12.9.10 | Ideas
You Are Here
It's 3:45pm in early December. Which direction are you facing?
Not long ago, I overcame a dependency on my map app. I was racing against the clock and had managed to head out the door with just an address. Resurfacing from the subway, with five minutes to the deadline and a dead cell phone, I was [...]
Tags: data visualization | environment | GPS | mapping | maps | meaning | mobile | navigation | real space | senses | skills | technology | wayfinding
11.20.10 | Ideas
A New System For Synthesizing
Jamer Hunt, director of the Transdisciplinary Design program, recently introduced us to Evernote, a system for note taking and idea accumulation. As I set it up, I thought: Gmail has instant search. Delicious saves my links and lets me tag them. My pen writes quite well. Each has a specific purpose and does it well. [...]

