{"id":45,"date":"2007-11-01T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-01T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danflies.wordpress.com\/2007\/11\/01\/always-learning"},"modified":"2007-11-01T09:53:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-01T15:53:00","slug":"always-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danflies.com\/blog\/always-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Always Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was watching some more of the talks from TED<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n

Here is a random piece of history that I picked up in Slate today: A Brief History of the Toothpick<\/a>. 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, <\/p>\n

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<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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Lots o’ geometry<\/a>
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