brocatus:
1. The web is transitioning from mere interactivity to a more dynamic, real-time web where read-write functions are heading towards balanced synchronicity. The real-time web, as I have argued in the past, is the next logical step in the Internet’s evolution. 2. The complete disaggregation of the web in parallel with the slow decline of the destination web. 3. More and more people are publishing more and more “social objects” and sharing them online. That data deluge is creating a new kind of search opportunity.
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How Internet Content Distribution & Discovery Are Changing

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1. The web is transitioning from mere interactivity to a more dynamic, real-time web where read-write functions are heading towards balanced synchronicity. The real-time web, as I have argued in the past, is the next logical step in the Internet’s evolution. 2. The complete disaggregation of the web in parallel with the slow decline of the destination web. 3. More and more people are publishing more and more “social objects” and sharing them online. That data deluge is creating a new kind of search opportunity.
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brocatus: Mike gives a very good example here. mikearauz: We’ve trained ourselves to recognize videos, images, and messages that will be most appropriate for spreading, repeating, and remixing. The concepts of “viral” and “memes,” i.e. things that spread on their own without human control or volition, are dead (Read Henry Jenkins and co. if you don’t believe me). And with each new Susan Boyle we discover, the creation of overnight internet celebrities becomes an even more deliberate and conscious act.

Spreadability Is No Accident: Pants On The Ground

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“USA Today leads with new Census data showing immigrants who’ve arrived in the Aughties have come with slightly more education than in previous decades. (From Eric Umansky’s article “Oui Are Family” in Slate Magazine 2/22/05).” (via)

The Aughties

can’t believe these things are still around… i used to collect zoids model kits from radio shack… all the assembly instructions were in japanese… took me hours to put these kits together… i suddenly feel old(er)…

Gordos Zoid RZ-008

Full moon, Blue Moon, last eclipse of 2009, on New Year’s Eve

very good resource… bookmarking this link now…
anin: Starting with layout. 

The Principles of Good Web Design (Part I)

If you get a free book, and don’t disclose this ‘vested interest’ if you blog about it, you are now liable to five-figure fines. Does this make any kind of sense to anybody?

10 poems for classroom discussion

Surefire poetry hits for the classroom and beyond

& that’s w/o ‘paid’ circ to hotel chains across the country like usa today…

WSJ announced 2.02 million copies paid circulation

poet robert bly returns to his home in minnesota…

bly comes home

Here’s the official Flood Gallery press release:
Matt Mulder will be offering a second series of workshops. They will run through October, into November. Please contact Matt at… » read more 

Upcoming poetry writing workshop

i loathe ‘reality tv’ programs… but i really enjoy art, design & culture… but i have to say, bbc seems to provide some of the best content in the english speaking world…

philippe starck: ‘design for life’ reality TV series

‘highlights the distances the foods travel and the resultant carbon dioxide released during their journey’

james reynolds: far foods

neat… i want to build a tea house…

the rural studio: morrisette tea house

this is why designers rock… a smokeless stove designed for safer rural use in india…

chulha stove by unmesh kulkarni and praveeen mareguddi for philips design

the miercurea ciuc church in romania is particularily lovely…

hungarian organic architecture exhibition at budapest museum of applied arts

To ruminate, or to tweet, that is the question

“For some kinds of thought, especially moral decision-making about other people’s social and psychological situations, we need to allow for adequate time and reflection,” said… author Mary Helen Immordino-Yang.

(via Tweet this: Rapid-fire media may confuse your moral compass) (hat tip: monkeytypist and azspot)

This seems to contradict the premise of the best-selling book, Blink. The article continues:

The study raises questions about the emotional cost… of heavy reliance on a rapid stream of news snippets obtained through television, online feeds or social networks such as Twitter.

My take away: maybe it is best to marinate and ruminate than to tweet.

free starter kits…

Almost Blank Canvases – 10 Inspiring Starting Points for Designers