Emily Davidow

Even if you haven’t heard of Joel Fan yet, you may have already heard him on Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project. If not, be good to yourself and catch up (with Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet) immediately! He just released his spectacular debut record, World Keys, featuring premieres of compositions from around our beautiful [...]

I have attended and spoken at many conferences — few have stayed with me like TED.

It Died for Us – Frank Bruni – New York Times Interesting essay on the ethical implications of our diets. From lobsters to feed lots to foie gras…. lots of good questions! (tags: nutrition food ethics diet consciousness animals compassion) Seed: No Longer a Mind of Our Own “New research is blurring the species boundary, [...]

The Ethicurean An eater of tasty things that are also sustainable, organic, local, and/or ethical — S/O/L/E foods, for short. (tags: blog eating food nutrition sustainable organic local ethical) Blog from Bolivia: The Sun Rises on the Andean New Year “In Aymara culture the new year begins with the emergence of the sun’s first rays [...]

AIR – Preemptive Media intriguing: AIR is a public, social experiment in which people are invited to use Preemptive Media’s portable air monitoring devices to explore their neighborhoods and urban environments for pollution and fossil fuel burning hotspots. (tags: collaborative art sustainability pollution Project environment social gps data visualization) PSFK: Is Second Life IP Issue [...]

Stonehenge pocket-watch predicts solstices hilarious! Happy upcoming summer solstice to you all. (via Boing Boing) (tags: art clock cool gadget technology time stonehenge)

Identity Mash-Up conference going on right now (June 19-21) at Berkman Center, Harvard Law, exploring lots of compelling issues related to identity in the digital era, privacy, civil liberties, civic participation and commerce. Live streaming video of sessions available and IRC at irc.freenode.net#idmashup.

geographic text browser – data visualization & visual culture – information aesthetics a geographic text browser, intended to help readers explore the spatial & geographical component of classic works of literature. the application parses public domain texts from Project Gutenberg, & extracts all the geographic locations it can find. (tags: informat)

imagining ourselves – a global generation of women interesting global online conversation on ideas and issues, stories, movies, events, and a book. monthly themes — the future, culture & conflict, money. (tags: women global socialaction community storytelling conversation)

Turning Rivers Into Playgrounds – New York Times Fun along the NYC waterfront, including kayaking! (Picture at right is from my own kayaking on the Hudson adventures.) (tags: nyc kayak hudsonriver hudsonriverpark pier63) New American Dream – Conscious Consumer information to make informed choices in the marketplace to protect the environment, enhance quality of life [...]

New Google Earth beta out for free download with wild textured 3D building features and ability for people to create and share geographic information. Learned all sorts of interesting facts about my own neighborhood.

mikons.com beta social web drawing tool for creating personal visual symbol icons/tags, connecting with others and storytelling (tags: visual social web art self-expression creative icons storytelling shared)

The Dalai Lama’s Many Auras, at the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles – New York Times This exhibition looks interesting. It will be in NYC March 3, 2007 – September 4, 2007 at the Rubin Museum of Art. Especially intrigued by Laurie Anderson‘s installation which sounds like a physical manifestation of one of my favorite [...]