Emily Davidow

about kip
iphoto like organization tool for PDFs
(tags: mac pdf organization productivity macosx software GTD)

sugarcandy: group chat for your mobile phone
useful for traveling wth friends or organizing group activity. sorta like twttr.
(tags: sms txt phone mobile communication group social networking chat)

A Guide to the Sky for Galactic Tourists – New York Times
review of celestron skyscout
(tags: astronomy [...]

New backpack coming out this fall from Tumi co-designed by Anish Kapoor to benefit Doctors without Borders, coinciding with the launch of Kapoor’s Sky Mirror installation at Rockefeller Center from September 19 through October 27th (also sponsored by Tumi and organized by Public Art Fund).The backpack features a solar panel on top for charging a phone or PDA. Constructed from red-on-gray FXT ballistic nylon with silver metallic lining, a removable padded laptop sleve and temperature controlled neoprene compartments.

Spot-on episode of the show with zefrank on copyright issues and profiteering with video online.

Fuel for travel
Fuel for Travel (at Schiphol Airport) lets you download travel guides, music, audio books, tv shows and movies to MP3 players and other digital devices. features listening and viewing stations for travellers to browse digital content. Pricing is similar t
(tags: download mp3 mp4 travel music entertainment video digital)

Processing 1.0 (BETA)
open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and sound. software sketchbook and pro production tool developed by artists and designers as an alternative to proprietary software tools in the same domain
(tags: art design software technology production animation sound tool programming)

The Food Section: Press Sighting: Food & [...]

I’m no fan of the wedding industrial complex, but i’ve falling in love with this complex industrial-design wedding costume.

submit to cambrian house: you think it – crowds test it – crowds build it – we sell it – you profit.

…Accountability has become sexy, and the most creative shoppers are often the ones who are most aware of where their money is going.

Vlogging (Video blogging) just got really easy thanks to Odeo’ new Hellodeo.

Hamachi : Stay Connected
create lan over the internet – zero-configuration, free virtual private networking application.

(tags: vpn tools internet computer lan network p2p software)

Preloadr: online image editing for flickr
Preloadr is a free service providing image manipulation functions linked with your Flickr account. It is designed to pre-process photos uploaded to Flickr.
(tags: photography photos editing flickr)

AirJaldi Summit – Dharamsala, India
conference on empowering rural communities in developing countries through wireless networks.
(tags: community wireless opensource networks event india dharamsala network technology)

Caught up with Irene PapanestorThe exhibition will not only rely on the Flickr community for content, but will also depend upon the activity of the site’s users for the organization and editing of what is anticipated to be thousands of images from the age-old genre of self-portraiture…. Sorting options or subcategories (self portrait “with mirror” or at “beach,” for example) within the virtual exhibition will enable further definition and refinement.The work in the exhibition will perpetually expand with the proliferation of users until the popularity of each category aids in its editing.

Doors of Perception weblog: How to be good
When we talk about design and social innovation, how confident can we be that we are not searching for personal salvation by “doing good”? John Thackera proposes some rules of engagement.
(tags: design social change innovation)

Tom Watson: The Manly Pursuits
lovely post Tom! “Men want many things. They want beauty. They want hope. They want surrender, and warmth, and safety. They want a home and path through life shared by someone else very much like them, if only a little different, perhaps a little tougher
(tags: desire love gender humanity)

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