One thing that I think has been grossly overlooked about the iphone is that on top of imposing lots of the usual Apple kingdom restrictions like DRM and a specific provider, it only offered a 2 mega pixel camera. Anything sound weird in that? All of the top notch handset providers have been recently competing… Continue reading iphone redefining the urban experience?
Category: Rants
Maybe slightly unrelated to my thesis but pretty descriptive of my brainspace during the year.
Twits
I joined the bandwagon of Twitter fully aware that i would only collect a meager amount of friends on it, (since it seems fashionable around the geek arena now to jump into the same friend collecting activity as kids on myspace) but thought it was an interesting twist on Jaiku. It definitely feels like “myspace… Continue reading Twits
A half-baked feminist
I’m not a very good feminist. I don’t read enough to know about the entire debate, and I don’t encounter very many occasions that would make me raise my fist and the patriarchal society and all I can brag about reading would be the The Feminine Mystique, and books about gender and design. I read… Continue reading A half-baked feminist
I knew i should have started yesterday
* The best time to start is when you’ve got enough money in the bank to support all contingencies. * The best time to start is when the competition is far behind in technology, sophistication and market acceptance. * The best time to start is when the competition isn’t too far behind, because then you’ll… Continue reading I knew i should have started yesterday
Why I don't walk into beauty stores anymore
via Dana Gordon
The long way to making sense.
There are some days when I just spot things that are completely at odds with each other and make me seriously doubt our ability to make any sense as a species. Ok, maybe that’s too grand a statement, but seriously… One the one hand we know we should be concerned about sustainability and the earth’s… Continue reading The long way to making sense.
Flirtation, deception and architecture.
Hanging out in London cafés as i am these days, i often position myself next to windows (whenever i’m in buses, i always somehow unconsciously end up next to the emergency exit windows but that’s another story) and find myself staring out and observing how people interact with their surroundings. I’ve started noticing the way… Continue reading Flirtation, deception and architecture.
Freelancing or Freefalling?
I am on vacation… which is another way to say i’m not working full time, which is another way of saying i’m looking for more work, which just means I’m bored. After just 2 days “off”, I’m getting antsy again, looking for the next thing. Somehow inactivity does not suit me well and I’m not… Continue reading Freelancing or Freefalling?
Quote:
Me – Yeh I’m really interested in Web 2.0 stuff… My roomate (a product designer) – Web what? sigh…
The art of not being a tourist
I hate tourists, i really do. Living in Amsterdam especially highlighted that trait in my already sporadically abrasive personality. I had to walk through the Dam every morning on my way to work and would hold my breath, as i whizzed past herds of lost tourists walking at the speed of a pot-induced crawl, looking… Continue reading The art of not being a tourist