by David | Jul 23, 2012 | culture, design, economics
File under quietly brilliant. I needed to move some books, a lot of books, so I started to look around for some boxes. Professor M suggested twine. Check it out: a simple double loop of twine is a flexible, reusable, and perhaps most important, easy to store book...
by David | May 22, 2012 | design, working
I’m standing at the coffee bar at Dwelltime, not because I’m a pretentious euro-snob sipping my espresso, but in protest of the absurd edict of the cambridge city council about the number of seats allowed in this establishment. Then it occurred to me,...
by David | Apr 30, 2012 | culture, design, eating
Sometimes, a package is wrapped so beautifully, you don’t want to open it. When the package contains food, I can get over that feeling pretty fast. Here’s something you may not know: everybody’s favorite West End French-themed Korean deli with a...
by David | Apr 26, 2012 | design
Being a blogger customer, I was invited to an exclusive preview opening a new FLOR retail outlet on Clarendon street tonight. Being a customer blogger, I could not resist the free food and drink. Also, I was hoping that I would cross paths with the estimable...
by David | Apr 17, 2012 | culture, design, photo, technology
Has everybody finally finished discussing Instagram’s billion buck Zuck-quisition? Probably not, but I can’t wait for all the chatter to settle down to ponder what it means when a generation puts such a value on nostalgia for something they probably...
by David | Apr 15, 2012 | design, reading & writing, technology
Kindle or Nook? Nook or Kindle? I was pondering a gift for an aunt, looking at ebook readers and tablets and reading apps and I noticed something odd. The Kindle, unlike the Nook and Google reader, doesn’t let you change the text justification of your ebook....
