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Can't sell copies of anything anymore if it's easy to make copies. So what's left? "[Kevn Kelly] sees the solution to this conundrum hinging on being able to identify qualities that themselves can’t be copied and believes we must do this from the perspective of a user. Kelly refers to these as “generatives” - things that are better than free."

Tags: psfk, kevin_kelly, capitalism, economics, web_2.0 on 2008-12-09 -All Annotations (8) -About

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In a way, the ideas in here echo Fred Wilson and Howard Lindzon, who have said that we'd be better served by a bust-up not a bail-out of the automobile industry. Not a bust-up in the sense of 'destroy them,' but rather break them up into smaller pieces, make them perform better and meet customer needs. Find niches, instead of hogging the field. "You can have any color you want as long as it's black." That model doesn't hold anymore.

Tags: psfk, automobile, bailout, design, niche on 2008-11-19 -All Annotations (0) -About

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I wonder whether something like this could be used to power city streetlights? Just stick the poles in the ground, and ...?
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Sounding like something out of a science fair project, the Soil Lamp runs on mud. Designer Marieke Staps says that the metabolism of biological life within the soil produces enough electricity to power the lamp’s LED bulb. The mud is housed within copper and zinc cells that conduct the electricity produced within the wet soil. Maintenance is simple - pour a little water in the dirt, and the lamp will keep going.
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Tags: psfk, lighting, environment, innovation on 2008-11-13 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Nice article on the "new" social networking, with a special look at likemind meet-ups, the un-network.
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"Likemind gatherings have no formal structure, no fees and typically no agenda. But participants exchange ideas, job tips and useful contacts, while also batting around ideas about technology, art, business and culture."

Tags: nyt, likemind, socialnetworks, socialtheory, piers_fawkes, psfk on 2008-10-29 -All Annotations (3) -About

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PSFK's Piers Fawkes writes an entry that provides the links (now available on Google Video) to the BBC series, "How Buildings Learn," by Stewart Brand. In addition to the six parts (each ~30 min. long), Fawkes includes some choice quotes.

For those who know and appreciated Stewart Brand's book, this series is a great addition.

Tags: psfk, piers_fawkes, architecture, stewart_brand, buildings, television, bbc on 2008-08-09 and saved by 2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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PSFK's round-up of trends (recent, 2008). Top of the heap in the list: lists, aka data (how to sort, how to represent, how to use); next, urbanism (varieties).

Tags: psfk, trends, 2008 on 2008-08-05 and saved by 2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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I watched this video a couple of days ago (via PSFK's Twitter feed), and loved the emphases brought to light by the interviews.

- Entrepreneurs liked the density of the city -- the ability to encounter colleagues by chance, run into folks, rub shoulders;
- Some talked about liking the "small" aspects of San Francisco: that there isn't *so* much going on to distract one's attention from the tasks (work) at hand

I thought that latter point was kind of intriguing, something to remember when someone once again goes off on how it's such a bad thing that *this* isn't as happening a place as NYC or <snort> Toronto.

Tags: entrepeneurialism, psfk, cities, san_francisco, socialnetworks on 2008-08-05 -All Annotations (0) -About

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This sounds like a great idea for urban bike sharing, a concept that has been discussed on Victoria and Vancouver blogs, too. The problem is always keeping track of the bikes, making sure they're in good shape, and that they're returned. This design by Continuum (the Ubicycle public bicycle service system) addresses most of those problems: the RFIDs allow the service provider to keep track of the bikes as well as the users; and with buy-in from the users via their regular transit cards, this should help ensure that the bikes are treated reasonably well. Vandalism is a separate issue, which requires push-back from the community as a whole.

Tags: psfk, rfid, ubicycle, bike_share, solar_power on 2008-05-30 -All Annotations (0) -About

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