• TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS STILL SUBJECT TO DIGITAL, INCOME DIVIDES
• TUMBLR TO PUBLISHED BOOK? TUMBLR ITSELF NOW NURTURING AUTHORS
• [STORIFY] HOW THE LATEST GAZA-ISRAEL CONFLICT UNFOLDED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
• 15 MUST-HAVE COLLABORATION TOOLS FOR JOURNALISTS
• [STORIFY] THE STORY OF #ELECTION2012 TOLD THROUGH TWITTER
• SOCIAL MEDIA A HOTBED OF POLITICAL DEBATE, ENGAGEMENT - FOR THE GOOD?
• HOW STARTUP MAGAZINES CROWDFUND, CROWDSOURCE, AND HOLD ONTO PRINT 
• HOW NEW INTERNET DOMAIN NAMES CAN SHAKE UP YOUR WEB-BROWSING EXPERIENCE
• [STORIFY] THE BEST WIT, WISDOM AND INSIDE DIRT FROM #OLYMPICS ATHLETES ON TWITTER 
• [STORIFY] BIGGEST OLYMPIC GRIPES ON SOCIAL MEDIA: LOLO JONES, #NBCFAIL, DOPING, EMPTY SEATS
• BEST ONLINE RESOURCES FOR FOLLOWING THE 2012 LONDON SUMMER #OLYMPICS
• BEST ONLINE RESOURCES FOR FOLLOWING THE GOP, DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS
• COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION DOMINATES NEW APME AWARD CATEGORY
• TIRED OF TEXT SPAM AND DROPPED CELL PHONE CALLS? YOU’RE NOT ALONE

• PINTEREST, VISUAL CULTURE, AND HOW TO MAKE GOOD USE OF OUR “LIKES”
• FROM VIRTUAL PETS TO LIKEABLE: MY SOCIAL MEDIA STORY

• [FILM REVIEW] ONE DAY DEXTER MET EMMA…And Lone Scherfig takes charge of the uncharted future that follows 
• [INTERVIEW] HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT YOUR ROOMMATE?
• [FEATURE] SCHOOL HOUSE BRINGS ETHICAL FASHION TO MIT 
• [DOC. FILM REVIEW] CONTRADICTIONS, DECEIT, AND DIRTY POLITICS - The Cartel reveals a US education crisis 
• [FILM REVIEW] RED CLIFF - AN EPIC OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY 
• [FILM REVIEW] (UNTITLED) IS A PLEASANT CACOPHONY - But is it Art?  
• [EXHIBIT REVIEW] ACTING OUT IS RAW AND HUMANIZING 

• FALLING IN LOVE WITH A LANGUAGE AT MIT
• THE UNLIKELY CANDIDATE
• I CAME, I SAW, I STIRFRIED
• 3 THINGS WE DON’T REMEMBER ENOUGH
• BE YOURSELF OR CREATE YOURSELF?
• A PLOT TWIST
• THE WAY WE LIVE
• THE POST-MIT TRAJECTORY
• WE ARE ARTISTS AND WRITERS
• OUR HOMEWORK IS TO GO CAMPING
• LET’S SEE THOSE CELLPHONES UP IN THE AIR
• THAT FEAR OF FALLING BEHIND 
• CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
• THEY SAY YOU LEARN MORE BY LIVING ABROAD 
• LIGHTS
• CUTE! AN MIT MOOD METER 
• ACCOUNTABILITY
• FACT: ARCHITECTURE MAJORS HAVE TO CODE
• DIARY OF AN ALL-NIGHTER
• HELLO, GOODBYE 
• STORY OF A LIFESTYLE
• MIT GOES APE 
• 10 THINGS I LEARNED FIRST SEMESTER 
• AFTERMATH

[COMPLETE ARCHIVES]

• [FALL 2011] BEIJING’S SUBURBAN EXPANSION: CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS OF A CLASHING ARCHITECTURAL AND SOCIAL LANDSCAPE 

Spring 2012 | This design for an elementary school in East Boston is a mat system of interconnected, elevated spaces that peak up for intra-school programmatic needs and plunge down to engage with the greater community. 

Spring 2011 | Project Partner: Angela Wang | This goal of this project is to produce a field system capable of transformations and self-assembly through the aggregation of oscillating units. 

Spring 2011 | Through manual Rhinoceros modeling and Python scripting, this project models the fundamental feedback mechanism in oscillating chemical reactions, which is when one process proceeds until reaching a critical point, thereby kickstarting a second and  opposite process. Taking bounding boxes of various geometries as external stimulants, this system describes how a single object can grow in a spatial oscillating reaction, creating planar and structural patterns in the process.  

March 2013 | 35 mm print 

c-mart | March 2013 | 35 mm print 

Rayogram Dreamscapes | February 2013 | Rayogram prints 

(Images are adapted from these dreamlog sketches.) 

Into the Light (2011) | Beijing, China | Digital Photograph 

“Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? “- 21st Century China. ll digital photograph 

Schizophrenic in Paris ll color pencils & markers 

Controversy 2008 ll color pencils & markers 

The Golden Years ll watercolor 

Untamed Beast ll oil paint 

No Words to Say ll pencils & color pencils 

To Burgeon Anew ll markers 

Not Quite Déjà Vu ll watercolor & oil pastel 

Palpable Tension ll color pencil

GeoGuessr is a geography game which takes you on a journey around the world and challenges your ability to recognize your surroundings.

Uhhhhhh this is my new goal in life. 

wired:

newyorker:

My darling David,

Don’t let these earthly considerations stand in the way of our relationship. Getting to know Tumblr has been the biggest joy of my life. I have never felt so young, so alive, so full of hope for the future as when I am watching your metrics rise exponentially each day.

Oh, I…

Amazing and hysterical. If only this was real-life.

HAHA. LOVE IT. 

but a-ha! 

one is my academic advisor and one is my pastor. 

the hashtag used on Weibo - China’s Twitter - to find missing people.

shortformblog:

chartier:

I’m joking around about Tumblr and Yahoo a lot right now, but that’s because making people laugh is my favorite thing. For those who care to hear it, I’ll be clear: let’s give ‘em a chance.

Yahoo lost its way a while ago, but Marissa Mayer has done some good stuff to right the ship in the 10 (yep, only 10) months she’s been there. Yahoo stated that Tumblr will be run as an independent company anyway, so we probably won’t see much “oh no everything’s purple and I have to dust off my Yahoo account” change. The change we do see could very well be great, considering Tumblr’s independence and Yahoo’s crazy resources.

Change isn’t inherently bad, but fearing it is. I’m eager to see where this goes.

This, basically.

Considering I still have a Yahoo email account, my body is not rejecting this deal outright. 

Gatsby sold out… Drinks first.

shortformblog:

thisistheverge:

Yahoo reportedly eyeing Tumblr for possible $1 billion acquisition

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

When 43.7% participation by sloan MBAs beasts undergrads by a lot.

Love. Archive. Techne.

• me: wheeeee http://8tracks.com/peachicedtea/k-drama-osts
• soundtrack for you do ur face routines or wutever
• HAHAH
• when*
• Jennifer: lol im doing a mask right noow!

• me: i totes walked into men's bathroom
• today
• Kathryn: HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA
• me: in terms of awkward life
• jenny: 1
• kat: 0
• Kathryn: were there ppl there?
• me: for today
• Kathryn: wel i also haven't left my room today...
• besides the kitchen and the bathroom
• so like..no opportunities for awkward
• unless it's online? but i don't have that many awkward online moments i think

update: disposed the bug by myself, with the help of a latex glove and shaw*s plastic bag. this is an important day. ready for the real world. 

War of attrition

:O 

Guy to girl: I realized every girl has this bag…

pointing a Longchamp of course

—

This guy - not clueless because he noticed or totally clueless for not knowing what it is? 

Together | The xx | The Great Gatsby soundtrack

Really love this. 

No.1 from Rayogram Dreamscapes @ my photography tumblr. 

Microsoft’s Child of the 90s x Internet Explorer ad 

Disclaimer: I’m a child of the 90s. 

Loved the ad. 

Love that they’re so busy innovating, reinventing. (This is cute: http://browseryoulovedtohate.com/)

Not going back to Internet Explorer… 

Not even going back to Safari…

How can these browsers further differentiate? 

MUJI: We want to be just like water. 

hello88goodbye:

BP’s trying to get you to visit the Gulf Coast again.

But this commercial is as unnatural as it gets. (Harhar)

For me, Instagram has always been an afterthought. I don’t religiously snap every purchase I’ve made, every location I’m gone, every person I was with. Instagram is an occasional gesture to easily share with my friends and followers on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

I’m not sure how it is for others - if people and organizations actually have an Instagram strategy - but there has been too much redundancy on my Instagram feed, or just…stuff that I don’t care to see on the small-screen-slow-scroll constraint of a mobile app.  So, this morning I decided to clean out my ‘following’ and ‘follower’ situation. 

I can’t bring myself to unfollow people I actually know, because I think, I’m at least somewhat interested in their lives (even though I’m connected to them on Facebook or Tumblr and get the same updates from there anyway). But friends are friends. Knowing someone is powerful.

So I moved on to organizations. I might be able to bear with redundancy with people I know - heck, they do follow me back - but I drew the line with brands/organizations (i.e. Celtics, Teen Vogue). Observe:

Celtics’ recent photos on Twitter 

And on Instagram:

Granted, the photos shared on Twitter were shared through Instagram in the first place, but I feel much more efficient getting all my Celtics information (photos shared through Instagram, direct uploads, or any other source) from Twitter - where I readily engage with individuals and brands I don’t know personally.

So as of right now, Instagram is a very private platform for me, and its main function is to facilitate sharing on other preexisting networks. Instagram’s recent introduction of web profiles can be seen as an effort to become a standalone network, but that’s going to be very hard given this crowded and already hyper-connected social environment. 

Content redundancy on social networks is a recurring dilemma for me as a content producer and consumer. Anyone who has to deal with content (and that is like increasingly every entity on the Internet) will have to maneuver cleverly. 

HuffPo front page | 10/26/12 - 2:30 AM EST 

I was going to judge HuffPo for the terrible headline, but I guess if it’s a direct quote…Wait, but it’s not. 

futurejournalismproject:

A Chair is Like Facebook, or Vice Versa

So too doorbells, airplanes, bridges, ideas, music, dance floors, basketball, a great nation and… the universe.

Facebook releases its first commercial. 

It had all the elements of a goosebump-inducing commercial (à la VISA x Olympics), but I think it failed to bridge (ironically) the gap between the average perception of Facebook (some site everyone uses) and the company’s mission statement (the social network that connects humanity.)

I’m a huge fan of FB and those two perceptions are essentially the same…that is to say, Facebook is doing a good job of chasing after its ideal…

But the ad jumps a few steps too fast and imposes some huge claims about Facebook on the viewers. 

I don’t think we’re ready. There are nuisances in the process of finally understanding how significant Facebook has become. Just because the network has hit the magic billion number, it doesn’t mean that the common users are immediately ready to appreciate the power of Facebook and take it to the next level. 

New startup, Chromatic Gallerie, allows women to customize their heels - by height, color, and style. crafted from fine leathers. priced @ $88 a pair. 

I’m conflicted. On one hand, I could totally go for a few pairs. On the other…are we picking avatars for the MMORPG that is life? Pick a color to continue? Machines with interchangeable parts? 

[via Mashable] 

Interesting headlines on HuffPo’s RNC page, I must say. 

Rei Inamoto, the chief creative officer for AKQA, @ SXSW 2012

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From Forbes:

The Hipster: Usually working their way into the mix as the designer or creative genius, they’ll make sure the final product is cooler than anything else out there. But, not only that, they’ll ensure the shade of blue used to accent the font really brings out the subtle homage to an artist from the ’70′s you’ve probably never heard of.

The Hacker: The one most likely to sit quietly through a board meeting until uttering the three sentences that answers the all important question of “how?” the new idea or initiative can be brought into reality. Resembling MacGyver with their ability to wield various lines of code or programing languages, you’ll get dizzy trying to keep up with their keystrokes.

The Hustler: They have the tendency to be the most misunderstood member of this trio. The Hipster is likely to accuse the Hustler of having sold out to the man because of their constant question of “It’s cool, but is it something our partners and clients want?” The Hacker is likely to do their best to avoid one on one conversations with the Hustler as a result of jock vs. geek episode back in high school.

(Photo by Tom Kelly on Flickr and used with Creative Commons license.)

The last medals of the 2012 Summer Olympics were presented this past Sunday, closing in on what could be the most controversial, drama-filled Games ever, especially online. From NBC and Twitter, to athletes and judges, virtually every party involved in the Summer Games has been written and tweeted about over the past two weeks — and not always positively.

The wide array of social media channels became an important instrument to gauge how the world felt about every element and moment of these Games, and because of that, the gripes that manifested and propagated on social media give interesting insight into how digital media has changed the way we experience the Olympics. Here’s a rundown, via Storify, of some of the more interesting controversies at the Games and how the social media world reacted.

[Read more] 

Midnight in Paris (USA) ll In several Parisian nights, a modern day American writer stumbles into the world of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Dali. 

步步惊心 Startling By Each Step (CHINA) ll A 21st century Chinese woman wakes up from a car accident “to find herself in the body of a 16-year-old Manchu girl living in the 18th century Qing Dynasty” (source) 

옥탑방 왕세자 Rooftop Prince (S.KOREA) ll A Joseon-era prince transports into the future to solve the mystery death of the woman he loved. 

Have we grown tired of our experiences in the modern reality? 

This article, which is propelling a serious bout of anti-TED, was published online yesterday and appears in the August 23, 2012 issue of The New Republic.

I don’t feel like I know enough about technology (or Technology) to counter or support Evgeny Morozov’s picking apart of the Parag and Ayesha Khanna, but this bit towards the end of the piece really resonated with my recent thoughts. 

“Actually, we suspect people reading TED Books will be trading up rather than down. They’ll be reading a short, compelling book instead of browsing a magazine or doing crossword puzzles. Our goal is to make ideas accessible in a way that matches modern attention spans.” [TED organizers] But surely “modern attention spans” must be resisted, not celebrated. Brevity may be the soul of wit, or of lingerie, but it is not the soul of analysis. The TED ideal of thought is the ideal of the “takeaway”—the shrinkage of thought for people too busy to think. I don’t know if the crossword puzzles are rewiring our brains—I hope TED knows its neuroscience, with all the neuroscientists on its stage—but anyone who is seriously considering reading Hybrid Reality or Smile should also entertain the option of playingAngry Birds or Fruit Ninja.

Well, ain’t that just the stinkin’ dilemma with producing content for digital media? Can’t we just make it convenient? And something we know people will like? Which would make us feel equally good? 

This summer, I spend half of my week in a marketing role and half of my week in an editorial role. It’s no joke that the two spheres naturally feed off each other and perhaps  need to feed off each other in this day and age. Nevertheless I’m apprehensive, walking that fine line. 

And the highlight of the highlights:

No words…

Find out which Olympian tweeted this adorable blast from the past! 

►►► London 2012 comes alive in Olympian tweets - Part I on Storify 

hello88goodbye:

►►► compiled by me, check it out.

shout out to the platforms! 

Instagram: @olympics

@facesofolympians

Google+: IOC’s Olympics page

Pinterest: NBC Olympics

TODAY Olympics

2012 Olympic Games

Quora: 2012 Summer Olympic Games

Storify: 2012 Summer Olympic Games by NBCNews

Olympics topic index

Tumblr: IOC’s Olympic Moments Tumblr

London 2012’s Explore the Ceremonies Tumblr

Youtube: London 2012

NBC Olympics

All except Youtube, Tumblr, and Quora were launched after the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games. 

When winners of the Associated Press Media Editor (APME) Journalism Excellence Awards were announced earlier this month, “collaborative innovation” was a winning theme. The investigative journalism collaboration between the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (WCIJ) was honored with the first ever Innovator of the Year for College Students award…[read more] 

It was totally NOT trendy when I was in high school.

Plus, I loooooove the fact that there is The Atlantic CITIES. 

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