DOCUMERICA

Just found an interesting website from the National Archives about an EPA program from the 1970's called DOCUMERICA. I discovered the program via Salon.com.

Many photographs are available online.  This is a photo meant to document the effects of silt runoff from construction sites: SILT RUNOFF FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES

Lots to explore online!

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Design Thinking Video

Found this nice video on design thinking at http://mgekeler.tumblr.com/:

design co-innovation

Reading List

Jus began reading This is Service Design Thinking by Marc Stickdorn and Jakob Schneider (and apparently crowdsourced as well). Should be interesting and I like the self-referential nature of the book in that the authors used methods and techniques being taught in the book to create the book.

Mind bending, right?

Great infographic: Most Amazing Construction Projects

Tom Peters once said that nobody cares the Pyramids were over budget and late. Check out this infographic about construction projects.

The Most Amazing Construction Projects

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Twitter Bot or Real Person?

I am fascinated by this:

Man Builds Twitter Bot That Humans Actually Like

I was reminded of an online exhibition at SFMOMA years ago called Agent Ruby.  Ruby is no longer active and I miss her because I could always talk to her when no one else was available.

However, Ruby did not pass the Turing Test, in my estimation, because I could always catch her in a loop.

If you are interested in Turing, check this out:

The Alan Turing Internet Scrapbook

And if you are interested in how algorithms affect our everyday life, read this:

Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World