by David | Feb 12, 2009 | design, economics, urbanism
I was walking from Central to Harvard yesterday morning and I noticed that the Porter cluster of furniture stores about midway between those squares is changing. Maybe a sign of the economic times, maybe just neighborhood evolution. Since I’m in the market for...
by David | Feb 6, 2009 | design, photo, reading & writing
In book club this month: Man Booker prize winner The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. Halfway through, enjoying it. Also see Adiga’s piece in the New Yorker and the discussion of White Tiger over at the Mutiny. Picked up at the Central Square Theater: Alan...
by David | Jan 1, 2009 | design
Happy new year everybody. I hope your 2009 is sweet and productive. Here’s a version of this year’s card. I’ve decided not to blog the actual card since I stil want to encourage postal contact. Well, not that kind of postal contact, but I think...
by David | Dec 18, 2008 | design, technology
It’s pretty typical these days to be reminded to turn off your cell phone at the start of movies, theater performances, classes, religious services, and so forth. At last week’s performance of Einstein’s Dreams, I was pleasantly surprised that no...
by David | Dec 1, 2008 | design, media
Yep, it’s December again. There’s no possibility of escaping holiday muzak anymore. The threat of snow is in the air. And it’s time to get to work on my new year card. For reasons I can’t really explain anymore, every year for about 15 years...
by David | Nov 15, 2008 | culture, design, media, photo, urbanism
It was a photographic version of the colorful phrase, drinking from the firehose. Thursday night I attended a lecture by Magnum photographer Paul Fusco and then Friday, an opening of a show by National Geographic photographer Cary Wolinsky, both events presented by...
