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My lifes work, she says, is the impact that this has.
she closes the lid and unplugs the device no bigger than her thumb from the computer... And, her lifes work is more than a four meg flash drive. My lifes work, she says, is the impact that this has. This is not about what I produce. It is all about what others receive.
Continue reading...Designer wanted for book on urban ecology, activism, local history
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Artefatica is looking for a print designer to create a 40- to 70-page book to be published in April 2009. The book, Memorial of Weeds: Wildest Dreams for Our Urban Cores, will document “Sprout Out Loud!” (an environmental art project) alongside community reflections about a controversial piece of land soon to be developed by the [...]
Continue reading...Contribute to the Memorial of Weeds
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Memories, stories, dreams, visions, photos, newspaper clipping, city plans, archives — you name it, we want to include it in an upcoming book: Memorial of Weeds: Wildest Dreams for Our Urban Cores (working title). I’m (through Artefatica) helping Montreal artist Emily Rose Michaud, the force behind the Mile End’s Roerich Garden, to produce a book that [...]
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Early in his career, professor Mark Rowlands had two loves: philosophy and Brenin, a wolf he was forced to bring along to his lectures. Through their relationship, Rowlands started examining his work and life. Listen on CBC’s Ideas, via EarIdeas.
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Every month, The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, hosts a reading and conversation with a well-known writer. August 2009 featured Joshua Ferris reading George Saunders’s “Adams.” The rhythm is magnificent.
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Beth Kolko, User, Hacker, Builder, Thief: Creativity & Consumerism in a Digital Age. “If I’m a hacker, I’m thoughtful about how I negotiate the world, I think about how I can make use of objects and systems rather than allowing the object or system to make use of me by slotting me into a pre-arranged role… hacking embodies the notion of agency and resistance.” #UrsulaFranklin
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- Designer wanted for book on urban ecology, activism, local history
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- tt: By any means. I'm american and you are not replacing our jobs. American companies are. How are they ...
- Asher Isbrucker: This is amazing on so many levels....
- Christine Prefontaine: Hi Lauren — You're not the only person who's asked. I'll start compiling the list. Ohhhh... so much ...
- Lauren Thompson: Hello -- I found your blog as I was researching books to give to MY boy as part of a rite of passage...
- Maren: What a fantastic idea & such a loving, thoughtful gift! (And a great name.) I'd love to know wh...
- Christine: This turned out so lovely. Liam was thrilled. And Chris found a name for it: The Book Mitzvah. Brill...
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- Cheryl Mansfield: I was one of the first to buy the original Kindle, and quite frankly found it to be a big nuisance. ...
- Christine: Putting a note here so I remember as I think this through some more to look at Tonya's theory of cha...
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