Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category
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The Danger of Time- and Place-Shifting
Today was an historic day, and I’ve got the screenshots to prove it!
Walking into Chicago Public Library after work to pick up a book (I had no idea that you could get these things anywhere other than Amazon!), I saw a sign which said something to the effect of “The library auditorium will be open [...]
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Revolving Doors, Microinteraction and World Peace
I had an eye-opening experience on the way in to work this morning.
As I was exiting the building throughout the revolving door, there was someone else coming in at the same time; she had a suitcase and was awkwardly trying to simultaneously push the door, while still moving herself forward and making sure that her [...] -
“iBlessing” iPhone App: Oh No You Did Not Just Say That.
I came across a new iPhone app called iBlessing which promises to put all the Jewish blessings at your fingertips, so you’ll “…never fumble or mumble a blessing again!” It’s simple enough: in the Jewish religion, it is traditional to say specific prayers over different kinds of food or for certain special activities (hand washing, [...]
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Ads, ads, everywhere.
It’s no news that ads are popping up in just about every place that there is any available digital or analog real estate upon which to plaster them. Some great examples of this are motion graphics in train tunnels, trains, planes and automobiles fully wrapped in adds, and finally (my favorite) ads crammed into the [...]
