As one of the major cultural institution in human society, museum plays a unique role in reflecting and shaping our collective culture tendency. This summer, three major museums in New York City almost simultaneously curated exhibitions based on one common theme: the influence of digital technology. This coincidence may symbolizes the tipping point of our collective needs to reflecting... Read More
Lingering in the exhibition “Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities” for a while, I gradually got used to this mind-blowing game about manipulating perceptions. I thought one photo was portraying specific street scene, but it’s actually made by shooting an artificial small world constructed in the studio. Peeping into the window of a skyscraper model, I had... Read More
As a Kindle heavy user, I was intrigued by several recent news about e-reader. The first one was a New York Time article deconstructing the essence of e-reader. The author argued that the reading experience of e-reader, unlike most people thought, was actually a linear one, similar to the ancient book format: scroll. It’s the codex, the book format we’re familiar with today,... Read More
Our lives have been fully occupied by Like button. It becomes a strong virus contaminating our thoughts, as well as bringing us ecstasy. Like it our not, this icon will keep penetrating our life. Below are some obsessions for this button. Continue reading “Iconic Button” » Read More
Obviously, we have drown in a culture inducing us to show our preference instantly– pressing “Like” button. When I heard a friend showing her appreciation of another friend’s shoes by saying “I wish there is a Like button on you that I could press,” I started to wonder how this social media mechanism would drastically influence the way we interact, online and offline.... Read More
“Slow Data” is the term I heard in last Friday’s Creative Morning. It’s not from the speaker John Maeda. When an audience asked John Maeda how to slow down when everything is changing so fast (although I have no clue why he came out this question), another audience shared his opinion that Google recently launched an online/print publication “Think Quarterly” which could... Read More
Google+ has its way of surviving, but the key is on users, not on Google itself. When Google+ launched several weeks ago, I concerned this would be another failure like Google Wave and Buzz. This judgement was mainly based on two reasons: firstly, why bother to move my Facebook social network to another Facebook? Google+ does provide a very excellent UI, but it has no way to compensate... Read More
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