18 December 2012

The Interpretation of Bias (and the Bias of Interpretation)

Great local search apps for iOS

The Mathematics Behind Comics xkcd

Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes United States (40404) and Canada (21212)  SMS short codes for other countries

(Video) Quirky science tricks for parties

http://coilhouse.net/2011/08/nicole-aptekars-new-paper-explorations/

http://digitalartistsunite.deviantart.com/

A billion dollar software tech company is founded every 3 months in U.S.

"... what if that knot-in-your-stomach wasn't something to be avoided, but a sign you're getting ready for something bigger?" - Jamie Broughton
"Perhaps merging Art with Math and Science is the new language needed today to help us achieve a new quantum level of human knowledge." - Rich Byrnes
"Having an idea is not special; creating a network around that idea is the comparative advantage." - @quixotic
"...you chose to be who you now are, you came here to thrive, the odds always seem steep, the game is rigged in your favor, you knew what you were doing,,,," - The Universe
"We can have more than we've got, because we can become more than we are." - Jim Roh

14 December 2012

(SplashMaps)  Mapping-related KickStarter proposal (for fabric map based on Open data)

How Google's digital mapping is mapping us

12 December 2012

Solitary thinker unveils a solution that’s either a dizzying advance—or a blind alley.

http://mydesignstories.com/portraits-on-maps/

(Fractal / Origami) 'Mosely Snowflake Sponge' Facebook page

(Fractal) Hive Mind : http://vitaloverdose.deviantart.com/art/Entrance-to-the-hive-mind-335933571

Advanced Origami

http://cfccreates.com/upload_files/ideaBOOSTParticipants.pdf

Sad ending ( A solo exhibition in celebration of life as an artist.... At the request of the family, all remaining art will be given away FREE) 

Starting from the very beginning, what happened in the Israel/Palestine area?

"Maybe being powerful means to be fragile." - Ai Weiwei
"Fast takes longer when you hurry (Keep calm and saunter on); slow gets faster when you're happy." - The Universe
"In order to arrive at what you are not, You must go through the way in which you are not." - T.S. Eliot, 'East Coke'
"Artists get better by sharpening their skills or by acquiring new ones; they get better by learning to work, and by learning from their work." - David Bayles and Ted Orland
"Behold, as a wild ass in the desert, go I forth to my work." -  Frank Herbert

10 December 2012

https://www.communitech.ca/what-really-happened-after-mappedin-left-the-dragons-den/

Prezi uses a map-like metaphor for creating presentations instead of a slideshow metaphor.

http://toronto.schmap.com/art-galleries 

http://www.datapointed.net/visualizations/math/factorization/animated-diagrams/

http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/the_future_of_science_is_art/

3D laminate sculpture

Found : http://www.ingenesist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/12j.jpg  (LibraryMap in use)

(Definition)  'prov·i·dence'/ˈprävədəns/  
Noun:
  1. The protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power.
  2. God or nature as providing such care."
"The difference between being moments away from a big, HUGE dream coming true, rather than light-years, lies in physically behaving, day by day, as if the dream were real, and all else was a dream." - The Universe
"Just because it’s graphical, it doesn’t mean it’s useful." - Henry Woodbury
"Twitter makes me like people I’ve never met, and Facebook makes me hate people I know in real life." - @laurenahayes
"Bottomless wonders spring from simple rules, which are repeated without end." - Benoit Mandelbrot
"If there comes a day when all art is digital, artworks will subsist in some ether whence they may be conjured to appear and vanish at our convenience." - Barry Schwabsky, art critic