Daily Diigo Public Link 03/20/2008

March 19, 2008

Architecture in Tokyo: Omotesando Steet II, Pt II – PingMag – The Tokyo-based magazine about “Design and Making Things” tags: architecture, omotesando, ping_mag, tokyo Part 2 of a fascinating trek down Omotesando Street in Tokyo, which seems studded front to back with “starchitect” buildings. » Cash-strapped Americans re-examine driving habits • Spacing Toronto • understanding […]

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Daily Diigo Public Link 03/19/2008

March 18, 2008

“La Biennale di Venezia: 11th Annual Architecture Exhibition” – Canadian Architect – 3/17/2008 Annotated tags: architecture, biennale, canadianarchitect, theory, venice_biennale – Intro to the upcoming (Sept.14-Nov.23) 11th Annual Architecture Exhibition / Venice Biennale, directed this year by Aaron Betsky. Its title is “Out There: Architecture Beyond Building.” (Preview from Sept.11-13/08) I highlighted a quote by […]

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It’s starting to get all buzzy: DemoCampVictoria coming up soon

March 17, 2008

I’ve let quite a few days go by without posting anything — let’s just say I got myself into a bit of mess around yet another local issue (memo to self: stop it with the letters to the editor!) and stuff demanded attention. But I need to jump back into my blog today: I’m psyched […]

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Daily Diigo Public Link 03/12/2008

March 11, 2008

Gamers Get Their Kicks From Dying – Wired Magazine Annotated tags: clive_thompson, death, gamers, gaming, violence, wired_magazine Via Regine (WMMNA), an article in Wired Magazine by Clive Thompson, “Gamers Get Their Kicks From Dying.” He writes: “In The Psychophysiology of James Bond: Phasic Emotional Responses to Violent Video Game Events — published in this month’s […]

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Daily Diigo Public Link 03/11/2008

March 10, 2008

Why daylight saving time is bad for the environment (Toronto Star) Annotated tags: daylight_savings_time, dst, energy, environment “The annual time change has long been sold as a way to save energy, but the opposite might be true.” I wouldn’t mind if we stayed on one time all year round, although I admit liking daylight savings […]

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Daily Diigo Public Link 03/08/2008

March 7, 2008

Why Are Men Who Build Skyscrapers Afraid of This Woman? – Philly Mag Annotated tags: architecture, critics, inga_saffron, journalists, magazine, philadelphia, skyscrapers Nice article by Richard Rys about architecture critic Inga Saffron in Philadelphia. Ok, I know I can’t be her, but I loved the article, if only because I wish I had the energy […]

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Daily Diigo Public Link 03/07/2008

March 6, 2008

etech08: Information Visualization is a Medium, by Stamen Design – we make money not art tags: apps, data, data_visualization, eric_rodenbeck, etech08, gis, mapping_apps, o’reilly, regine, wmmna Intriguing summing up by Regine from We Make Money Not Art of Eric Rodenbeck’s presentation at etech08, “Information Visualization is a Medium.” I especially liked this, on the Crime […]

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A case of loose cannon remorse

March 5, 2008

Well, that’s it: I will in future refrain from using a feature called “sound off,” which is appended to some online articles in our local paper (The Times-Colonist, part of the Asper media conglomerate). The “sound off” acts as a kind of comments board, but it doesn’t seem to allow for any sort of formatting, […]

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Daily Diigo Public Link 03/05/2008

March 4, 2008

Libraries as ‘urban hangouts’ Crosscut Seattle tags: crosscut, libraries, slate_magazine, witold_rybczynski Nice commentary on Witold Rybczynski’s popular slide essay on Slate. Good to see a native give some feedback on Rybczynski’s take on Seattle library, too. I have to agree with David Brewster that the Salt Lake City Library is a knock-out: really gorgeous. Excusado […]

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Daily Diigo Public Link 03/03/2008

March 2, 2008

Richard Florida and The Creative Class Exchange: Real Education Annotated tags: education, finland, finnish_schooling, kids, oecd, oecd_pisa, richard_florida Richard Florida quotes from a WSJ article that describes how successful Finnish high schoolers are compared to other students in other countries. I left a very long comment on this entry, as it’s a topic obviously close […]

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