This documentary about the life and death of the author of ‘On Death and Dying‘ was really poignant / the Apple ‘unsolicited ideas submission policy‘ made me giggle / i wonder how relevant Droog Design really are these days / apparently you shouldn’t make big decisions while grieving / I might attend some of the… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #86
Is the Internet eating itself?
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” – The Sun Also Rises (1926) I think what’s currently lazily described as ‘AI’ is the inevitable converging of decades of advancements in quantum computing, computer vision, generative art, web scrapping, natural language search and the semantic web. When you… Continue reading Is the Internet eating itself?
Sunday Scraps #85
I finished the Eileen Gray biography and bits of it were totally heartbreaking (especially the many times le Corbu was an absolute bellend) / if I had a spare couple of grand I would attend the oio school / the Horizon Europe 2025 New European Bauhaus has some interesting funding calls / I really want… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #85
Sunday Scraps #84
I’ve been thinking about continuity so this radio show about a famous ‘continuity girl’ was lovely / it’s Mental Health Awareness Week so here’s a link about people dealing with grief / the origins of nerve-wracking were more poetic than I imagined / a really interesting video about sensitive parenting / went to Interesting 2025… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #84
Services or games? (yes this is about immigration)
When I was a student, I used to work part time as a paralegal for Diane Bélanger, a long forgotten but fierce immigration lawyer in Montréal. It was a formative experience because it helped me deal with my own immigration journeys: first to study in Italy and then to move to the UK and settle… Continue reading Services or games? (yes this is about immigration)
Sunday Scraps #83
There was an Alice Coltrane exhibition in L.A. recently / Tshepsio Moropa’s collage work looks great / reading about period insomnia / the IET has digitised the entirety of The Electric Age which is great news for me as I’m back to book writing / the UK needs the equivalent to this European arts funding… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #83
Sunday Scraps #82
I’m in Greece for a solo holiday and heading to Hydra for the third time so watched this excellent doco about Leonard Cohen’s time there with Marianne Ihlen / Four Thousand Weeks was a good précis of a lot of other books i’ve read but the chapter about patience is really special / a excellent… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #82
Sunday Scraps #81
Beirut and Bon Iver‘s new albums are making me think I’ve time travelled back to 2006. I especially love Garbo’s Face and THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHING THINGS / a new arts and architecture grant scheme is great / an intro course to Political Technology is the kind of thing I would have gone for when… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #81
Services or interactions? (a perimenopausal example)
This is a tale about the limits of seeing health as services that need to be designed. My tl;dr is that you’re probably not designing a service, you’re probably trying to tweak interactions (or touch points in service design language) in the hope that the service user (barf) has the outcome they expect. So for… Continue reading Services or interactions? (a perimenopausal example)
What’s next?
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks doing a bit of life admin including going to the post office, buying a new laptop, getting a radio repaired, returning books at the library and other 1990s activities. So I’m now ready to face the inevitable question from The West Wing. Basically, from May 12th I’m available… Continue reading What’s next?