Media, information & network cultures - really, just a place to dump stuff I like var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-27388233-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @cultofthefirefly)http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3e69ca2adfa3ccdc5ed025b97b1821c5/tumblr_mmyb63sfNl1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://christianmccrea.net/post/50659590882/skeetshoot-nevver-christian-b-k-micah" class="tumblr_blog">christianmccrea</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://skeetshoot.tumblr.com/post/50659126972/nevver-christian-bok-micah-lexier-psycho-1">skeetshoot</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/50658933429/christian-bok-micah-lexier">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://pietmondriaan.com/2013/05/17/christian-bok-micah-lexier/">Christian Bök & Micah Lexier</a></p> </blockquote> <p>psycho #1 christian bök fan right here</p> </blockquote> <p>no way get in line</p></blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/50718312034http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/50718312034Sat, 18 May 2013 19:52:49 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ba29918b24c5c889b4e0de3a93beae40/tumblr_mkv9pfRyjr1qbf60lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://studio630.tumblr.com/post/50685426316/infographic-the-intricate-anatomy-of-ux-design">studio630</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h1 class="title"><strong>Infographic: The Intricate Anatomy Of UX Design</strong></h1> <div class="deck"> <p>THIS MEGA GRAPHIC ATTEMPTS TO TACKLE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UX AND ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF DESIGN.</p> <p>Via <a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671735/infographic-the-intricate-anatomy-of-ux-design#1">FastCoDesign</a></p> </div> </blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/50718245023http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/50718245023Sat, 18 May 2013 19:50:32 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/91274c86dae0ce50cdf904ae75ec4793/tumblr_mhvg4rOO9c1qh0usho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9263d0d7f66ed69256a39cb1570ffa66/tumblr_mhvg4rOO9c1qh0usho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3745d99ae57f5de8d3752ab5c1b2c8b5/tumblr_mhvg4rOO9c1qh0usho3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/153573b983ff5255f0edd4c4caba8821/tumblr_mhvg4rOO9c1qh0usho4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d572464972554ae20bfb08fc5aabeecb/tumblr_mhvg4rOO9c1qh0usho5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/471d94b35337780e2a659f6646197416/tumblr_mhvg4rOO9c1qh0usho6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3bc99dc3747414738d334cb5613230e7/tumblr_mhvg4rOO9c1qh0usho7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://loveyourchaos.tumblr.com/post/44538242636" class="tumblr_blog">loveyourchaos</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://eauxyl.tumblr.com/post/42536533240/art"> </a></p></blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/50246035117http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/50246035117Sun, 12 May 2013 20:31:00 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/23cb98a8b882dad0366e21dbcb1c978c/tumblr_mmoewtJMmH1r7xgu7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jambonbon.tumblr.com/post/50236680642/a-conversation-i-have-never-had" class="tumblr_blog">jambonbon</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>A Conversation I Have Never Had</p></blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/50241079494http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/50241079494Sun, 12 May 2013 19:36:50 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/05175e7d59ef2a8770a4e190b30397c4/tumblr_mml8wjRU1Y1rqpa8po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://exp.lore.com/post/50091975966/know-your-tome-anatomy-of-the-book-pair-with" class="tumblr_blog">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Know your tome –<a href="http://litreactor.com/columns/library-love-anatomy-of-the-book"> anatomy of the book</a>. Pair with <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/08/16/how-a-book-is-made/">how a book is made</a>, from antiquity to the Middle Ages to today.</p></blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/50240936121http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/50240936121Sun, 12 May 2013 19:34:59 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6178f17e88c98d81bf3a1b8eee85baff/tumblr_mmm3zq8k081rw872io5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/45916d4d9e2040fbbb0720078b89f74d/tumblr_mmm3zq8k081rw872io4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a11da3a1a11c41d725fbddac62491c9c/tumblr_mmm3zq8k081rw872io6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c23aa42318037ba9c4b732bc2b01a6fa/tumblr_mmm3zq8k081rw872io3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5aa4ec19c42cdbe5fc98ec17c65c88fe/tumblr_mmm3zq8k081rw872io7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://curioushistory.com/post/50134037698/book-sculptures" class="tumblr_blog">odditiesoflife</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em><strong>Book Sculptures</strong></em></p> <p><strong>Landscapes carved and painted into old books by Canadian artist Guy Laramee.</strong></p></blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/50240876209http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/50240876209Sun, 12 May 2013 19:34:10 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/af2fc532a2907a1dc8522b6ff6f6b417/tumblr_mmjm14mbS51rqpa8po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://exp.lore.com/post/50023888320/from-the-history-of-how-coffee-changed-the-world" class="tumblr_blog">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>From <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/09/uncommon-grounds-mark-pendergrast-coffee/">the history of how coffee changed the world</a>, early foreign and American coffee-making devices, 1922:</p> <p>1—English adaptation of French boiler. 2—English coffee biggin. 3—Improved Rumford percolator. 4—Jones’s exterior-tube percolator. 5—Parker’s steam-fountain coffee maker. 6—Platow’s filterer. 7—Brain’s Vacuum, or pneumatic filter. 8—Beart’s percolator. 9—American coffee biggin. 10—cloth-bag drip pot. 11—Vienna coffee pot. 12—Le Brun’s cafetière. 13—Reversible Potsdam cafetière. 14, 15—Gen. Hutchinson’s percolator and urn. 16—Etruscan biggin.</p></blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/50078963685http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/50078963685Fri, 10 May 2013 19:10:36 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/89917be5ceb41af1c4663a42418fc3f4/tumblr_mmfdv4Clpa1r4q15po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49848242312http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49848242312Tue, 07 May 2013 21:13:41 +1000bookswarehouselogistics<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meb43m4A9y1rlzsrio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Billions and billions of books</p> </blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49848002629http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49848002629Tue, 07 May 2013 21:06:26 +1000books<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2ba86fab4c12ccc999291216d8a15dff/tumblr_mmdp0ce1RK1qd2yqto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://scavengedluxury.tumblr.com/post/49772267964/kaiser-wilhelm-memorial-church-berlin-2008" class="tumblr_blog">scavengedluxury</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church. Berlin, 2008.</p></blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49847916328http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49847916328Tue, 07 May 2013 21:03:42 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6a8d113d8c423acb60c6dfcddb2187c3/tumblr_mmf8a7mf2f1qzd1nwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://cjwho.com/post/49844758895/unpacked-amazon" class="tumblr_blog">cjwho</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://designyoutrust.com/2013/05/unpacked-amazon/">Unpacked Amazon</a></p></blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49847760649http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49847760649Tue, 07 May 2013 20:59:11 +1000booksamazonendless<iframe width="400" height="224" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wOgIkxAfJsk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://exp.lore.com/post/49522138627/the-history-of-typography-in-a-stop-motion" class="tumblr_blog">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>The history of typography, in a stop-motion animation made of 291 cut-paper letters and <span>2,454 photographs. Pair with a <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/12/05/typography-sketchbooks/">peek inside the sketchbooks of the world’s best type designers</a> and <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/08/01/10-essential-books-on-typography/">10 essential books on typography</a>. </span></p> <p><em>(<a href="http://www.curatorscode.org">↬</a> <a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com/2013/05/linkpack.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Swissmiss%20(swissmiss)">swissmiss</a>)</em></p></blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49587575630http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49587575630Sat, 04 May 2013 22:27:46 +1000<a href="http://lieveld.nl/post/48949481673/susan-sontag-on-why-lists-appeal-to-us-plus-her-listed">jerry lieveld: Susan Sontag on Why Lists Appeal to Us, Plus Her Listed Likes and Dislikes</a>: <p><a href="http://lieveld.nl/post/48949481673/susan-sontag-on-why-lists-appeal-to-us-plus-her-listed" class="tumblr_blog">jerrylieveld</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>How lists confer value and guarantee existence.</em></p> <p><a href="http://amzn.to/15Y8cp2" target="_blank"><img align="right" style="margin:9px 0 3px 15px" src="http://bit.ly/ZTJa2k" alt="" width="190"/></a><em>“The list is the origin of culture,”</em> <a href="http://bit.ly/15Y8cp4" target="_blank">Umberto Eco famously proclaimed</a>. Whether or not he was right about origin, the list is very much a currency of culture, today’s favorite attention-exploitation device in an information economy of…</p></blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49582895387http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49582895387Sat, 04 May 2013 20:19:16 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bc7a9cb6a5bd4535c635c6026cb0e5a5/tumblr_mm5w4jHYTI1qzpyhvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lieveld.nl/post/49425963038/stop-building-single-applications-and-start" class="tumblr_blog">jerrylieveld</a>:</p> <blockquote><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/Y0uBV">Stop Building Single Applications and Start Building Eco-systems | In usability we trust</a><br/><a href="http://flip.it/Y0uBV">svennerberg.com</a></p> <p>Build­ing and design­ing soft­ware used to be a whole lot eas­i­er. His­tor­i­cal­ly we’ve only had to deal with one plat­form, the desk­top com­put­er. At this day and age where most of us have mul­t …</p> </blockquote> <p>Stop Building Single Applications and Start Building Eco-systems</p></blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49582834845http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49582834845Sat, 04 May 2013 20:17:25 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/75a9e9814bd7473fefb1e62d0a84c5ee/tumblr_mle1czo0QN1rw872io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://curioushistory.com/post/49442096323/the-quietest-place-on-earth" class="tumblr_blog">odditiesoflife</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em><strong>The Quietest Place on Earth</strong></em></p> <p><strong>This is the quietest place on Earth. It’s so quiet that you can hear the sounds of your own heart and stomach. The average person can only spend about 30 minutes in this room before they start hallucinating.</strong></p> <p><strong>According to Guinness World Records, 2005, Orfield Laboratory’s anechoic chamber (pictured above) is <em>“The quietest place on Earth”</em> measured at −9.4 decibels. However, the University of Salford has a number of anechoic chambers, one of which is unofficially the quietest in the world having a measurement of −12.4 decibels.</strong></p> <p><strong> The purpose of an anechoic chamber is for testing the response of loudspeakers or microphones because the room doesn’t affect the acoustic measurements. It is also the best place for virtual acoustics - generating auralizations of concert halls, city streets and other spaces.</strong></p></blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49502608610http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49502608610Fri, 03 May 2013 19:40:56 +1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6a94bd59e5201630cbc5efa8d15d3707/tumblr_ml7im6T11W1rgqbygo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ad5532548945f3721cc3848edff4ae5f/tumblr_ml7im6T11W1rgqbygo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c302ed5f3f3fce8167a74897263cdad9/tumblr_ml7im6T11W1rgqbygo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fourthsectorconsulting.tumblr.com/post/48358518389/placemaking-street-art-urban-culture">fourthsectorconsulting</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Placemaking + street art + urban culture = <a href="http://www.streetartutopia.com"></a><a href="http://www.streetartutopia.com"><a href="http://www.streetartutopia.com">www.streetartutopia.com</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49173628963http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/49173628963Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:09:55 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dc7314a12a1b95291b55190b6c853ad3/tumblr_mlsespHIGz1r4q15po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Like a beached whale it lies, unable to return to its home #hardrubbish</p>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/48818900814http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/48818900814Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:29:12 +1000hardrubbish<a href="http://guns.periscopic.com/?year=2010">United States gun death data visualization by Periscopic</a>: <p><blockquote class="link_og_blockquote">U.S. gun deaths 2010 & 2013: you haven’t seen numbers like this before: <a href="http://guns.periscopic.com/">http://guns.periscopic.com/</a> by @periscopic</blockquote></p>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/48677402357http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/48677402357Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:54:59 +1000data visualisationgun deathstransfixed<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f2fc0fd9cfbd5cc0437f7a6f9e8edca8/tumblr_mlnqelxmVn1qzf9wqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://stateofkind.tumblr.com/post/48642730446/villa-farnese-caprarola-italy" class="tumblr_blog">stateofkind</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Farnese">Villa Farnese</a>, Caprarola, Italy</strong></p></blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/48650460338http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/48650460338Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:56:05 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/107a5e8f62a74fd4c286bc6dbb108d4a/tumblr_mlgusgHvIS1qbltjyo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dc2cf334e9a83cae908b93cd7371f9c6/tumblr_mlgusgHvIS1qbltjyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://architizer.tumblr.com/post/48295711618/a-bridge-and-a-house-beautifully-both">architizer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://www.architizer.com/en_us/projects/view/bridge-house/53025/#.UXBMl78qaxo">A bridge and a house, beautifully both.</a><br/></strong></p> </blockquote>http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/48333955252http://cultofthefirefly.tumblr.com/post/48333955252Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:53:32 +1000