle Sesame Street Turns Forty ” (via mashable karenh)

“Big Bird Google Doodle Sesame Street Turns Forty ”
(via mashable karenh)

Tofino Beach [2006]

Tofino Beach [2006]

“ People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are.
Steve Jobs
“Michael Bierut” 26 Years, 85 Notebooks On August 12, 1982, I took a 10 x 7 1/8 inch National Blank Book Company composition book from the supply closet of my then employer, Vignelli Associates. From that moment, I have never been without one. More photos of covers, writings and doodlings here. (via suitep)

“Michael Bierut” 26 Years, 85 Notebooks

On August 12, 1982, I took a 10 x 7 1/8 inch National Blank Book Company composition book from the supply closet of my then employer, Vignelli Associates. From that moment, I have never been without one.

More photos of covers, writings and doodlings here. (via suitep)

November 3, 2009
Movie Narrative Charts (Click to view full)

Movie Narrative Charts (Click to view full)

autumn berries [2007]

autumn berries [2007]

15 MB Hard Drive! (via 9gag smilelines)

15 MB Hard Drive! (via 9gag smilelines)

November 2, 2009
weird looking clouds back in 2006

weird looking clouds back in 2006

lalilaloba: I could be great fun to be a wolf there maybe… (via reluctantbuddha: ~ Aaron Reed ~)

lalilaloba: I could be great fun to be a wolf there maybe…

(via reluctantbuddha: ~ Aaron Reed ~)