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Ideas

On Editing

A quote by Vladimir Nabokov.

Creative Space

“There’s a tyranny of the machine that seems to interfere with big-picture thought”

Narrative Action

The games industry has come to a crossroads, something that is becoming more and more apparent as I engage deeper into research for my upcoming game (more on that soon). The Guardian Games Blog has…

Cheek By Jowl

“The Metamorphosis of Our Town ... It Happened Cheek By Jowl”

The Best Blog Posts of 2008

Though I'm clearly not a fan of link whoring "best of" or "top 10" posts, I wanted to take a quick look back at the most amazing ideas and incisive commentary that exploded through my RSS reader this…

The City as a Whole

Holism and the case for utopian imagination in architecture.

Startups and the Future of Journalism

Y-Combinator has published a list of ideas they'd like to see new startups tackle. Aside from obvious criticisms (we're already well familar with Paul Graham's penchant for proselytizing certain forms…