Technology - Howard Rheingold - What the WELL’s Rise and Fall Tell Us About Online Community - The Atlantic
The history of the WELL, a truly remarkable community.
Tags: well
The Keymaster: Patrick Olwell’s story - YouTube
The trailer for a documentary on flutemaker Patrick Olwell. The film should be done later this year.
Webstock: Jeremy Keith | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
I love these sketchnotes from my presentation at Webstock.
IMG_8191 - 2012-02-15 at 02-39-26 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
I can’t fave this picture enough. One moment of Webstock captured by Michael B. Johnson.
The Malcolm Gladwell Book Generator
This is kind of mean, but it made me laugh. Out loud.
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Stuart McMillen - cartoon Recombinant Records
Pitching Orwell against Huxley in an argument that is ironically shallow: it only holds up if you accept the premise that activities involving the web, television and video games are inherently “bad” and anti-social: a pathetically, narrow-minded and condescending worldview.
Twitter, Facebook, and social activism : The New Yorker
A well-argued piece by Malcolm Gladwell on the relative pros and cons of weak-tie networks and strong-tie hierarchies ...although, as always, Gladwell relies on anecdotes more than data to make his point.
jewellrey - a set on Flickr
Beautiful steampunk jewellry.
Magnum Photos: The Places We Live
A photography exhibition and book by Jonas Bendiksen of densely populated urban areas around the world.
THE ORWELL PRIZE
In a similar treatment to the Pepys blog, the diary of George Orwell is being republished as a blog offset by 70 years.
Is the Tipping Point Toast? -- Duncan Watts -- Trendsetting
Duncan Watts works at Yahoo Research? I had no idea! Ironically, it was Gladwell's Tipping Point that first led me to Watts' work.
The Future of Reading (A Play in Six Acts) [dive into mark]
A superb skewering of Kindle and just about any other attempt to make book distribution digital that involves ludicrously restrictive terms of service (or worse, DRM).
George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language”, 1946
A beautifully marked up and typeset copy of George Orwell's classic essay.
Motionographer | Motion graphics, design, animation, filmmaking, vfx and bombastic banter» Blog Archive » Say What Again
Check out the beautiful use of Rockwell in this typographical interpretation of a scene from Pulp Fiction.
Two Point Oh Yeah! – T-Shirts for the Ajax generation
Ben was wearing a "Well Fed" t-shirt at d.Construct and it looked great. I think I'll have to get myself one.
Webdesign Bookshelf
Gareth Rushgrove has launched a site devoted to web design books.
Oakland Tribune - Op-Ed
Send your battered old copy of 1984 to the Oakland Tribune. When they get 537 copies, they will be sent to every member of the House of Representatives and Senate.
TIME Magazine -- The Road Ahead
A fun debate featuring Tim O'Reilly, Esther Dyson, Malcom Gladwell, Clay Shirky and Moby.
Avant Game: the ministry of reshelving
Mobtagging: Discreetly move all copies of 1984 to a more suitable section, such as "Current Events", "Politics", "History", "True Crime", or "New Non-Fiction."