So, last week I posted my remix of Kevin Kelly’s book “Out of Control”. And soon after putting the remix online, I sent a note with a link to Kevin Kelly to make him aware of the remix, hoping that he would approve.
He did approve. Much more than I expected. And it didn’t take him [...]
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Bootstrapping complexity
Out of control – remixed
This summer, I read Kevin Kelly’s book Out of Control. It is a fascinating book full of fascinating ideas reaching across the board from artificial intelligence, evolution, biology, ecology, robotics and more to explore complexity, cybernetics and self-organising systems in an accessible and engaging way.
But as I read the book, I also found it suffering [...]
Does design equal quality ?
Following the INDEX conference, I got to thinking a bit more about how the designers posited design as an unquestionable good to be used to solve the many problems of the 21st century.
But what is good design? How do you know when you’ve found it?
Well, this summer I read Robert Pirsig’s “Zen and the [...]
A matter of lighting
While in Italy, I took two pictures of a wine bottle. Not in itself particularly remarkable, just a study of much the light affects what we see.
Added old writings
I just went through some of my old stuff, and came across my old articles for the University of Copenhagen Institute of Anthropology magazine known as “Den Vilde Tanke” – which is the Danish translation of the French La Pensée Sauvage.
I helped with the layout, editing and writing for most of my first 3 years [...]
Musings on the nature of religion
Following the recent discussion of anthropology and religion, I dug out one of my old anthropology essays which I did at the end of my first year at university – now almost 5 years ago.
It was called “The Meaning of Life – A critical essay” and as I reread it, with some vague memory of [...]
Quixotic Email
After having mucked with this “mystory” assignment for ages, including tackling the dreaded browser compatibility issue, I’ve finally decided that enough is enough – and that it is time to show it off.
The project is called Qmail, and as the attached “about” page states, it is “a remix, rehash or remake of my life [...]
The Ideal University?
Over at the Apophenia Blog the local resident, Danah, is pondering how she would spend a billion dollars to design a university. If you had the money and the opportunity, how would you design your dream institution of higher education?
I think this is a fascinating question, and one that more people should consider. It is [...]
Essays, he says
I’ve just finished my third of four essays. Leaving me with just one. Of course, since I haven’t actually turned any of the first three in yet (they’re not due until the 13th of May), there’s still ample room and chance for improvement.
Therefore, I’ve made the three essays I’ve finished available in .pdf-format. Helpful comments, [...]
On tour…
Having written the first of the five essays that make up my exams this summer, I’ll be off on Easter holidays for the next two weeks touring London, Suffolk (again! Crazy!), Prague and Denmark (w00t!). Updates will be sparse here, though I’ll be posting some more pictures of Manchester, and maybe even my essay (for [...]
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