designswarm thoughts

• Jens Leckman
  best music I’ve heard these days, will buy his record, which says a lot
  (tags: music)

Just a little public service announcement that until the 7th I will be in Delhi for the latest edition of Doors of Perception 9 conference in Delhi in India. If there’s internet, expect thorough live-blogging, if not, then see you next week!

• Will Widgets Kill the Webpage?
  Completely unconvinced by all of the founder of Netvibes’s argument. Sounds like an old professional with too little time to go on the web and appreciate the variety and the talent.
  (tags: advertising business future web2.0)

• This Works
  absolutely awesome aromatherapy kit for travel… i want this!
  (tags: boutique london)

A small boy behind me at Stansted while we are made to walk in single file against a wall for a drug/dog inspection:

“It’s just like in school”

• Utensils divulge dinner date’s feelings
  Must remember this for my talk in Paris, like this Mr Larsson a lot
  (tags: xtech physical computing)
• Mediamatic.net - Second Life - The Invasion of the Bacteria
  Matt’s talking about his work on Second Life for Nature at Mediamatic this week… come one come all…
  (tags: mattbiddulph Mediamatic)

• Apple - Pro - Profiles - Blast Radius
  Great article on apple.com on Blast Radius’s work on Jumpman23 a Jordan shoe site
  (tags: Apple digital magazine)
• At least 66 killed in India train blasts | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
  Going to India next week, will try very hard to blend in and not be a SNAT (stupid north american tourist) in these trying political times for that country
  (tags: travel politics)
• cityofsound: First glimpse of Monocle
  Dan Hill is now at Monocle after 5 years at the BBC
  (tags: magazine trends)
• Climate change: scientists warn it may be too late to save the ice caps | Climate change | Guardian Unlimited Environment
  This kind of news always makes me panick a little, i think before anything else, we need to start worrying about this, rising sea levels and food production are gonna be really important issues we’re going to have to deal with.
  (tags: environment politics sustainability)

• Kookboekenleslokaal
  An absolutely great looking kitchen/coffee place/kookbook library concept just a few doors down my place. Must find a reason to go.
  (tags: Amsterdam kitchen restaurant boutique)
• 10TouchPoints - Better living. Better design.
  Great service design endeavor in Singapore, too bad they haven’t thought of RSSing their blog…
  (tags: service design Singapore)

• Wakoopa blog » Blog Archive » Mail from Israel
  Blog of Wakoopa, a startup from Robert Gaal in Amsterdam, about software usage … cant wait to know more..
  (tags: startup web2.0 Amsterdam)
• UrbanSeeder
  Another startup in Tel Aviv from Maya Lotan, a friend from IDII, this is based on her service design thesis project: web2.0 dating, can’t wait to see it in action.
  (tags: web2.0 service design stickers)
• Journeywoman
  Greatwebsite for women travelling… the most important question will be ansered: what should i wear?
  (tags: travel)

• live|work: Love The Service (TreeHugger)
  same ol same ol from live|work i can’t wait to see them work on something other than car services, service design has so much potential across a number of industries
  (tags: business service innovation design)
• HIDDEN INTERACTION, SWEDEN
  Not much content on the projects section but i’m still intrigued… they must be doing something right :)
  (tags: Sweden interaction design)
• Spark Fun Electronics
  the wii naked…still office friendly though : )
  (tags: electronics hacking games)
• MONOCLE
  I want to subscribe to this badly, (but I move too often, they’d go crazy with the address changes) the new magazine from the founder of Wallpaper
  (tags: design culture graphics magazine)
• Le mouton carré
  Jérémie Couture, a friend from undergrad, now graphic designer in Helsinki, great stuff…esp the serpent project
  (tags: graphic design)
• Confronting the Chair - Martino Gamper
  Should remember to see this in London next weekend
  (tags: design museum london)

• thingm :: an electronic product studio
  nice “tecyhnology sketch” over at Thingm… ilike this idea of quick iterations, it’s too bad they don’t go through the details of how to make it
  (tags: technology computing physical)
• Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy: The Greatest Generation Gap Since Rock and Roll — New York Magazine
  Great article on what makes me a digital nomad and the “kids” digital natives
  (tags: privacy internet blog)

• Politics of Personality
  Interesting article that talks about the renewed interest in social sciences in looking at what you own as a way to tell what you would vote
  (tags: politics social)

MPR: Who has the power to influence design?
Interesting article that questions the powers and abilities of designers to create good products and experiences without user input. Questionable arguments in there but some intetesting points as well about user DIY
(tags: design product)

My good friend Dave Chiu is helping put this together. Add it to your calendar, all you san franers out there…

CookCamp
February 24, 2007
San Francisco, CA

Venue:

CitizenSpace

CookCamp Wiki page

Upcoming.org

The CookCamp un-conference will focus on food and health, bringing together people from diverse backgrounds (health, technology, design, food, politics, business, cooking, and more) to share, create, and learn from one another over the course of a day.

In true barcamp style, there is no set agenda prior to the event, so bring some enthusiasm, inspiration, and discussion topics around food and health. More information is on the wiki, which is editable, so please add demos, session ideas, discussion topics, etc.