Links for 05-09-08

trendwatching.com: "OFF=ON"
Trends for the online going real-world and vice-versa - "OFF=ON | More and more, the offline world (a.k.a. the real world, meatspace or atom-arena) is adjusting to and mirroring the increasingly dominant online world, from tone of voice to product development to business processes to customer relationships."

writing | ben fry » Handcrafted Data
On hand-drawn images and simplicity (and identifying birds) - "Besides seamlessly imposing a hierarchy of information, the handmade image is also free to present its subject from the most efficient viewpoint."

Algorithmic Architecture | Smashing Telly - A hand picked TV channel
Algorithm-generated architecture, including evolved designs - "Modern buildings are designed rather like crystals, they are a repetition of components (periodic). Natural things, however, including DNA and medieval towns are more like aperiodic crystals, with variable repetition. To create these structures, requires an algorithm rather than a single equation"

Whatever happened to Availabot?
Schulze and Webb move to the next level - they're bringing a product to market.

Kiva & 101 Cookbooks - 101 Cookbooks
Group micro-loans around the theme of " farmers, cooks, and individuals doing food production"

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