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Going to Beijing for the Olympics? These are a must! Beijing...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:48:00 -0400

Going to Beijing for the Olympics? These are a must! Beijing Taxi Cards.

Each Beijing Taxi Card clearly displays a location name, with detailed directions in Chinese, as well as a phonetic pronunciation of the place name in English.

Save the Press

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:35:05 -0400

Save the Press:

My lament this Fourth of July is to ask readers to see newspapers as not just another casualty in the churn of business. Sure, reporters say stupid things and write idiotic stories. Everyone stumbles. But on its best days, a newspaper is a marvel of style and wit, of small-type discoveries and large-type overstatements, a diary of our deeds. We may still prove Jefferson’s preference wrong: perhaps a nation can function without newspapers. But it would be a confederacy of dunces.

"Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers..."

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:25:00 -0400

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

- Thomas Jefferson

Siren Musical Festival 2008, Coney Island. (Illustration by Paul...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:20:00 -0400

Siren Musical Festival 2008, Coney Island. (Illustration by Paul Antonson)

Henning Wagenbreth -The Berlin Posters

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:22:10 -0400

Henning Wagenbreth -The Berlin Posters

NYTimes.com is Hiring!

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:14:54 -0400

The New York Times is currently looking for the following talents to add to our growing roster:

A creative and talented software engineer to work as part of the team that builds and maintains the software that runs our site and content management systems. As part of our digital team, you will work with the applications that consume and publish the content that supports the New York Times website and all of our downstream content consumers.
A candidate with proven technical and project management skills to lead the development and launch of our online software products. The position calls for someone who can take initiative, work independently, and learn on the job quickly to bring people together and make things happen for The New York Times’ digital future.

Please contact me directly for more detailed information: rutherford[at]nytimes.com

"We are headed toward a singular destiny: one vast computer composed of billions of chips and..."

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:47 -0400

“We are headed toward a singular destiny: one vast computer composed of billions of chips and billions of brains, enveloping the planet in a single sphere of intelligence.”

- Kevin Kelly, Wired

Oh how I wish I stuck with those lessons that began when I was...

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:08:08 -0400

Oh how I wish I stuck with those lessons that began when I was so young. (via in touch)

"We are living through one of the most fundamental shifts in history — a change in the actual..."

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:26:40 -0400

“We are living through one of the most fundamental shifts in history — a change in the actual belief structure of Western society. No economic, political, or military power can compare with the power of a change of mind. By deliberately changing their images of reality, people are changing the world.”

- Willis Harman, Global Mind Change

New York City at night (via -Marlith-)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:39:49 -0400

New York City at night (via -Marlith-)

"There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born..."

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:37:53 -0400

“There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born there, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size, its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter — the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something ….Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness, natives give it solidity and continuity, but the settlers give it passion.”

- E.B. White (via City Room)

I am completely fascinated by Milton Glaser after attending his presentation on art and design at...

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:26:23 -0400

I am completely fascinated by Milton Glaser after attending his presentation on art and design at NYT.

My favorite color. (via sahara13)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:35:15 -0400

My favorite color. (via sahara13)

"The power of population, is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence..."

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:39:20 -0400

“The power of population, is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.”

- Thomas Malthus, circa 18th century

First day out this year. The East River.

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:50:28 -0400

First day out this year. The East River.

Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:43:35 -0400

Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.

Attending talk by Clay Shirky, author of ‘Here Comes Everybody’

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:45:01 -0400

Attending talk by Clay Shirky, author of ‘Here Comes Everybody’

"We look forward to the day when our factories have no smokestacks and no effluents. If successful,..."

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:06:27 -0400

“We look forward to the day when our factories have no smokestacks and no effluents. If successful, we’ll spend the rest of our days harvesting yesteryear’s carpets, recycling old petrochemicals into new materials, and converting sunlight into energy. There will be zero scrap going into landfills and zero emissions into the biosphere. Literally, our company will grow by cleaning up the world, not by polluting or degrading it. We’ll be doing well by doing good. That’s the vision.”

- Ray C. Anderson, Interface Chairman

Looking forward to my trip to Melbourne, Australia in August....

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:50:31 -0400

Looking forward to my trip to Melbourne, Australia in August. (via dogonnit)

Melbourne, 110808 (via novakreo).

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:44:52 -0400

Melbourne, 110808 (via novakreo).