Emily Davidow

David Byrne Journal: 11.20.06 what if the benign effects of religion are intimately tied to the dark side? What if you can’t have the good without the bad? What if the shared sense of community, for example, is tied to the belief that God has given this community a personal mandate, (tags: davidbyrne religion china [...]

My Life as a Dog – New York Times Beautiful essay by Jonathan Safran Foer on dogs in the city and all of us on the planet. (tags: dogs earth environment animals kindness jonathansafranfoer) …My heart’s in Accra » Nancy Hafkin on Gender and IT Hafkin wants a future of Cyberellas, empowered women who have [...]

Transmaterial: Pileus, the Flickr Umbrella The Flickr Umbrella, also known as Pileus (which refers both to the head of a mushroom and a cloud formation), can download and project still image and video content in real-time from Flickr or other websites using the umbrella fabric as the projection surface. Images are advanced with a simple [...]

Xerox Seeks Erasable Form of Paper for Copiers – New York Times Brinda Dalal, Xerox “Garbologist,” discovered a notable change in the role of paper in modern offices, where it’s increasingly used as a medium of display rather than storage. Documents are stored on central servers and personal computers and printed only as needed; for [...]

YouTube – ウェルシュ・コーギー　Welsh Corgi Cosmo’s favorite video today — cute Welsh Corgi pups (tags: dog corgi puppy video cute youtube welshcorgi) kuler Explore, create and share color palettes and themes with this web application by adobe. (via Core77) (tags: color webapps flash palette design)

So I finally cut loose my Time Warner cable account in favor of high speed internet access from RCN. So far, not so impressed, but I don’t miss cable TV at all.

Global Orgasm – December 22nd, 2006 – Peace through Global Ecstasy Global Orgasm is an experiment open to everyone in the world. The goal is to add so much concentrated and high-energy positive input into the energy field of the Earth that it will reduce the current dangerous levels of aggression and violence throughout (tags: [...]

cameraphone video of video art at lexus 460 gallery, 461 fifth ave, nycInteresting 460 Degrees exhibition at 461 Fifth Ave featuring installation by Arne Quinze and video by Pascual Sisto through Nov 30.

Madonna Series by Chris Twomey at Tribes Gallery, NYC In her Madonna Series, artist Chris Twomey interprets the mother-child bond from a more scientific standpoint: using the genetic similarities that are passed down through DNA. Twomey takes photographs of mothers (herself included) and their children in po (tags: art science painting media genetics nyc) sense.PSFK: [...]

Ida Pearle beautiful collage illustration (tags: art illustration artists paper stationery collage)

Chambers Street Wines: what are natural, organic, biodynamic wines Article explaining benefits of and differences between natural, organic and biodynamic wines. They also offer a wide selection of them. (tags: nyc organic wine biodynamic natural) Nirali Magazine | Les Impressions de Mumbai Florine Asch’s luscious watercolor notebook of Mumbai (tags: illustration florineasch india watercolor art) [...]

His book, “The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression” is an amazing, unflinching resource on depression for anyone dealing with depression personally or in the people around them.Read/See/Listen: Interviews with favorite authors Alice Walker and Isabel Allende on Democracy Now today. Alice Walker reads from her new book “We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Light in a Time of Darkness,” and Isabel Allende reads from her new novel “Ines of My Soul.” Alice Walker segmentIsabel Allende segmentdownload whole show as mp3Read/See/Listen: Dropping KnowledgeAmazing compilation of questions and answers in video and text, all offered with a creative commons license.

peterme.com: Embrace the chaos – designers and systems with emergent behavior In systems with emergent behavior, I see designers primarily serving the role of facilitator and enabler. Designers can provide immense value by capturing an experience strategy, a statement of the design purpose of the system, for what reason(s) it exist (tags: design complexity emergence [...]