Bill Nye imagines the city of the future and he’s thinking about special arterial bike lanes that would be safe and highly efficient. He also thinks that there should be good shower points and also small-businesses that will provide laundry services to us who will arrive at work all sweaty after the bicycle ride.
(by bigthink)
The role of newspapers and editors in the future
“People can choose to build their own news sources for instance on Twitter. But nothing replaces a good editor, and I would add, a good visual editor, creating the news for the reader so that it makes enjoyable and interesting reading.”
Smarter taxi rides
Imagine an app that takes your existing location and then tell you where’s the best place to hail a cab (it might simply be a street down),takes real-time traffic data and charts out the fastest route for the cab to take, the cheapest route to take or perhaps the most scenic route to take. Think about how all of these could re-create the way we travel through our cities.
“ Love is long-suffering and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, does not get puffed up, does not behave indecently, does not look for its own interests, does not become provoked. It does not keep account of the injury. It does not rejoice over unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.”
“ Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love – for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment is it perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you from misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.”
Hypervisual aesthetic aphasia
Aphasia : an impairment of language ability
Hypervisual Aesthetic Aphasia - Also known as bad visual design taste. Applies to colours, fonts and proportions.
Trade school arrives in Singapore. Barter things for lessons. I hope this will take off in a big way in the local community.
