Archive for June, 2006

joel fan’s world keys and other musical notes

Posted 28 June 2006 | By | Categories: consumerism, culture, emily approved, music, people, shopping | No Comments

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 [...]

TEDTalks podcast

Posted 26 June 2006 | By | Categories: culture, design, emily approved, environment, passions, people, science, technology, video | No Comments

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

links for 2006-06-26

Posted 26 June 2006 | By | Categories: animals, food, interconnected, links, science | No Comments

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, [...]

links for 2006-06-24

Posted 24 June 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

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 [...]

links for 2006-06-21

Posted 21 June 2006 | By | Categories: environment, links, science, technology | No Comments

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 [...]

links for 2006-06-20

Posted 20 June 2006 | By | Categories: culture, links, technology | No Comments

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

Posted 19 June 2006 | By | Categories: culture, technology | Comments Off

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.

links for 2006-06-18

Posted 18 June 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

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)

links for 2006-06-14

Posted 14 June 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

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)

links for 2006-06-13

Posted 13 June 2006 | By | Categories: branding, consumerism, culture, furniture, links, nyc, passions, shopping | No Comments

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 [...]

amazing annotated earth and sky

Posted 13 June 2006 | By | Categories: consumerism, emily approved, mythology, technology | No Comments

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.

links for 2006-06-12

Posted 12 June 2006 | By | Categories: links | No Comments

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)

links for 2006-06-11

Posted 11 June 2006 | By | Categories: art, culture, emily approved, links, nyc | No Comments

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 [...]