My bookmarks from the past week:
- DIYcity
“The site explores the idea that open, participatory web technologies, applied to city living patterns, infrastructure and services, can radically transform cities as we know them, making them more efficient, more livable and more sustainable.” - 8tracks - Mix feed
“8tracks is a simple way for people to share and discover music through an online mix…8tracks believes handcrafted music programming trumps algorithms. Think radio in the 1970s, mixtapes in the 1980s, and DJ culture of the 1990s through today.” Some great stuff to discover on here… - Amazon.com: Digital by Design: Crafting Technology for Products and Environments: Conny Freyer, Sebastien Noel, Eva Rucki, Paola Antonelli: Books
- Amazon.com: Analog In, Digital Out: Brendan Dawes on Interaction Design (VOICES): Brendan Dawes: Books
- Does Barack Obama Understand Innovation? Maybe Not. - BusinessWeek
“Barack Obama’s appointment of a 30-year lifer from McKinsey, the management consulting firm, to Chief Performance Officer of the United States is, well, awful. At a time when the US desperately needs serious innovation to restart and reset the economy,…” - Design Consultancy: CONTINUUM | Right idea. Real results