I took a set of knives to the market yesterday to have them sharpened and I overheard the clerk describe the difference between honing and sharpening to another customer. I previously thought that the two…
Writing
The play of opposites
Yin and yang. Black and white. Light and dark. Natural and artificial. Solid and gas. Hard and soft. If there is more of one than another, then a system will be out of balance. Tension…
Gravity is nothing
Why does Danny MacAskill matter? He defies convention and pushes our perception of what people believe is possible. With a bicycle. His recent film, entitled The Ridge, is mesmerizing. How are you pushing boundaries?
Economic engines
City and regional innovation centers are the economic engines of the future. They have the ability to pull together resources and recombine them into something new and useful. They are places where… …local government, universities,…
Ecology and digital design
Ecological systems should inform the development of digital network, processes, and tools. These new systems will appear as abstractions of systems that occur in nature. The greatest impact will be from learning how natural systems…
Digital dreams
The California Gold Rush of 1849 was one of the most significant events that shaped American history in the 19th century. It caused an estimated 300,000 people to migrate to the San Francisco area in…