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Twelve South introduces HiRise for MacBook stand, shipping now for $70 Darren Murph, engadget.com Hot on the heels of its HiRise for iMac release, the Mac-only accessory maker known as Twelve South is outing a similar riser for MacBook products. Engineered to hoist MacBooks from 11 to 15 inches up off of one’s table, the…
Medium wants people to eat their ‘information vegetables’ by Donna Tam, cnet.com Obvious CEO and Twitter co-founder Evan Williams says his new project is about creating content that focuses on quality over speed. SAN FRANCISCO — Evan Williams, Twitter co-founder and CEO of Obvious, wants to change the wor… http://flpbd.it/fk1nt Related articles Biz Stone Working…
CreateSpace, Smashwords and Author Solutions Dominate Self-Publishing Market | Bowker theindependentpublishingmagazine.com Bowker Press Release: Self-Publishing Sees Triple-Digit Growth in Just Five Years, Says Bowker® CreateSpace, Smashwords and Author Solutions dominate infrastructure landscape New Providence, NJ – October… http://flpbd.it/aqbXh Related articles 12 Basic Steps to Publishing through Create Space (megaphonesociety.wordpress.com) Formatting Your Ebook (ashleyfarley.net) Amazon &…
Sony NEX-5R review: focusing and performance improvements make this cam a winner Zach Honig, engadget.com More Info Sony announces 16.1MP NEX-5R with Fast Hybrid AF, WiFi and downloadable apps • Sony Alpha NEX-6 sample shots and video • Sony NEX-6 mirrorless cam squeezes in between 5R and 7 with WiFi, EVF and dedicated mode dial…
Structure Your Presentation Like a Story Nancy Duarte, hbr.org After studying hundreds of speeches, I’ve found that the most effective presenters use the same techniques as great storytellers: By reminding people of the status quo and then revealing the path to a better way, they set up a conflict that needs … http://flpbd.it/HmuZW Related articles…
Cover for the new issue of TIME shot with an iPhone and Hipstamatic Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net Ben Lowy got the cover of TIME Magazine this week with an iPhone and the photo-filtering app Hipstamatic. Not even for, say, a special tech issue or anything like that! Can’t say I’m surprised—I use Hipstamatic with my iPhone5…
IKEA Hack: How to Make an Industrial Concrete Base Lamp curbly.com When I came across this lighting project, I did a double take because I could hardly believe it was a DIY. It is so well done, the finished project looked more like something I could buy than something I could make on my own.…
An Open-Source Kit Of Parts, For Making Any Gadget From Scratch By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com At the Istanbul Bienal, designers used the OpenStructures system to build toasters, sleds, and vacuum cleaners from scratch. The move towards DIY digital fabrication—from MakerBot to Fab@Home—is an undoubtedly great development for… http://flpbd.it/fOuI4 Related articles Dyson dc24 animal compact upright…
Get Back Inc.: Saving, and Creating, the Best American-Made Industrial Furniture core77.com Connecticut-based designer Tim Byrne has my dream job: He founded and runs Get Back Inc., a company that scours the American countryside gathering up U.S.-built furniture from the Industrial Revolution era and onwards. Gems like t… http://flpbd.it/d8EfS
Design and cleantech: a winning combination Posted by Chris Sherwin, guardian.co.uk In his third article on sustainability and design, Chris Sherwin makes the case for using design to help clean and green technologies succeed A few years ago, green start-up Intelligent Energy (IE), the proud owners and developers of a world-cla… http://flpbd.it/ex0Vi Related articles Denmark…
Flotspotting: Biomimetic Personal Equipment by Jean-Marc Sheitoyan core77.com Industrial designer Jean-Marc Sheitoyan is currently a Project Manager at Quebec’s Mawashi Protective Clothing, Inc., where he’s designed several ‘personal equipment’ products since he started working there over five years ago.… http://flpbd.it/SLdiU Related articles Flotspotting: Joe Warren’s Quad Micro Bar (core77.com) Flotspotting: Lawrence Chu’s Tuck Storage Box…
Hipster redemption? How local, made-in-USA, artisan-focused entrepreneurs are reviving American manufacturing | MNN – Mother Nature Network mnn.com Photo: ettlabenn/flickr Hipsters have been mocked every which way; from their penchant for skinny jeans to their highbrow coffee tastes (and low-brow incomes), from their love of vintage records to their disdain for corporate chains an… Related…
How to Mind Map in Three Small Steps Matt Tanguay, lifehack.org Is your head full of ideas or thoughts? Do you have any confusion around an idea, project or problem? Do you simply wish to get them out of your head quickly and in an organized manner? Traditionally, you would open a Word or Text……
10 Hacks to Help You Stop Worrying Now Bobbi Emel, lifehack.org Does worry dominate your life? Try these ten shortcuts to stop worrying for good. 1. Stop being superstitious that your worry is preventing bad things from happening. Even if it’s somewhat unconscious, worriers sometim… http://flpbd.it/Wuvow Related articles Hacker Challenge: Hack Your Home Theater (lifehacker.com)…
DNA Pioneer Craig Venter Developing a 3D Printer for Vaccines | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Alyssa Alimurung says:, inhabitat.com Geneticist J. Craig Venter told attendees at the recent Wired Health Conference in New York City that his scientific team is working on what he calls “a 3D printer for DNA,…
The Biggest Sites In Social Publishing info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about), buzzfeed.com The goal for websites, more than ever, is to get content to go social. These are the ones who are succeeding. Update: More data added below. Image by Beck Diefenbach / Reuters One way to measure how well a website is doing is by the… http://flpbd.it/TZ1H5…
Handmade Desks, “Breathing Rooms,” And Gross Happiness: Take A Look Inside Etsy HQ fastcocreate.com Beyond just quirk, crafty marketplace Etsy offers employes a green (B Corp certified) place to work where happiness is measured and learning is encouraged (two words: therapeutic doodling). Seven years into its existence, the online handmade a… http://flpbd.it/39vka Related articles Crafty…
Tradesy Brings New Life To Your Closet By Helping You Sell It To Others By Christina Chaey, fastcompany.com The secondhand fashion startup is streamlining the process of putting items up for sale to help you make more money in less time. Tradesy, an e-commerce mobile app and website that launches today, is attempting to take…
How To Be A Happy And Successful Creative Freelancer (Or Work With One) fastcocreate.com Freelancers share their best practices for being their own boss, and why you should so totally just do it. When talking to creative freelancers, there’s one phrase that’s often repeated: “I don’t mean to sound cheesy or cliché but…” What… http://flpbd.it/Mtogd…
Lidija Grozdanic, inhabitat.com Read the rest of Cocoon Tree: A Lightweight, Spherical Treehouse for Sustainable Living http://flpbd.it/dw1zk Cocoon Tree: A Lightweight, Spherical Treehouse for Sustainable Living Related articles Innovative Upcycling (creativefolkdesign.wordpress.com) Stilts: Inhabitat Monkeys Around in Sustainable Kenyan Treehouses (inhabitat.com) Cocoon Tree Tent (werd.com)
Bensonwood Launches Unity Homes Line of Energy-Efficient Prefabs Bridgette Meinhold, inhabitat.com Bensonwood’s Unity Homes features four distinct home styles that are 2 to 4 bedrooms and range in size from 1,113 to 2,452 sq ft. The home styles are called the Tradd (a classic Tall Cape), Xyla (American Bungalow), Värm (Swedish… http://flpbd.it/xGx3f Related articles Sunmodo…
Super Tiny Whittled Down Caravan Home Comes with a Cat Observation Deck inhabitat.com We saw an array of amazing home-made things at this year’s Maker Faire NYC, but one of the most impressive by far was the Whittled Down Caravan, a super tiny home on wheels. Built from scratch on top of a 4’ x…
Shipping Container-Inspired Homebox is a Tiny, Movable 3-Story Vertical Home Bridgette Meinhold, inhabitat.com Han Slawik based his Homebox on the shipping container model for its transport capabilities, universal dimensions and usefulness. But at the same time, wear, repair and maintenance of steel materials is costly, not to mention… http://flpbd.it/cSdov Related articles Starbucks Opens Drive-Thru Made…
New Electric Touring Trike From Germany Very Speedy Nino Marchetti, earthtechling.com Electric bicycles are quite common these days. Electric trikes though? Not quite as much. It is a category though seeing some activity, such as the recently unveiled Scorpion fs 26 S-Pedelec which, quite frankly, looks to be an… http://flpbd.it/sqnfU Related articles Scuddy, the Electric Trike…
Teen Finishes 130 Sq. Ft. Mortgage-Free Home Sami Grover Design / Green Architecture October 19, 2012, treehugger.com Next time you hear someone complaining about today’s youth, or moaning about a culture of entitlement, tell them the story of Austin Hay. We already posted one video of Austin Hay’s project to build a tiny house on…
Zendome: Gorgeous Geodesic Domes Create Flexible Spaces | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Diane Pham 5 Tips to Cut Your Electricity Bill With Energy Efficiency Expert David Johnston Cutting back on your energy usage is one of the best ways to bring down your electricity bill. But did you know that…
By Mark Frauenfelder, makezine.com This summer the folks who produce Dark Rye, the online magazine for Whole Foods Markets, came to my house in Los Angeles, and shot a video profile of my daughters and me working on different projects. We made a guitar out of a metal… http://flpbd.it/MGnTr Whole Food’s Dark Rye profiles MAKE…
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