Always Learning
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I was watching some more of the talks from TED, a conference for a 1000 leaders across the world in industry, politics, design, etc. The video I embedded is a talk by a guy who was on the Seattle Public Library design team. It is a really great discussion about design and looking at the real data that should drive the project. And how extremely logical design can be used to create interesting and useful buildings.
Here is a random piece of history that I picked up in Slate today: A Brief History of the Toothpick. I know what you’re thinking, why would I ever want to know the history of the toothpick? I would counter, you never know when the you’ll need to know the history of the toothpick, so why not learn it now and be prepared. I would encourage you to watch other talks if you can,
Finish with not-so-new news, Apple’s OS X is still better than Microsoft’s Windows, even after Vista was released. Slate has an article to lay out all the reasons. And now that the new OS is out, I’m electronic year-end bonus deposit away from ordering it. Check out the story, and head over to your local Apple store.
