January 2011
53 posts
Neverware Breathes New Life Into Schools' Aging... →
There was once a time when students may have had access to better computers at school than they did at home. But with the explosion of consumer technologies, that’s not the case. Arguably now…
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HIVE Houston: a Bee-Inspired Eco-Friendly...
HIVE Houston is a new eco-friendly community made up entirely of shipping crates. The HIVE Houston is designed to be as eco-friendly as possible, using recycled shipping crates for building material and eventually tapping into renewable energy sources once the project is up and running.
Currently, the HIVE Houston is just a concept with a slated opening date of 2016. Each shipping crate...
Design student's power socket with eject button... →
One of the funniest things I ever saw during my corporate design years was the tech support guy who was trying to get fired. He never confided to me that he was trying to get fired, but no…
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Been one of those days…
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When Rocks Cry Out - Life in Haiti One Year Later Directed, Edited & Produced by Clay & Ashley Vaughan
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this free PDF →
Mini-book: Brilliant At The Basics of Business 100, by author, designer, and teacher Nicholas Bate of Oxford-based Strategic Edge
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Brilliant At The Basics of Business 100 →
Download this free mini-book: Brilliant At The Basics of Business 100, by author, designer, and teacher Nicholas Bate of Oxford-based Strategic Edge
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Savor
Another installment of the Quit Your Day Job series by Etsy. This time an interview with Lisa who with the birth of a new child decided to make and sell soap full time.
Tell us about your previous working situation and how you discovered Etsy. I moved to San Francisco from Rochester, NY, back in 2000 to work for a newswire service. I originally worked in the newsroom as an ...
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Fundamentally I teach because it makes me feel good. It helped me certainly...
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Tours of London Led by The City's Homeless →
It’s a well-known fact that tourists typically get a very different view of a city than locals do, but it’s a pretty safe bet that participants in Sock Mob Events tours get an even more different view than most. That’s because Sock Mob’s Unseen Tours of London are led by none other than homeless residents of the city streets themselves.
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Tours of London Led by The City's Homeless →
It’s a well-known fact that tourists typically get a very different view of a city than locals do, but it’s a pretty safe bet that participants in Sock Mob Events tours get an even more different view than most. That’s because Sock Mob’s Unseen Tours of London are led by none other than homeless residents of the city streets themselves.
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Rachel Botsman: The case for collaborative...
modernevolution:
With the 21st Century’s convergence of the economic downturn, environmental limitations, new media technologies and a renewed sense of community, there is a radically different economy emerging. Rachel Botsman, author of What’s Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption, has identified sharing services like Zipcar and Netflix as a crucial element in navigating...
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Rachel Botsman: The case for collaborative...
modernevolution:
With the 21st Century’s convergence of the economic downturn, environmental limitations, new media technologies and a renewed sense of community, there is a radically different economy emerging. Rachel Botsman, author of What’s Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption, has identified sharing services like Zipcar and Netflix as a crucial element in navigating...
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