Holy smoke this one got under my radar. As of august 29, 2006 Dr. Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, was elected to Apple’s board of directors. This is hugh. Not only does two of the largest, and at this time must cutting edge companies mix blood - in itself rather signifcant. And it is rare that two possible contennders are greating each other, simply because they ...

As faithfull readers of this blog will notice, after my last design kind of deconstructed itself, I have made yet another redesign of the blog. Yes I know! Seems like all I do around here is arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.... This time I went for at little more clean and modern look and feel. Adding also some Ajax functionality here and there, see for instance the ...

WSJ.com - Moguls of New Media The MySpace member with a million 'friends.' The receptionist with a production deal. Some of the Web's amateur entertainers are becoming powerful players. (tags: business future journal media myspace newmedia web2.0)

On Urban Markup: Frames Of Reference In Location Models For Participatory Urbanism Malcolm McCullough - Vol 14 No 3 July 2006 - Leonardo Electronic Almanac (tags: studioincite inclinks locative_media) mirrorman screensaver and more... (tags: animation design drawing)

Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design a new initiative happening in Denmark. The two key promoters of this initiative are Heather Martin and Simona Maschi. (tags: interactiondesign interaction_design design)

Design Observer: writings about design & culture What is Beauty? Or, On the Aesthetics of Wind Farms (tags: aesthetics art article culture design essays nature philosophy reference)

Peter-Paul Verbeek - What Things Do: Philosophical Reflections on Technology, Agency, and Design - Reviewed by Albert Borgmann, University of Montana - Philosophical Reviews - University of Notre Dame (tags: article design philosophy technology)

Introduction: Vol 14 No 3 July 2006 - Leonardo Electronic Almanac eleven essays, each exploring different angles in the field of locative media. (tags: everyware folksonomy Geography gps locative mapping media place research space) Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog a multi-author blog devoted to illustration, art, cartooning and drawing. Its purpose is to inspire creativity by sharing links and resources. (tags: animation blog collaboration community cool creative pictures) Good Experience - What I ...