January 2012
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Video: Ben Hammersley's talk at Wired 2011 - Watch... →
The only excuse that Wired UK has for not making videos embeddable is that they are waiting for Ben’s speech next year where he will tap dance - then EVERYONE will be embedding the shit out of it.
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WatchA ten piece wardrobe for 365 days from Anita Hawkins of We Are Ultra
I’m so excited that An Xiao Mina introduced me to Anita Hawkins, the designer extraordinaire of We Are Ultra. This video shows off Anita’s Ultra 10 line. I can’t wait to own my own Ultra 10!
I am also going to take up Anita’s Six Items of Less (SIOL) challenge - wear 6 items in 1 months. Check out...
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“Live like Spongebob: Laugh all day for no reason and annoy people with your...”
– because the heart never lies
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Food adventures in Beijing with friends & 羊肉泡馍 →
Ayman just blogged about a memory that I almost thought was a dream! I met up with Ayman, Roger, James, Lydia, and Lisa in Beijing for amazing 羊肉泡馍. Ayman chronicles our food adventure below.
shamurai:
For we on 羊肉泡馍 hath fed…
Recently, I was asked if I had any New Year’s resolutions. Without giving it too much thought, I responded, “Not really, I prefer to make rash and whimsical life...
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“Our Internet intellectuals lack the intellectual ambition, and the basic...”
– The Internet Intellectual | The New Republic By Evgeny Morozov on October 12, 2011 (via danpatterson)
kenyatta:
It’s a shame that both the accusation above and the review that this quote comes from are so filled with anger and bile because it clouds what’s actually a very interesting question:...
December 2011
Gossip from the trenches of China’s... →
(I originally wrote this post on 88 Bar.)
China telecommunications expert, Marc Laperrouza, tips us off to an unconfirmed bit a of juicy news about the Chinese…
Street Vendor Life in China →
(I conducted this fieldwork during the summer of 2011.)
I was living with migrants and working as a food vendor for the last few days. I want to give you an idea what everyday life is like…
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Learn from Elites: Consolidate Your Most Important... →
From Lifehacker:
Success-focused blog Study Hacks notes a study which examined the differences between elite violinists and average players, and found that one of the biggest differences for achievement isn’t the amount of time you practice, but how you delegate your time.
The study, published in Psychological Review, took a look at two tiers of violin players (as identified by the ...
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yongfook: Design is Horseshit! →
yongfook:
In direct response to: http://designerfund.com/infographic
I’ve created products / services in the past that have garnered praise for their design. I love good design in all forms - copywriting in particular fascinates me. I’ve never called myself a designer.
Here’s my pitch. This talk of designers as the new kings of startups is becoming increasingly overblown. You are not a...
The Future of Computing in China: Stories that... →
The future of computing in China is a frequent topic in the tech community.
Most recently, NY Times published an article by John Markoff and David Barboza that discusses a near future where…
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More glowing meat found near Beijing - from...
From Shanghaiist:
A man living in Tongzhou District in Beijing this week reports a story very similar to that of a Pudong woman in April: after purchasing a chunk of meat from a local vegetable market, he later discovered that it was glowing blue in the dark!
The man, surnamed Li, purchased the meat on December 4 from a vendor who insisted it came from the same meat wholesaler used by...
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“Architects are not required to be intellectually rigorous. They only have to...”
