since i’ve been in new york, i’ve continually been presented with the names of neighborhoods ( alphabet city, stuytown, murray hill, nolita, etc ) that i had never heard of… and they were always dropped, nonchalantly, as if that’s all i needed to know where the person was talking about, sometimes to the block! well, having been here almost a year now, i can understand how that is possible, but i still am forever trying to track down where some area is… wikipedia to the rescue! check out the awesome listing of neighborhoods with links. here’s the great map as well.

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Studying., originally uploaded by estimmel.

Pre-design…

when i bought my from the this morning the guy said ‘righteous’ and took my money. then i looked at the ground it saw the golden letters … maybe today is just a laid back kind of day…

as you can see, i’m playing around with a new look. it’s a little stark right now… in fact i sort of like it. i’m sure it will get some polish in the coming days… … or weeks.

innovation in design…

the craziness of dubai and the push toward mass customization.

from here… seems to work pretty nicely.

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check out xkcd.com for more good stuff…

excerpt…

“When a person is in a space with a 10-foot ceiling, they will tend to think more freely, more abstractly,” said Meyers-Levy. “They might process more abstract connections between objects in a room, whereas a person in a room with an 8-foot ceiling will be more likely to focus on specifics.” The research demonstrates that variations in ceiling height can evoke concepts that, in turn, affect how consumers process information.

original article… http://www.innovations-report.de/ found at… http://www.hackszine.com/blog/ background on the source… http://www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/

merlin mann has a good one here: http://www.kungfugrippe.com/ in which you will find masterful quips such as:

Some days I’m Dr. Frankenstein, and some days I’m The Monster, but most days I’m just a dim-witted villager with a torch and a farming tool.[[1.]][]

and see into the moments of our collective cultural past through the eyes of said dim-witted village:

[[2.]][] in any case… enjoy.

[[1.]]: http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/1222384 [[2.]]: http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/1228045