by David | Apr 20, 2009 | culture, design, economics, media, urbanism
Despite Professor M calling Shepherd Fairey some bad names, or perhaps because of it, I ventured to the ICA again this weekend. Adjectival museum buddy L joined me. I went prepared to really love or hate the work, but ended up feeling left a little cold by it, and...
by David | Mar 31, 2009 | design, economics
Last week somebody who should have been working tipped me off to the story of Douglas Bowman, a lead designer at Google, quitting at least in part because his design decisions were being second-guessed and subjected to minute quantitative analysis. Quantitative...
by David | Mar 22, 2009 | economics, photo
The Photographic Resource Center is an organization that’s very important to me, and one that serves fans and practitioners of photography around town and around the world. If you haven’t been, I urge you to visit. There’s a lot going on. I had...
by David | Mar 19, 2009 | eating, economics, urbanism
Not that long ago, I used to travel a lot for work, it seemed I was never home. Occasionally I would join newoligarch for “neighborhood patrol” wherein we would walk around our neighborhoods, taking conscious note of stores opening and closing,...
by David | Mar 10, 2009 | design, economics, urbanism
Yesterday, I blogged about being too lame to spend some found money, but I also found what might be just the thing to buy. I was in Bowl & Board in Davis Square, looking at cutting boards. I had been coveting one of those bamboo numbers, all sustainable and...
by David | Mar 9, 2009 | economics
I have a credit card that gives a a point for every dollar I spend. These points are redeemable for assorted types of merchandise, other kinds or points, travel perks and gift cards. I have another credit card that rewards me with useless flight miles. Every now and...
