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Industry analysts have been questioning for years whether Twitter is financially viable. Well, maybe it isn't–maybe this particular kind of Internet platform is not destined to be a business....
View ArticleDemon Haunted Worlds
This (old) talk by Matt Jones is really very, very good. The Demon-Haunted World View more documents from Matt Jones.
View ArticleThe City Is A Battlesuit For Surviving The Future – Future metro – io9
we're not so far away from what Archigram were examining in the 60's. Behaviour and information as the raw material to design cities with as much as steel, glass and concrete. Read more on The City Is...
View ArticleOpen-plan school hearing problems
The acoustics of new schools will have to be improved after warnings that showcase open-plan designs make it difficult for children to hear. Source: here
View Articleoobject » 12 unrecognizable before and after views of cities
Despite the appearance of permanence that historic buildings create, many if not most of the worlds famous cities have been almost entirely destroyed either by war, property speculation or Ayn Randian...
View Articleoobject » 12 unrecognizable before and after views of cities
Despite the appearance of permanence that historic buildings create, many if not most of the worlds famous cities have been almost entirely destroyed either by war, property speculation or Ayn Randian...
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Brunelleschi’s Eggs
More from John Kay’s Obliquity: The Duomo “The Florentine cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore was intended to have the largest dome of any modern building. The problems for over a century was that no...
View ArticleBlending virtual and physical schools
Virtual education should not be “the end of school.” Rather, it is one great opportunity to re-imagine school. Please, don’t make your alternative to the boring classroom a bunch of kids sitting home...
View ArticleWorkspace, Learnspace, Brainspace
I’ve just been watching Channel 4’s The Secret Life of Buildings. The presenter’s an acquired taste but there are some fascinating bits to it. The main take-aways for me are : Read more on Workspace,...
View ArticleWhat cathedral are you building?
I’ve been on a school trip to York these last few days. As you’ll know if you’ve been there, the Minster dominates the city. On a walk round the city walls, I was chatting with a 10-year old about the...
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