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boyd’s rant

boyd’s rant

The Australian Ugliness, by Robin Boyd: (the above a “quality” institutional building at the university)
SO…
Written in 1960, it might have been professional courtesy to slog…

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spring, not here yet

spring, not here yet

but it is getting closer…
one of those tasty drinks from last years party!

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consumers of knowledge

consumers of knowledge

Social phenomena.  Wealth and attitude.  Learning for a purpose.
Many articles regarding America’s “consumer culture” exist.  There are articles about America’s 40 year process of switching from “saving”…

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intersection of three ideas +3

intersection of three ideas +3

Over the course of the last few weeks various ideas have crossed my path, and, as any pattern recognition device does, commonalities were found and are detailed below. The…

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maturity?

maturity?

Time and space.  Why is it so obvious in hindsight? Similar to his paintings of haystacks and water lilies, Monet spent a lot of time thinking about light…

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origin of _____

origin of _____

John Henry Clippinger’s book “A Crowd of One.” has a bunch of interesting thoughts in it.  However they are not really wound into anything in particular… just left…

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a crowd of one

a crowd of one

Just finished reading John Henry Clippinger’s book “A Crowd of One.”
Identities are created by negatives… by what they are not: this identity is not shiny, white…

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provocative urban living

provocative urban living

These thoughts have been prompted by technical analysis, social evaluations, political observations and philosophical insights of others:

Growth, Innovation, Scaling, and the Pace of Life in Cities, by…

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nice prototype

nice prototype

First carbon fiber prototype fender Scott Padiak and I made… check it out.  What you can’t see it?  Yes it’s micro, but also super high performance.  We…

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revolutions emerge from the urge

revolutions emerge from the urge

This is a summary from all of my notes from the Business Network Theme Week at the Santa Fe Institute, September 2009.  Additional daily summaries were posted back…

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