Take a card
Parking ticket receipts discarded on top of the parking machine at UCLA. First comes the ticket, then comes the receipt. Why the reason for so many discarded cards? The delay in spitting out the...
View ArticleGlobalized Local Experiences
Where was this picture taken? Flat, oily slices of pizza, a cheap cup of soda, an old wooden table. You might be right if you guessed New York, but you’d be wrong: it’s Los Angeles. Westwood to be...
View ArticleOne of the best Twitter exchanges I’ve seen in a while
Tricia Wang’s terrific exploration of the instant photo phenomenon (suishoupai/随手拍) on Weibo has gotten me thinking about unexpected uses of social media and the way we take ownership of a medium...
View ArticleThe Enduring Value of Soho
A sign outside Jianwai SOHO, a home office complex in Beijing’s Central Business District. The enduring real estate value of the word “Soho” is amazing to me. It apparently started as a hunting cry...
View ArticleNotes from the “Future is Co-” at Xindanwei: Coworking in China, America and...
Had a lovely discussion this weekend at Xindanwei to discuss “The Future is Co-”, a look at the future of coworking, collaboration and collective creativity. I wrote recently abotu Xindanwei’s...
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