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Drink and #draw with us? #Korner
First Mondays at Geer Street Garden. Join us to draw, drink, and talk about Life. –DK Online Ticketing for Korner powered by Eventbrite
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‘I didn’t think of that’
As we regroup from our tour of AETHER in New York, Boston, and DC, we have a lot of things to say about it to you all out there listening. Especially because we’re planning our big finale, right here in Durham, in the coming weeks. It’s pretty awesome to travel, but it’s even more exciting ...
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Bring Back the Lost Art of Tinkering [via @idApostle]
See on Scoop.it – Dialogue Does America have a terrific obsession with testing? See on blogs.kqed.org
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“If we don’t have content, we cannot have design.” #designthinking #infographics #dialogue
See on Scoop.it – Dialogue Francesco Franchi on ‘infographic thinking.’ The upshot: Be informative, be interesting, entertain, but make sure you’ve got good data to build from. See on www.fastcodesign.com
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Jean-Jacques Parys’ fascinating #infographic-laden vid about #Facebook
See on Scoop.it – Dialogue Jean-Jacques Parys’ fascinating vid about Facebook: “57% of people spend more time talking with friends online than in real life.” See on vimeo.com
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Let the #data do the talking #datavisualization #infographic #design
See on Scoop.it – Dialogue “A couple of years ago, big infographics with little substance were able to draw in lots of visitors because they were something new to look at. However, now these sort of infographics draw backlash. You have to put in the time to think about the story you want to tell ...
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A father’s love in time lapse from birth to 12 years old
See on Scoop.it – Dialogue What reminds us of our impermanence more than seeing our small children growing up? Frans Hofmeester filmed his daughter from birth up until she turned 12 years old and made this time lapse edit. –Dipika See on vimeo.com
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Apolitical
Two days ago NC embarrassed me by voting to ban same-sex marriage. Minutes ago I read through a glass encased newsbox the Washington Post’s front page story: Obama does support gay marriage. Now I’m sitting in front of his house, for the first time in years, hopeful.
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Moving like water on a line
Today a man from Pakistan who lives in France told me that he is visiting a circuit of the U.S. and Canada he took more than 30 years ago. Transportation is better in France, he said. Not news to Orangutan, but fun to hear a bit more about. “In Europe the trains move like water ...
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Is @BenBalter invisible?
When I asked the WordPress enthusiast Ben Balter yesterday why he was so psyched about the platform, he told a small self-selected group of WP “geeks” it had to do with “liking to organize stuff. I have drawers labeled ‘spoons.’” He made some plugins for WP that you can download for free, and that you ...
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Thing about #jazz
A busker on the corner plays sax by Dunkin Donuts. Just these two things let me know I’m back on the East Coast. Medium? Message? Convos thru the Aether? Let’s talk communications, DC! Aether DC is tomorrow at 7 at Kramerbooks & Afterwords, Dupont Circle avec yours truly. –DK
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BHAG #DCevents
Big Hairy Aggressive… what was that last one? Register here.