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A letter to my students « The Berkeley Blog
Now, your infrastructure is falling to pieces under your feet, and as citizens you are responsible for crudities like closing parks, and inhumanities like closing battered women’s shelters. It’s o... Read more
http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2010/08/24/a-letter-to-my-students/
Tags: education, politics, economics, california, government, berkeley, taxes, history, article, culture Saved by: admin at 26 Aug 2010
Now, your infrastructure is falling to pieces under your feet, and as citizens you are responsible for crudities like closing parks, and inhumanities like closing battered women’s shelters. It’s o... Read more
http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2010/08/24/a-letter-to-my-students/
Tags: education, politics, economics, california, government, berkeley, taxes, history, article, culture Saved by: admin at 26 Aug 2010
The Art and Tradition of Typography - fontblog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
This is a well-researched and accessible site which focuses on the differences between printed and screen-based typography. It covers the history of typography, its technology, production, design, etc... Read more
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/fontblog/archive/2010/06/25/the-art-and-tradition-of-typography.aspx
Tags: typography, font, reading, legibility, microsoft, history, screen, fonts, via:packrati.us, typo Saved by: admin at 25 Aug 2010
This is a well-researched and accessible site which focuses on the differences between printed and screen-based typography. It covers the history of typography, its technology, production, design, etc... Read more
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/fontblog/archive/2010/06/25/the-art-and-tradition-of-typography.aspx
Tags: typography, font, reading, legibility, microsoft, history, screen, fonts, via:packrati.us, typo Saved by: admin at 25 Aug 2010
Ultraviolet light reveals how ancient Greek statues really looked
Original Greek statues were brightly painted, but after thousands of years, those paints have worn away. Find out how shining a light on the statues can be all that's required to see them as they were... Read more
http://io9.com/5616498/ultraviolet-light-reveals-how-ancient-greek-statues-really-looked
Tags: art, history, archaeology, science, greece, color, sculpture, culture, greek, cool Saved by: admin at 22 Aug 2010
Original Greek statues were brightly painted, but after thousands of years, those paints have worn away. Find out how shining a light on the statues can be all that's required to see them as they were... Read more
http://io9.com/5616498/ultraviolet-light-reveals-how-ancient-greek-statues-really-looked
Tags: art, history, archaeology, science, greece, color, sculpture, culture, greek, cool Saved by: admin at 22 Aug 2010
Marco.org - A smartphone retrospective
"[At the start of 2007] Smartphones were an established consumer-electronics market with devices that people thought were pretty cool, but often frustrating and with serious shortcomings and design fl... Read more
http://www.marco.org/980434663
Tags: apple, design, iphone, mobile, ipad, via:packrati.us, computers, history, technology, smartphone Saved by: admin at 22 Aug 2010
"[At the start of 2007] Smartphones were an established consumer-electronics market with devices that people thought were pretty cool, but often frustrating and with serious shortcomings and design fl... Read more
http://www.marco.org/980434663
Tags: apple, design, iphone, mobile, ipad, via:packrati.us, computers, history, technology, smartphone Saved by: admin at 22 Aug 2010
Russia in color, a century ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com
With images from southern and central Russia in the news lately due to extensive wildfires, I thought it would be interesting to look back in time with this extraordinary collection of color photograp... Read more
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html
Tags: photography, russia, history, photos, photo, color, reference, bigpicture, via:packrati.us, pictures Saved by: admin at 21 Aug 2010
With images from southern and central Russia in the news lately due to extensive wildfires, I thought it would be interesting to look back in time with this extraordinary collection of color photograp... Read more
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html
Tags: photography, russia, history, photos, photo, color, reference, bigpicture, via:packrati.us, pictures Saved by: admin at 21 Aug 2010
Print Culture 101: A Cheat Sheet and Syllabus - Science and Tech - The Atlantic
Think of this annotated syllabus from C.W. Anderson, a Knight Media Policy Fellow at the New America Foundation who also blogs regularly for Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab, as your cheat sheet for th... Read more
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/08/print-culture-101-a-cheat-sheet-and-syllabus/61707/
Tags: culture, syllabus, digital, print, books, history, literacy, media, reading, publishing Saved by: admin at 20 Aug 2010
Think of this annotated syllabus from C.W. Anderson, a Knight Media Policy Fellow at the New America Foundation who also blogs regularly for Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab, as your cheat sheet for th... Read more
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/08/print-culture-101-a-cheat-sheet-and-syllabus/61707/
Tags: culture, syllabus, digital, print, books, history, literacy, media, reading, publishing Saved by: admin at 20 Aug 2010
ポール・グレアム「Yahooに起きてしまったこと」 - らいおんの隠れ家
「ハッカー中心の文化を大事にしよう」といった話のうち、私が聞いた中でおそらく最も印象的だったのは、マーク・ザッカーバーグ(訳注: Facebook開... Read more
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/lionfan/20100815#1281830975
Tags: yahoo, business, culture, google, history, work, web, column, facebook, innovation Saved by: admin at 16 Aug 2010
「ハッカー中心の文化を大事にしよう」といった話のうち、私が聞いた中でおそらく最も印象的だったのは、マーク・ザッカーバーグ(訳注: Facebook開... Read more
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/lionfan/20100815#1281830975
Tags: yahoo, business, culture, google, history, work, web, column, facebook, innovation Saved by: admin at 16 Aug 2010
BW Online | May 21, 2001 | Commentary: Sorry, Steve: Here's Why Apple Stores Won't Work
Indeed, rather than taking on the retailers who ought to be its partners, Apple would do better improving how it works with them. A good step would be to end the "think secret" approach that shrouds e... Read more
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_21/b3733059.htm
Tags: apple, retail, funny, history, businessweek, via:packrati.us, article, business, strategy, humor Saved by: admin at 15 Aug 2010
Indeed, rather than taking on the retailers who ought to be its partners, Apple would do better improving how it works with them. A good step would be to end the "think secret" approach that shrouds e... Read more
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_21/b3733059.htm
Tags: apple, retail, funny, history, businessweek, via:packrati.us, article, business, strategy, humor Saved by: admin at 15 Aug 2010
Design for Hackers: Why You Don’t Use Garamond on The Web
via HN: "What this is actually saying is don't use Garamond for copy text as its not designed for current DPI's that are currently used on monitors. It doesn't mean you can't use it for titles or head... Read more
http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/design-for-hackers-why-you-dont-use-garamond-on-the-web/
Tags: typography, design, fonts, webdesign, font, history, toread, type, interesting, work Saved by: admin at 13 Aug 2010
via HN: "What this is actually saying is don't use Garamond for copy text as its not designed for current DPI's that are currently used on monitors. It doesn't mean you can't use it for titles or head... Read more
http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/design-for-hackers-why-you-dont-use-garamond-on-the-web/
Tags: typography, design, fonts, webdesign, font, history, toread, type, interesting, work Saved by: admin at 13 Aug 2010
10 Ways to Use The New York Times for Teaching Literature - The Learning Network Blog - NYTimes.com
"Classics, contemporary fiction, young adult and graphic novels, sequels and adaptations: Here are 10 ideas that will help any teacher use the vast resources of NYTimes.com to show students the c... Read more
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/10-ways-to-use-the-new-york-times-for-teaching-literature/
Tags: literature, teaching, english, nytimes, education, via:packrati.us, lessonplans, online, history, learning Saved by: admin at 08 Aug 2010
"Classics, contemporary fiction, young adult and graphic novels, sequels and adaptations: Here are 10 ideas that will help any teacher use the vast resources of NYTimes.com to show students the c... Read more
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/10-ways-to-use-the-new-york-times-for-teaching-literature/
Tags: literature, teaching, english, nytimes, education, via:packrati.us, lessonplans, online, history, learning Saved by: admin at 08 Aug 2010