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Josh Wallaert|Essays
Google Maps, Give Us Our River Names
No map in history has made us feel more powerful or more present. But there's a little thing missing: the Mississippi River.
Julie Lasky|Reviews
Design Indaba 2011
Review of Design Indaba 2011 conference in Cape Town, South Africa
Alexandra Lange|Essays
Reading Out Loud
The disappearing physical on-ramps to reading.
Alexandra Lange|Essays
ISO The Digital Sidewalk Critic
Why is it so hard to say, "I hate my iPad"?
Alexandra Lange|Essays
Neat Freaks
Organizing things neatly = what IBM, Ray Eames, Herbert Matter and Tumblr have in common.
Alexandra Lange|Essays
I Was an Unhappy Hipster
In a renovation by an architect, for a critic, the bookshelves can be a battleground.
John Thackara|Essays
If It’s Not the Destination and It’s Not the Journey...
A team at Rutgers University, uses ultrasonic sensors, GPS receivers and cellular networks to find empty parking spaces. While technically impressive, this is an absurdly over-complicated answer to the wrong question.
Jonathan Schultz|Projects
Give a Minute
Report on Local Projects' Give a Minute initiative to improve urban life.
Mark Lamster|Essays
Gerd Arntz: Design Icon
Gerd Arntz: A design icon who designed icons.
Alexandra Lange|Essays
Is No the Answer?
Bag bans, yes. But why is no plastic the answer?
Rob Walker|Essays
Ghosts in the Machine
Everyday we are busy producing fresh masses of life-affirming digital stuff. What happens to this “stuff” when we die?
Rob Walker|Essays
Global Entertainment
Entertainment via web-based geography.
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