https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/public/ recent bookmarks from robertogreco 2026-02-27T07:06:38+00:00 http://thelrm.org/ robertogreco psychogeography manchester situationist walking wandering place resistance loitering art activism lcproject openstudioproject history socialhistory multisensory serendipity https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:2eb5970e2d72/ 2026-02-26T06:18:30+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QQUnMlvzTI robertogreco art 1994 artists sfmoma raymondsaunders collage assemblage oakland pittsburgh consciousness identity artmaking process painting unlearning howwewrite nonlinear unfinished howwework serendipity dedication focus isolation lustforlife brilliance https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b3e66726af87/ 2025-07-12T00:40:17+00:00 https://daily.jstor.org/what-is-serendipity/ robertogreco serendipity 2025 serendip emilyzarevich peterchelsom words language english horacemann https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:3e0c95eca741/ 2024-09-28T03:44:44+00:00 https://nautil.us/is-discovery-inevitable-or-serendipitous-891942/ robertogreco telmopievani 2024 discovery serendipity inevitability science progress invention adjacentpossible breakthroughs https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:1a57b185f089/ 2024-04-17T16:16:45+00:00 https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/mechanization-and-monoculture robertogreco 2022 alanjacobs monoculture monocultures diversity pluralism culture mechanization predictability unpredictability serendipity meditation claudelevi-strauss ecology organisms meritocracy power illiberalism ecosystems ibramkendi claudelévi-strauss https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:39d280c121bf/ 2024-02-23T01:26:46+00:00 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-better-angels-of-our-nature/id1651876897?i=1000646375925 robertogreco 2024 stevenpinker violence humanity war torture moralism politics economics technology serendipity history philosophy billgates progress jamellebouie johngray 2011 self-control modernization peace statistics erikaschelby manueleisner rebekahchu craigrivera colinloftin sarabutler markmicale philipdwyer gregoryhanlon ronaldaronson xavierrousseaux quentinverreycken norbertelias helmutthome davidperry dougthompson eleanorjanega ifbookscouldkill enlightenment johnlocke michaelhobbes petershamshiri https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:1525e51c78da/ 2024-01-23T05:11:04+00:00 https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/how-to-build-a-happy-life/ robertogreco time clocks ianbogost beccarashid 2023 2024 podcasts psychology productivity us age aging social rest work busyness control future anxiety idleness oliverburkeman hobbies kieransetiya listening zen mindfulness happiness presence leisure laziness neerupaharia melissamazmanian ignaciosánchezprado waiting slow slowness culture society alexsoojung-kimpang downtime boredom jannalevin patience charanranganath sarahmanguso behavior addiction actions neuroscience mentalhealth luxury scarcity status italy humblebragging thorsteinveblen veblengoods socialmobility diamonds money self-worth self-importance compulsion overscheduling plans planning spontaneity avoidance multitasking taskswitching unschooling schooliness balance presentationofself guilt parenting timemanagement capitalism overwork stress success failure deadlines life living anticipation optimism pleasure satisfaction erinreid west burnout gender eviatarzerubavel mothers benedictinemonks monks spirituality industrialrevolution freetime scheduling calenda https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:536b77c372f2/ 2023-12-29T19:45:12+00:00 https://www.are.na/blog/here-for-the-wrong-reasons robertogreco are.na 2023 charlesbroskoski howwelearn howweread howwewrite identity gaze motivation socialmedia online del.icio.us coryarcangel noticing libraries information infooverload learning self presentationofself performance artleisure leisurearts keithconrad danielpianetti richardfeynman laurelschwulst damonzucconi serendipity discovery desirelines soulseek attention interests interestedness algorithms environment platforms internet interaction relationships friendship fascination love expression self-expression capitalism competition intuition survival orientation life living fame megmiller vectors perspective elephantpaths https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:2ca9f72eef74/ 2020-01-23T01:34:11+00:00 http://www.mnartists.org/article/secret-grace-summer-camp-socially-awkward-storytellers robertogreco 2013 irabooker campforsociallyawkwardstorytellers aprildobbins alecsoth littlebrownmushroom storytelling camp conferences creativity lcproject openstudioproject walkerartcenter minnesota books publishing selfpublishing visual pop-ups writing photography bradzellar slideshows stories socialmedia tarawray wenxinzhang serendipity spontaneity unschooling deschooling education curriculum summerinwintercamp ephemeral ephemeralinstitutions ephemerality hansseeger delaneyallen horatiobaltz jeffbarnett-winsby julianbleecker elainebleakney bradfarwell adamforrester colinmatthes buckymiller dianarangel jimreed caitlinwarner classideas photobooks ncmideas carriethompson galenfletcher ethanjones jasonpollan projectideas stpaul self-publishing adventure fun unconferences experientialeducation design conferenceideas camps learning collaboration experientiallearning summercamp https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d0db8cdc819b/ 2020-01-23T00:55:16+00:00 https://cargocollective.com/aprildobbins/The-Little-Brown-Mushroom-Camp-for-Socially-Awkward-Storytellers robertogreco campforsociallyawkwardstorytellers 2013 aprildobbins alecsoth littlebrownmushroom storytelling camp conferences creativity lcproject openstudioproject walkerartcenter minnesota books publishing selfpublishing visual pop-ups writing photography bradzellar slideshows stories socialmedia tarawray wenxinzhang serendipity spontaneity unschooling deschooling education curriculum summerinwintercamp ephemeral ephemeralinstitutions ephemerality hansseeger delaneyallen horatiobaltz jeffbarnett-winsby julianbleecker elainebleakney bradfarwell adamforrester colinmatthes buckymiller dianarangel jimreed caitlinwarner classideas photobooks ncmideas carriethompson galenfletcher ethanjones jasonpollan projectideas stpaul self-publishing adventure fun unconferences experientialeducation design conferenceideas camps learning collaboration experientiallearning summercamp https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d073f04d0ddf/ 2020-01-23T00:54:53+00:00 http://www.littlebrownmushroom.com/popsicle-27-lbm-camp-for-socially-awkward-storytellers/ robertogrecoI began to understand art as a kind of black box the reader enters. He enters in one state of mind and exits in another… The writer… can put whatever he wants in there. What’s important is that something undeniable and nontrivial happens to the reader between entry and exit… The black box is meant to change us. A ‘like’ is not a change. Nor is a thousand ‘likes.’ I believe virtual social networks have great creative potential, but it is almost impossible to quantify. Sometimes you just need to climb into the black box with other people. I’m so grateful to everyone who climbed into that box with me last week. Along with thanking the Soap Factory and their amazing audience, I want to individually thank the camp participants: Wenxin Zhang, Tara Wray, Caitlin Warner, Jim Reed, Diana Rangel, Bucky Miller, Colin Matthes, Adam Forrester, Brad Farwell, April Dobbins, Elaine Bleakney, Julian Bleecker, Jeff Barnett-Winsby, Horatio Baltz, Delaney Allen. The visiting artists: Brian Beatty, David Sollie, Vince Leo. Our interns: Yara Van der Velden, Kayla Huett, Phil Bologna. And the LBM team: Brad Zellar, Carrie Thompson, Hans Seeger, Jason Polan, Ethan Jones, Galen Fletcher. I truly feel changed. Alec”]]> campforsociallyawkwardstorytellers 2013 alecsoth littlebrownmushroom storytelling camp conferences creativity lcproject openstudioproject walkerartcenter minnesota books publishing selfpublishing visual pop-ups writing photography bradzellar slideshows stories socialmedia tarawray wenxinzhang serendipity spontaneity unschooling deschooling education curriculum summerinwintercamp ephemeral ephemeralinstitutions ephemerality hansseeger delaneyallen horatiobaltz jeffbarnett-winsby julianbleecker elainebleakney aprildobbins bradfarwell adamforrester colinmatthes buckymiller dianarangel jimreed caitlinwarner classideas photobooks ncmideas carriethompson galenfletcher ethanjones jasonpollan projectideas stpaul self-publishing adventure fun unconferences experientialeducation design conferenceideas camps learning collaboration experientiallearning summercamp https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:19b8daeb92e0/ 2020-01-23T00:54:23+00:00 https://www.mprnews.org/story/2013/07/11/photographer-alec-soth-mounts-storytellers-summer-camp-awkwardly robertogreco campforsociallyawkwardstorytellers 2013 alecsoth littlebrownmushroom storytelling camp conferences creativity lcproject openstudioproject walkerartcenter minnesota books publishing selfpublishing visual pop-ups writing photography bradzellar slideshows stories socialmedia tarawray wenxinzhang serendipity spontaneity unschooling deschooling education curriculum summerinwintercamp ephemeral ephemeralinstitutions ephemerality hansseeger delaneyallen horatiobaltz jeffbarnett-winsby julianbleecker elainebleakney aprildobbins bradfarwell adamforrester colinmatthes buckymiller dianarangel jimreed caitlinwarner classideas photobooks ncmideas carriethompson galenfletcher ethanjones jasonpollan projectideas stpaul self-publishing adventure fun unconferences experientialeducation design conferenceideas camps learning collaboration experientiallearning summercamp https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:11e5a8c7d47f/ 2020-01-23T00:35:14+00:00 https://knightfoundation.org/articles/artists-from-around-the-world-gather-in-st-paul-for-little-brown-mushrooms-summer-camp-for-socially-awkward-storytellers/ robertogrecoVisual storytelling tends to be a lonely business. As such, it attracts more than its share of wallflowers. Here at LBM (home to more than a couple introverts), we thought it would be worthwhile to bring creative loners together to see what we can learn from each other. We’re envisioning a gathering that is more summer camp than classroom. After various daytime outings, we’ll sit around the digital projector and tell each other stories. From there we’ll discuss the ways in which visual stories can be translated into book form. In a recent email, Soth said the group will spend four days this week in various workshops. On the fifth and final evening, Saturday, July 13, the participants will offer brief, Pecha Kucha-style presentations of their work, at a public event emceed by comedian and writer Brian Beatty at the Soap Factory in Minneapolis. A party will follow, with a cash bar, socializing and dancing to tunes spun by DJ Vu-Vu Zella (aka Brad Zellar). Participating “campers” include: the LBM team, plus Hans Seeger, Delaney Allen, Horatio Baltz, Jeff Barnett-Winsby, Julian Bleecker, Elaine Bleakney, April Dobbins, Brad Farwell, Adam Forrester, Colin Matthes, Bucky Miller, Diana Rangel, Jim Reed, Caitlin Warner, Tara Wray and Wenxin Zhang. Photo courtesy of Little Brown Mushroom. Pro tip: The “summer camp” t-shirts pictured on the LBM team above will be available to buy at the event on Saturday, July 13. As far as I know, the RV is not for sale. I’m telling you – this can’t help but be interesting. Little Brown Mushroom has been publishing such surprising, compelling stuff in recent years. Of particular note is the “LBM Dispatch,” occasional road trip photo and text collaborations by Soth and writer Brad Zellar – tabloid-sized newsprint pieces produced in the style of a small-town newspaper. Thus far, LBM has published five installments: “Ohio,” “Upstate,” “Michigan,” “Three Valleys” and, most recently, “Colorado.” (The pair recently wrote a fabulous piece on the project for Vice magazine, if you’re interested in reading more.) Little Brown Mushroom’s Summer Camp for Socially Awkward Storytellers runs from July 9 through 13. The camp culminates with an event, The Socially Awkward Storytellers’ Slideshow and Dance, on Saturday, July 13 at 7 p.m. at the Soap Factory, 514 Second Street SE, Minneapolis. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.littlebrownmushroom.com."]]> alecsoth littlebrownmushroom 2013 camp conferences storytelling writing photography bradzellar slideshows stories socialmedia tarawray wenxinzhang serendipity spontaneity unschooling deschooling education curriculum summerinwintercamp campforsociallyawkwardstorytellers ephemeral lcproject pop-ups ephemeralinstitutions ephemerality hansseeger delaneyallen horatiobaltz jeffbarnett-winsby julianbleecker elainebleakney aprildobbins bradfarwell adamforrester colinmatthes buckymiller dianarangel jimreed caitlinwarner creativity openstudioproject walkerartcenter minnesota books publishing selfpublishing visual classideas photobooks ncmideas carriethompson galenfletcher ethanjones jasonpollan projectideas stpaul self-publishing adventure fun unconferences experientialeducation design conferenceideas camps learning collaboration experientiallearning summercamp https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:86d301080c8c/ 2019-07-28T20:57:05+00:00 https://dancohen.org/2019/07/23/engagement-is-the-enemy-of-serendipity/ robertogreco dancohen 2019 education newspapers socialmedia technology trends media engagement serendipity algorithms libraries adjacency interface digital digitalmedia design journalism nytimes web generalists exposure experience interaction personalization filterbubbles learning https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b871451b0503/ 2018-03-05T05:55:18+00:00 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/the-role-of-luck-in-life-success-is-far-greater-than-we-realized/ robertogreco luck meritocracy 2018 success research scottbarrykaufman inequality diversity talent serendipity chance society misfortune gender race https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:796a2ed1d4ca/ 2017-12-24T19:44:15+00:00 http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.14318/hau7.3.020 robertogreco writing editing craft 2017 priyanelson variation conformity innovation citation anthropology srg neologisms socialsciences academia revision publishing serendipity details planning https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:02f1195efca9/ 2017-04-29T01:34:00+00:00 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/science/twitter-bots-science.html robertogrecotwitter bots animals serendipity science 2017 nature plants insects birds planets maps mapping cartography https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:773a92af285e/ 2017-04-01T00:50:56+00:00 http://magazine.lmu.edu/articles/jumping-time/ robertogreco lynellgeorge michaelmassenburg johnoutterbridge art music jazz 2016 picoiyer chance serendipity planning plans possibility certainty uncertainty presence losangeles https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d033215c7d33/ 2017-02-19T00:32:55+00:00 http://austinkleon.com/2017/02/16/get-out-now/ robertogreco johnstilgoe austinkleon walking noticing looking observing seeing exploration landscape attention serendipity outside outdoors https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:1f254a8e2898/ 2016-07-11T00:26:10+00:00 http://www.vqronline.org/essays-articles/2014/09/due-north robertogreco walking serendipity 2014 garnettecadogan nyc inequality discovery wonder possibility ebwhite wealth waltwhitman rebeccasolnit micheldecerteau observation flaneur flâneurs flaneurs flâneur https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:399713286e63/ 2016-07-09T22:40:21+00:00 http://lithub.com/walking-while-black/ robertogreco garnettecadogan racism blackness race walking nyc neworleans nola serendipity anonymity fear judgement fatswaller waltwhitman kingston jamaica us via:ayjay racialprofiling police lawenforcement possibility possibilities grace favor faith hermanmelville alfredkazin elizabethhardwick janejacobs memory forgiveness forgetting freedom https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:8a3e65dab9cb/ 2016-06-25T04:53:54+00:00 http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-limits-of-grit robertogreco grit 2016 angeladuckworth race class luck perseverance daviddenby education mastery practice kipp character classism elitism obsessions malcolmgladwell serendipity mikeegan judithshulevitz capital privilege success effort talent skill achievement history culture society edreform nep pisa testing standardizedtesting nclb rttt socialscience paultough children schools poverty eq neuroscience jackshonkoff martinseligman learnedoptimism depression pessimism optimism davelevin dominicrandolph honesty courage integrity kindliness kindness samuelabrams https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:49e0bfd0b3c8/ 2016-03-20T22:33:46+00:00 http://hackeducation.com/2016/03/18/i-love-my-label robertogreco 2016 audreywatters edupunk edtech independent indie internet online technology napster history serendipity messiness curiosity control measurement standardization walledgardens privacy data schools education highered highereducation musicindustry jimgroom ambercase algorithms bigdata prediction machinelearning machinelistening echonest siliconvalley software https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:fcf151465305/ 2016-02-22T04:11:51+00:00 https://overland.org.au/2015/11/we-are-all-umberto-eco-now/ robertogrecoWhen I get tired once and for all of coming up every two weeks with topics that are somewhat current for this column, I would like to embark on a series of late reviews, in which I talked about books that were published a long time ago as if they were new and it were useful to reread them. This is, in fact, a most common kind of exercise on the web, and the subject of many popular blogs. We review old books and old films as if new all the time, since not only space but also time has collapsed under the digital paradigm. But maybe Eco’s late misgivings suggest we should interrogate these practices. This belief that online is ‘free’, that it doesn’t take anyone’s paid writing job away or stifle anyone’s voice – while unspoken and in most respects probably true – needs to be measured against the crisis of magazines and of formally edited selections of content more generally. While the online edition of Overland is a magazine in a fairly traditional sense, The Huffington Post isn’t, just like Buzzfeed isn’t a newspaper. Looking at my own patterns of reading, I find that I consume individual posts and essays from a wide variety of sources, some of which I’m not even entirely conscious of, as I just happen to end there on somebody’s recommendation. On balance this has enriched my life immeasurably, exposing me to a far greater range of voices than was ever available to me before. These broader connections, in turn, greatly facilitate political articulation and organisation. Yet the countervailing issues are not merely economic: my reading all of these disparate writings frays the contours of my social and cultural world, fracturing any sense of the topical and the local. Even as I engage on my own musings on obscure topics, reasoning that I am not limiting anyone’s time and space but in fact adding infinitesimally to the available store of knowledge, I must ask myself if this is entirely true, or if the shifts that occur under the surface entail the loss of something else, somewhere else. I am not suggesting that people should write less, or justify why they write to anyone, let alone to me: but rather calling attention to material realities that are sometimes hidden by the sheen of the digital screen. Not just the mechanics of publishing but also the psychology of writing has changed. We should reflect not just on the economics of the profession, as we do often, but also on the economics of attention. It is, after all, always a valuable question to ask: why do I write?"]]> attention blogging writing giovannitiso readwriteweb 2015 twitter socialmedia buzzfeed huffingtonpost serendipity web online howweread howwewrite reading publishing umbertoeco https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:cf3b7414de4f/ 2015-12-21T02:17:03+00:00 http://qz.com/572076/apple-and-star-wars-together-explain-why-the-world-around-you-looks-the-way-it-does/ robertogreco“The floor of the building in which this book is being written is occupied also by a health club with a gym, a firm of ecclesiastical decorators, an insurgent Democratic party reform club, a Liberal party political club, a music society, an accordionists’ association, a retired importer who sells maté by mail, a man who sells paper and who also takes care of shipping the maté, a dental laboratory, a studio for watercolor lessons, and a maker of costume jewelry. Among the tenants who were here and gone shortly before I came in, were a man who rented out tuxedos, a union local and a Haitian dance troupe. There is no place for the likes of us in new construction. And the last thing we need is new construction.” And added, in a forceful footnote: “No, the last thing we need is some paternalist weighing whether we are sufficiently noncontroversial to be admitted to subsidized quarters in a Utopian dream city.” That there is little room for controversy or discord in the Death Star—amongst its legion of same-suited stormtroopers, say—may go without saying. But what of Apple? It is clear, first of all, that the company’s success—for all the apparent imperiousness of Jobs—relied, and likely relies still, on discussion, disagreement, and diversity. Jobs himself was famously a stickler for regular “no-holds-barred” meetings in which, while his own leadership had to remain unchallenged, no other presumptions or suppositions were sacred. (Pixar’s irrepressible Alvy Ray Smith would be one of the only employees to challenge Jobs’ control of a whiteboard, part of a duel with Jobs in which dry-erase markers, presumably, stood in for sabers.) Like the products themselves, however, Apple’s core identity relies on keeping disagreement and discord behind a tightly controlled façade. And sometimes even a tightly controlled interior; one of Jobs’ least successful management interventions on his return to Apple was a short-lived attempt to have all his many thousand employees wear the same, black, custom Issey Miyake clothing. To Jobs’ credit, he quickly withdrew the proposal—but it lived on in the many hundred black turtlenecks Miyake crafted for Jobs’ own, resulting use. No, if there is something disturbing in the design of Apple’s own apparent Death Star, it is not so much in the company’s clearly successful internal operations, nor in its beautifully singular product range. Rather, it lies in the runaway result of this success; the way in which so many of our interactions with the world, and with each other, are now filtered through the efforts of a single, well-designed and Apple-authored interface. And beyond well-intentioned, we might even say essential. Particularly given the disorder and predictable unpredictability of complex technological systems, we all crave, and need order. The first Star Wars shoot was so plagued with technical difficulties (and the related derision of the unionized British workforce on the Pinewood Studio lot) that more than one cast member observed that George Lucas appeared far more sympathetic to the authority and order of the Empire than the ragtag Rebel Alliance. Apple has thrived above all in the last two decades by offering the particular beauty that lies in order, organization, and simplicity, and in the predictable delight that results when something technical, unexpectedly, just works." … "We might start inside. A recent profile of Sir Jony Ive in the New Yorker by Ian Parker, “The Shape of Things to Come,” shifts seamlessly from the discussion of consumer objects to that of architecture. Ive, it is suggested, sees himself as an architect too. He finds it, he says, “a curious thing” that in design “we tend to compartmentalize, based on physical scale.” He is reported to assert that he has (in Parker’s words) “taught Foster’s architects something about the geometry of corners,” introducing a seamless, curved detail between wall and floor that now runs throughout the building’s interior. Yet this detail, and its future life, points to what is in fact one of the main differences between design at the scale of consumer electronics, and that at the scale of architecture and the city. Apple’s great success as a consumer-focused company is rooted in the one power a consumer has above all: choice. Apple’s products are ubiquitous, above all, because they are far better than what they compete with, a quality that comes precisely from the tight control that Apple exerts on them and their design. But, at the point we don’t like our device, we can—and will—buy a different and better one—from Apple, or from some as-yet-unimaginable competitor. Yet it is in the nature of architecture that it offers no such choice—the more so the bigger it gets. We can, if we are lucky, sell a house we don’t like. But we can’t sell or dispose of the terrible building across the road. And architecture involves many more people than those who design it, or even pay for it. Myself, I keep thinking of the cleaning staff of the new Apple headquarters; it is for these people, above all, that the usual, clunky detail of wall-meeting-floor exists, with a skirting board to hide the edge of the floor-wax, and catch and disguise the dirt that escapes the polishers. One hopes a special, super-functional polishing device has been designed for them, that will seamlessly clean and feather the floor-wax as it slowly curves into the wall—but one fears that it has not. One thinks as well of Apple’s desk-bound employees, who, so as to preserve the clean lines of the building’s exterior, will not be able to open windows in their offices—despite the Bay Area’s preposterously perfect climate. (“That would just allow people to screw things up,” Jobs apparently declared.) But here is where the design of products and buildings is most different. The particular conundrum solved by the best teams of architects and city-builders (including all of us as citizens) is how to balance a whole set of competing demands, physical, environmental, and social, against each other—including the demands of the powerful against the needs, and rights, of the powerless. As we attempt to design 21st-century cities for an increasing landscape of uncertainty, this is an important lesson to remember. Instead of single, grand projects, the staying-power of a city depends on a million connections between its inhabitants, and the natural and technological systems that sustain them. Cities designed tabula rasa, as Jane Jacobs cogently characterized it a generation ago, lack this robust resilience. Instead, their monumental visions of order turn out to hide brittleness, fragility, and frequent catastrophe. Even the most seemingly ordered long-lived city-grid—Manhattan, Barcelona, even San Francisco—simply allows us to better negotiate what is, in reality, a riot of real-world diversity. It is in this light, perhaps, that one might also examine Apple’s greatest points of corporate difficulty: the interface between the company’s tightly designed and integrated products, and the public software ecosystems it has developed in service of them, the App Store and the Mac App Store. To this architect, these places read a bit like a modernist cityscape; beautiful, elegant, even nice to visit—but very difficult to live in. Like such cities they are also—at least in the case of the Mac App Store—increasingly abandoned, as is usual, by those who can afford to leave. And yet it is not really Apple that is entirely to blame. The revolution in architecture today—one where the world of screens and devices and the common infrastructure of our cities merge, overlap and combine—is much larger than even the enormous, careful company. In an awkwardly received, hauntingly prescient diatribe while presenting the Oscar for Best Director in 1979, Francis Ford Coppola declared, “We’re on the eve of something that’s going to make the Industrial Revolution look like a small out-of-town tryout.” What Coppola saw was our world today: “a communications revolution that’s about movies and art and music and digital electronics and satellites, but above all, human talent.” Steve Jobs’ Apple set out to help create this world—and has succeeded beyond our wildest dreams of the future. George Lucas hired Pixar’s founders, originally, to use technology to make the production of culture easier for himself and a cadre of directors. But Lucas’s digital editing system was quickly eclipsed by Apple’s own, far cheaper, Final Cut Pro—and then, of course, by the iPhones that put high-quality filmmaking and editing into all of our hands. In this, and much else, Apple has helped author a world much like that of Lucas’s far-off galaxy; where all of us are connected, and can tap into vast reserves of invisible power through the device we hold in our hands. But as Apple’s reach extends into the city and world, into the public sphere as well as the private screen, we should do well to remember these hard-learned lessons of control and openness, hardness and softness, brittleness and resilience. After all, the only thing one can say for certain about a Death Star is that it unexpectedly explodes right before the ending."]]> apple starwars georgelucas architecture cities design stevejobs nicholasdemonchaux history siliconvalley filmmaking urbanism urbanplanning control predicatability fragility resilience unpredicatability hackers hackability jonyive janejacobs discussion disagreement friction discord serendipity authority cupertino pixar canon openness hardness softness brittleness isolation uncertainty https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e575d9e833ee/ 2015-10-09T15:23:30+00:00 http://interconnected.org/home/2015/10/07/small_groups_and_consultancy robertogrecoBest design consultancy tip I know: Don't criticise without offering something better. Called the Ahtisaari Manoeuvre after an early client Always have something on the table. Another: Always use fat pens. Another: It's important to have the right people in the room -- representing knowledge of technical possibilities, business needs, and market insights. But at the same time, the ideal number of people to have in the room is five or six. Any more than that, you can't continue a single conversation without it turning into a presentation. Another: The one who understands the client's business best is the client." … "There are a couple of things I'm investigating: 1. That a small group is a powerful way of thinking, and of creating action. That repetition matters, and informality. 2. It might be possible to help with strategy without providing original thought or even active facilitation: To consult without consulting. The answers and even ways of working are inherent in the group itself. My hunch is this: To answer a business's strategic questions, which will intrinsically involve changing that business, a more permanent solution than a visiting consultant might be to convene a small group, and spend time with it, chatting informally." … "Once a week we get together -- a half dozen students, often Durrell, whoever is teaching the course with him which was Stuart before and Oscar now, plus a special guest. It's just for coffee somewhere or other, on Friday mornings, and we chat. It's super casual, sharing ideas and references, talking about the brief and design in general. I'm curious about informality. The lunchtimes at BERG, everyone around the table with such a broad range of skills and interests... and after Friday Demos - part of the weekly rhythm - the sparked conversations and the on-topic but off-topic sharing... this is where ideas happen too. Between projects but not outside them. And I think informality as part of the design process is under-communicated, at least where I've been listening. So much work is done like that. The students are great at speaking about their work, sure. But mainly I'm interesting in how we induct someone into a worldview, quickly; how we explain ideas and then listen carefully for feedback, accepting ideas back -- all conversationally, without (and this is the purpose of the special guest) it turning into a seminar or a crit. I think the best way to communicate this "lunch table" work informality is to rehearse it, to experience it. Which is what the coffee mornings are about. I try to make sure everyone speaks, and I ask questions to see if I can encourage the removal of lazy abstraction -- words that get in the way of thinking about what's really going on. I'm a participant-observer. Tbh I'm not sure what to call this. Visiting convener? It's not an official role. I think (I hope!) everyone is getting something out of the experience, and everyone is becoming more their own kind of designer because of it, and meanwhile I get to explore and experience a small group. A roughly consistent membership, a roughly regular meeting time, an absence of purpose, or rather a purpose that the group is allowed to negotiate at a place within itself. ~ These RCA coffee mornings grew out of my experiment with hardware-ish coffee mornings, a semi-irregular meetup in London having a vague "making things" skew... Internet of Things, hardware startups, knitting, the future of manufacturing and distribution, a morning off work. That sort of thing. People chat, people bring prototypes. There's no single conversation, and only rarely do we do introductions. This invite to a meet in January also lists my principles: • Space beats structure • Informality wins • Convening not chairing • Bonfires not fireworks I've been trying to build a street corner, a place to cultivate serendipity and thoughts. Not an event with speakers, there are already several really good ones." … "My setup was that I believed the answer to the issue would come from the group, that they knew more about their business than me. Which was true. But I also observed that the purpose of the business had recently changed, and while it could be seen by the CEO that the current approach to this design problem wasn't satisfying, there was no way for the group to come together to think about it, and answer it together. Previously they had represented different strands of development within the startup. Now the company was moving to having a new, singular, measurable goal. So I started seeing the convened discussions as rehearsing a new constellation of the team members and how they used one-another for thinking, and conscious and unconscious decision making. The group meetings would incubate a new way to think together. Do it enough, point out what works, and habits might form. ~ Consulting without consulting." … "I'm not entirely sure where to take these experiments. I'm learning a lot from various coffee mornings, so I'll carry on with those. I had some conversations earlier in the year about whether it would be possible to act as a creative director, only via regular breakfast conversations, and helping the group self-direct. Dunno. Or maybe there's a way to build a new division in a company. Maybe what I'm actually talking about is board meetings -- I've been a trustee to Startup Weekend Europe for a couple of years, and the quarterly meetings are light touch. But they don't have this small group aspect, it might be that they haven't been as effective as they could be. There might be something with the street corners and serendipity pattern... When I was doing that three month gig with the government earlier this year, it felt like the people in the civil service - as a whole - had all the knowledge and skills to take advantage of Internet of Things technologies, to deliver services faster and better. But often the knowledge and opportunities weren't meeting up. Maybe an in-person, regular space could help with that. At a minimum, if I'm learning how to help companies and friends with startups in a useful way that doesn't involve delivering more darn Powerpoint for the meat grinder: Job done. But perhaps what's happening is I'm teaching myself how to do something else entirely, and I haven't figured out what that is yet. ~ Some art. Some software."]]> mattwebb small groups groupsize 2015 collaboration consulting vonnegut kurtvonnegut organization howwewrite writing meaningmaking patternrecognition stevenjohnson devonthink groupdynamics psychology wilfredbion dependency pairing serendipity trickster doublebinds informality informal coffeemornings meetings crosspollination conversation facilitation catalysts scenius experienceingroups dependence https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:6be96ce398e7/ 2015-05-22T05:02:16+00:00 https://soundcloud.com/manpodcast/ep168 robertogreco alecsoth photography interviews 2015 serendipity howework francisupritchard art artists luck spontaneity https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:faa290c8e08a/ 2014-08-05T04:02:03+00:00 http://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/04/how-wikipedia-could-improve-your-internet-surfing/ robertogreco wikipedia 2014 mobile applications android ios astrataylor internet web serendipity sameness online chrisgayomali https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:5bc456a316a1/ 2014-07-30T21:46:23+00:00 http://urbanomnibus.net/2014/07/precedents-for-experimentation-talking-libraries-with-shannon-mattern-and-nate-hill/ robertogreco 2014 shannonmattern architecture libraries design engagement servicedesign natehill chattanooga bookmobiles aarhus makers makerspaces lcproject openstudioproject browsability serendipity https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:3cfc9e721e71/ 2014-06-16T21:28:59+00:00 http://soulellis.com/2014/03/counterpractice2/ robertogreco paulsoulellis 2014 conterpractice design humility capitalism resistance branding speed slow consumerism sales salesmanship perfection wabi-sabi thingness longevity slowness patience nature chance serendipity generosity potlatch johnmaeda questioning process approach philosophy art print balance thisandthat modulation selling ted tedtalks apple siliconvalley startups culture technology technosolutionsism crisis miltonglaser 1977 love https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:1e3652a4a14f/ 2014-02-21T20:31:02+00:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/jobs/where-the-fish-swims-ideas-fly.html robertogreco time thinking officedesign ideo paulbennett 2014 attention meetings howwework community enjoyment zizek spontaneity serendipity design https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:f899a0114b96/ 2013-11-14T20:50:30+00:00 http://counterpractice.tumblr.com/ robertogreco paulsoulellis design 2013 resistance marketing branding hope love promise promises ideology capitalism society culture socialmedia robhorning selling salesmanship edwardthall reassessment reevaluation lawrenceweschler robertirwin art walterlandor garyfriedman restorationhardware facebook instagram identity canon sharing validation twitter designerism entrepreneurship benpieratt quantification quantifiedself attention positioning posturing coding perfection pause pausing wandering instantaneity certainty predictability instantgratification ambiguity presence performance slow seeing noticing loneliness honesty questioning listening observing observation counterpractice thingness unproduct analog consumption tsukomogami place local engagement time memory persistence everyday slowness libraryoftheprintedweb kennethgoldsmith books print papernet johncage chance clementvalla surprise delight storytelling problemsolving responsibility openness uncertainty contentstrategy structure iceland giving givingaway vulnerabi https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:f54d420b5f1f/ 2013-11-04T03:18:47+00:00 http://nextcity.org/sharedcity/entry/mits-ethan-zuckerman-on-digital-cosmopolitans-in-the-age-of-connection robertogreco cities 2013 diversity serendipity ethanzuckerman nancyscola digital cosmopolitanism urban urbanism adamgreenfield https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:a679efc5629b/ 2013-08-30T18:11:04+00:00 https://vimeo.com/39299814 robertogreco redburns education learning student-centered nyu itp play invention failure creativity rules teaching honesty technology influence risktaking confidence howwelearn process self-confidence doubt canon howwweteach organizations administration schools openstudioproject lcproject altgdp serendipity reflection criticalpractice poetry imagination humanity life design listening inquiry inquiry-basedlearning goodness questioning questionasking askingquestions https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:fd695afb31ce/ 2013-08-15T18:14:30+00:00 http://blogs.mprnews.org/state-of-the-arts/2013/08/alec-soth-looks-back-at-his-socially-awkward-summer-camp/ robertogreco camp alecsoth 2013 writing photography bradzellar slideshows stories littlebrownmushroom socialmedia tarawray wenxinzhang serendipity spontaneity unschooling deschooling education curriculum summerinwintercamp campforsociallyawkwardstorytellers ephemeral lcproject pop-ups ephemeralinstitutions ephemerality storytelling conferences creativity openstudioproject walkerartcenter minnesota books publishing selfpublishing visual hansseeger delaneyallen horatiobaltz jeffbarnett-winsby julianbleecker elainebleakney aprildobbins bradfarwell adamforrester colinmatthes buckymiller dianarangel jimreed caitlinwarner classideas photobooks ncmideas carriethompson galenfletcher ethanjones jasonpollan projectideas stpaul self-publishing adventure fun unconferences experientialeducation design bookslcproject conferenceideas camps learning collaboration experientiallearning summercamp https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:88a35f1f24e7/ 2013-08-10T02:19:54+00:00 http://storify.com/rogre/how-i-read-and-share-online robertogrecocv reading sharing online onlinetoolkit flickr pinboard del.icio.us tumblr bookmarking bookmarks rss discovery serendipity comments storify howwework howiwork readmill instapaper vimeo search messiness https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:30750c4ff013/ 2013-08-03T04:42:40+00:00 http://www.walkerart.org/magazine/2013/alec-soth-julian-bleecker-summer-camp robertogreco julianbleecker campforsociallyawkwardstorytellers alecsoth openstudioproject camp lcproject classideas walkerartcenter minnesota adventure fun conferences unconferences experientialeducation design bookslcproject summerinwintercamp littlebrownmushroom ncmideas conferenceideas 2013 camps learning collaboration projectideas experientiallearning storytelling creativity books publishing selfpublishing visual pop-ups writing photography bradzellar slideshows stories socialmedia tarawray wenxinzhang serendipity spontaneity unschooling deschooling education curriculum ephemeral ephemeralinstitutions ephemerality hansseeger delaneyallen horatiobaltz jeffbarnett-winsby elainebleakney aprildobbins bradfarwell adamforrester colinmatthes buckymiller dianarangel jimreed caitlinwarner photobooks carriethompson galenfletcher ethanjones jasonpollan stpaul self-publishing summercamp https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:43fc800a09d2/ 2013-08-02T22:14:25+00:00 http://serendipomatic.org/ robertogreco dpla flickrcommons flickr serendipity search bibliography europeana zotero wikipedia onlinetoolkit research https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:eb4096ad8209/ 2013-07-29T23:16:59+00:00 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/futureful/id583361618?ls=1&mt=8 robertogreco applications ios ipad iphone discovery random internet futureful serendipity onlinetoolkit https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:213a705b5d96/ 2013-07-19T02:58:45+00:00 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_travel robertogreco travel serendipity experimental experimentaltravel tourism psychogeography situationist chance humor https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:90803a44ee64/ 2013-07-10T06:53:26+00:00 http://www.littlebrownmushroom.com/blog/the-lbm-camp-for-socially-awkward-storytellers/ robertogreco littlebrownmushroom classideas photobooks ncmideas openstudioproject alecsoth carriethompson galenfletcher ethanjones bradzellar jasonpollan storytelling projectideas minnesota stpaul photography publishing selfpublishing lcproject summerinwintercamp campforsociallyawkwardstorytellers self-publishing camp conferences creativity walkerartcenter books visual pop-ups writing slideshows stories socialmedia tarawray wenxinzhang serendipity spontaneity unschooling deschooling education curriculum ephemeral ephemeralinstitutions ephemerality 2013 hansseeger delaneyallen horatiobaltz jeffbarnett-winsby julianbleecker elainebleakney aprildobbins bradfarwell adamforrester colinmatthes buckymiller dianarangel jimreed caitlinwarner adventure fun unconferences experientialeducation design bookslcproject conferenceideas camps learning collaboration experientiallearning summercamp https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:948f6dc5b6c8/ 2013-02-24T21:29:10+00:00 http://vruba.tumblr.com/post/40879189256/how-the-hell-do-you-find-all-these-interesting-things robertogreco learning life truth charlieloyd reading.am veins interestingness curiosity unschooling deschooling education discovery serendipity process rules rulemaking laws rebels fame context connections connectivism 2013 https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:8a38b04547d4/ 2012-09-03T07:07:31+00:00 http://moz.com/rand/manufacturing-serendipity/ robertogreco learning crosspollination relationships randfishkin 2012 luck networking serendipity https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d0495717909b/ 2012-09-01T19:04:07+00:00 http://blog.news.me/post/18439216464/getting-the-news-evan-williams robertogrecoOne thing that I find missing is discovery of non-new content. The web is completely oriented around new-thing-on-top. Our brains are also wired to get a rush from novelty. But most “news” we read really doesn’t matter. And a much smaller percentage of the information I actually care about or would find useful was produced in the last few hours than my reading patterns reflect.]]> newspapers reading evanwilliams discovery serendipity rediscovery resurfacing howweread howwelearn novelty via:tealtan https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:c34f2f1c331b/ 2012-08-06T19:30:25+00:00 http://www.journalofplay.org/issues/256/259-jester-s-guide-creative-seeking-across-disciplines robertogreco challenge howwelearn howwework productivity strangeness purpose generalists randomness uncertainty visualarts imagination play serendipity dianerosen jester jesters cv interdisciplinary interdisciplinarity creativity disruption https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:29bd2fc56bfd/ 2012-05-12T22:16:16+00:00 http://www.greglinch.com/2012/05/when-a-path-of-discovery-becomes-a-loop-and-a-mini-eureka-moment.html robertogreco eurekamoments messiness 2012 paths keithcollins greglinch tangents circuitousness learning via:maxfenton discovery serendipity search https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:89a0a4b27368/ 2012-05-01T14:55:31+00:00 http://5880.me/20120429/jd-notes/ robertogreco 2012 instagram datamining attribution augmentedreality gps alancole alphabethistoriography historiography pantographia databases credit granularity visualtheory interfacedesign interface gis discovery search navigation narration narrative design hyperstudio brooklynbeta digitalhumanities continuity flow cabinetsofcuriosity structure scale collaborativeproduction authoringtools stevemambert readability reading.am connections serendipity ecologyoftools language complexity reading anthologies pinboard maps mapping conversation visualization temporality folksonomy tagging tags computation analytics collaboration collaborativewriting annotation traffic users walking local content notes johannadrucker maxfenton ar https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:9c50c36f65c4/ 2012-03-06T06:46:12+00:00 http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/stranger-studies-101-cities-as-interaction-machines/62315/ robertogreco discovery serendipity interaction darreno'donnell thechildinthecity publicspace janejacobs josephmassey ireneebeattie ervinggoffman richardsennett kurtiveson cosmopolitanism cities nyc gothamhandbook sophiecalle paulauster relationalart situationist georgsimmel rolandbarthes strangers 2010 kiostark collaboration psychology social architecture technology culture urban urbanism https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:26f4a20b1b14/ 2012-02-19T21:20:11+00:00 http://iam.peteashton.com/flaneurism-shouldnt-be-easy/ robertogreco monoculture discovery diy serendipity stateoftheweb exploration psychogeography web flaneur cyberflaneurism 2012 evgenymorozov peteashton online flâneurs flaneurs flâneur https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:48ca315506af/ 2012-02-04T19:43:57+00:00 http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/joyce-and-the-internet-what-leopold-bloom-didnt-know/252341/ robertogreco parallax leopoldbloom dunsink jornbarger web internet serendipity literature informationaccess access information search 2012 ulysses alanjacobs jamesjoyce https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:4fa063537446/ 2012-01-23T20:13:26+00:00 http://storify.com/tealtan/bookmarks-tagging-and-taxonomies robertogrecosearch recall truth-telling commentary hashtags flickr socialbookmarking discovery serendipity batchedits messiness systems constraints bookmarking bookmarks taxonomy storify twitter comments conversation tumblr pinboard del.icio.us tagging tags folksonomy 2012 carenlitherland allentan https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:601af792b448/ 2012-01-09T03:59:25+00:00 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gilbert_(psychologist) robertogreco happiness serendipity circumstance psychology dropouts danielgilbert https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:48748fea2b57/ 2011-12-30T19:18:03+00:00 http://storify.com/tealtan/lifespan-of-content robertogreco rediscoverability rediscovery discovery reading internet web aspirationalreading oppression anticipation sorting publishing persistence metadata resurfacing webclippings bookmarking archives searching search serendipity instapaper singly mattbrown markllobrera maxfenton nickdisabato 2011 orbitalcontent memory personaldigitalarchives digitalarchiving conversation twitter comments frankchimero davidsleight erinkissane mandybrown joshclark allentan storify https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:29459943bf79/ 2011-09-15T01:40:14+00:00 http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/09/the-startup-man-a-conversation-with-joi-ito/244956/ robertogreco mitmedialab joiito 2011 multidisciplinary interdisciplinary lcproject collaboration making doing discovery innovation tcsnmy learning sharing crossdisciplinary crosspollination serendipity generalists creativity creativegeneralists medialab https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:627632036899/ 2011-08-15T23:58:12+00:00 http://mleddy.blogspot.com/2010/10/stefan-hagemann-guest-writer-how-to.html robertogreco serendipity interested interestingness interesting stefanhagemann howto teaching learning education experience pbs npr knowledge generalists via:lukeneff 2010 noticing connections observation listenting inquiry honesty power relationships universities colleges highereducation highered interestedness https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:99230f546ba9/ 2011-08-03T11:22:28+00:00 http://sarahwerner.net/blog/index.php/2011/08/serendipity-of-the-unexpected/ robertogreco unexpectedencounters serendipity marginalia books history digitization 2011 socialtransactions sarahwerner intangibles print printing https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:f5eb9e99a905/ 2011-07-02T20:18:28+00:00 http://maryannreilly.blogspot.com/2011/07/being-in-middle-learning-walks.html robertogreco maryannreilly comments walking walkshops adamgreenfield flaneur psychogeography derive dérive education learning schools teaching unschooling deschooling noticing observation seeing 2011 rhizomaticlearning johnseelybrown douglasthomas unguided self-directedlearning serendipity johnberger willself rebeccasolnit sistercorita maps mapping photography alanfletcher lawrenceweschler kerismith exploration exploring johnstilgoe noticings rjdj ios situationist situatedlearning situated hototoki serendipitor flow mihalycsikszentmihalyi experience control ego cv coritakent flâneurs flaneurs flâneur https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:5bce2fed3970/ 2011-05-30T23:37:01+00:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-qKlOvLpO0 robertogreco laurenredniss art science process mistakes serendipity 2011 learning discovery understanding illustration cyanotype mariecurie pierrecurie history books https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:afabd45989c4/ 2011-05-18T04:34:15+00:00 http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html robertogreco elipariser echochambers serendipity internet online web media relevance search google facebook exposure 2011 ted via:jessebrand politics crosspollination dialogue walledgardens algorithms censorship personalization advertising yahoonews huffingtonpost nytimes washingtonpost impulse aspirationalselves filterbubble dialog wapo https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:67e3141d4260/ 2011-04-19T05:56:06+00:00 http://frank.chimero.usesthis.com/ robertogreco frankchimero hardware software thesetup tools howwework commonplacebooks dropbox devonthink yojimbo evernote macbookair photoshop illustrator muji notebooks tumblr serendipity discovery iphone kindle lumixgf1 appletv netflix texteditor gmail instapaper simplenote rdio itunes reeder 2011 usesthis https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:db10bba136fc/ 2011-04-10T19:03:48+00:00 http://www.driftdeck.com/ robertogreco situationist driftdeck exploration derive dérive julianbleecker dawnlozzi jonbell davidspencer brucesterling bencerveny kevinslavin katiesalen janemcgonigal ianbogost janepinckard urban urbanism ios iphone applications cities perspective noticing engagement observation interaction serendipity maps mapping photography psychogeography context context-awareness undesign design arttechnology landscape landscapeasinterface play games https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:f5492938e4b0/ 2011-04-04T04:37:59+00:00 http://www.born-to-learn.org/blog/meandering/ robertogreco meandering cv thinking linear linearthinking helicoidalflow flow johnabbott learning unschooling deschooling lcproject tcsnmy serendipity via:cervus education linearity https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:55208ad26dc8/ 2011-04-04T00:02:51+00:00 http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2011/03/the_satsisfacti.php robertogreco kevinkelly serendipity choice paradox paradoxofchoice satisfaction satisfactionparadox netflix amazon scarcity abundance google spotify music film curation filters filtering discovery recommendations psychology economics https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b9f253c34599/ 2011-03-27T01:19:13+00:00 http://mrgan.tumblr.com/post/4120476808/quark robertogreco wikipedia nevenmrgan quarks discovery serendipity reading cv exploration https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:7952d5fc827c/ 2011-03-22T05:41:09+00:00 http://urbanscale.org/2011/03/21/beyond-the-smart-city-part-ii/ robertogreco data cocities sustainability adamgreenfield smartcities urbancomputing definitions 2011 networkedobjects services efficiency mobility enhancedmobility transparency information access urban urbanism everyware resources urbanscale serendipity delight citymagic socialequity inclusion citizenagency inclusivity inlcusivity https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:636e47898703/ 2011-03-21T04:11:21+00:00 http://speculative-diction.blogspot.com/2011/03/places-of-learning.html robertogreco howwelearn education highereducation highered meloniefullick place flow serendipity exchange conversation schooldesign learningplaces learningspaces architecture thirdteacher context learning informallearning informal engagement reggioemilia tcsnmy https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:3ca74ec34aa2/ 2011-03-14T08:48:41+00:00 http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2011/03/06/the-new-culture.html robertogreco joiito johnseelybrown education learning unschooling deschooling dropouts flux serendipity informallearning informal chaos cv sensemaking 2011 imagination books toread makingsense https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:01f9cd9b06f1/ 2011-02-21T22:05:40+00:00 http://blog.frankchimero.com/post/3430957759 robertogreco frankchimero change perspective travel newzealand airports human slow velocity urgency improvement self-improvement clarity accidents serendipity time https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:3974cc63ef7c/ 2011-02-21T18:49:42+00:00 http://www.runofplay.com/2011/02/21/children-at-play/ robertogreco children adults play walking goals situationist serendipity curiosity surprise soccer futbol sports football xavi zlatanibrohimavić dirkkuyt dawdling purpose slow meandering alanjacobs tcsnmy entertainment discovery differences concentration https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e8b9127c69cd/ 2010-12-24T07:30:34+00:00 http://nearfuturelaboratory.com/2010/12/23/what-innovation/ robertogreco stevenjohnson julianbleecker innovation crossdisciplinary interdisciplinary serendipity learning wheregoodideascomefrom books criticism biology walking thinking cv analogies analogy adjacentpossible stuartkauffman science robertkrulwich kevinkelly radiolab https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:6e9ea60cb67c/