Recursive image used by Winston to demonstrate why not to use laser pointers in your presentations I've lifted the title of this post from Patrick Winston's short course, "How to Speak". Winston was the director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and regularly gave this talk on presentation techniques. The video is available on MIT's … Continue reading Why It’s Legitimate to Concern Yourself With Packaging
Cognitive Reorientation Through Movement
Lasting changes of perspectives, known as cognitive shifts, are rare and valuable events presenting those who experience them with new perceptive capabilities. Through certain physical movements involving elevation, orientation or route changes, minds can be dramatically reorganized around new performed understandings. Photos and diagrams from my fieldwork in Budapest While getting my master's degree I … Continue reading Cognitive Reorientation Through Movement
Access and Tactics for the City
A lot of people in cities are lost, and I mean this literally. According to Mike Rawlinson, of City ID, at any one moment in New York City, “quite a high proportion of people are lost” (Guardian article). This problem isn't just about tourists and smartphone mapping hasn't provided a solution. Guerrilla wayfinding tactics, although … Continue reading Access and Tactics for the City
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