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Skype, aka, The Future of Phone Calls
The future of the phone call? Who makes calls anymore? Clive Thompson recently argued: Consider: If I suddenly decide I want to dial you up, I have no way of knowing whether you’re busy, and you...
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More on phones
What you’re looking at here is not a phone: it’s a computer. I noticed this phone parked at a number of Korean colleagues’ desks at the studio, and I finally asked them what it was. Designed to look...
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Text Me
Why announce on the PA, when you can text? The use of on-screen text messaging on a recent flight got me thinking about the benefits of text-based communication. Why wouldn’t you use the PA? Same...
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Baby’s Badass Burgers and Coolhaus
#bbpBox_14885269979275264 a { text-decoration:none; color:#f50003; }#bbpBox_14885269979275264 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }On our way! RT @COOLHAUS: Girrrl! We made it! Go get your free...
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One Month in Beijing
One month in Beijing. What’s changed since the first day? Helping my cab drivers navigate the city, a welcoming party for colleagues from Oslo… and snow, glorious government-sponsored snow. Let the...
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Modes of Literacy
Thinking lately about modes of literacy. Ever since moving here, my Chinese literacy has shot up, but I still struggle. While I can scan a heavy text of philosophy swiftly, I read even basic...
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Tools of the Trade
Tools of the trade at a local barber’s in Manila: an electric razor and a phone. The latter has replaced the owner’s landline phone to manage business, socialize, pass the time.
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One of the best Twitter exchanges I’ve seen in a while
Tricia Wang’s terrific exploration of the instant photo phenomenon (suishoupai/随手拍) on Weibo has gotten me thinking about unexpected uses of social media and the way we take ownership of a medium...
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Texting in the Philippines, Sustainable Design in Malaysia, and the Southeast...
Have a new photo essay in Design Observer this week. This time, I’m focused on Manila’s rich SMS/texting culture, and how that influences the design of storefronts, public space and even Starbucks...
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Not Two: Stillness and Digital Life at a Korean Monastery
Pico Iyer has a lovely article out in the latest New York Times focusing on "The Joy of Quiet". It’s a great read and has a few lovely gems: In barely one generation we’ve moved from exulting in the...
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