Shaping things
by Bruce Sterling · first published 2005
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If this idea about objects is interesting to you, check out Bruce Sterling's book "Shaping Things, " (non-affiliate link: http://www.amazon.com/Shaping-Things-Mediaworks-Pamphlets-St... ) He talks about how objects have changed and will change over time. Jesse is talking about "spimes" in this particular…
on “The Most Disturbing Presentation of the Year” ↗If you love this talk, you should read "Shaping Things" by Bruce Sterling. Non-affiliate link: http://www.amazon.com/Shaping-Things-Mediaworks-Pamphlets-St... It talks about the history of objects, the future that Schell talks about, and then what's next…
on “Ask HN: Help us create a startup in the gaming space” ↗Have you read Bruce Sterling's "Shaping Things" book that talks about this concept of a design within the object - so maybe that could be called a physical Quine? I like it!
on “Theo Jansen's 3D Printed Strandbeests” ↗…best book I've ever read is probably Anna Karenina (Magarshack translation, not the Oprah version, which is ironically much drier). Other very influential books on me include The Wealth of Networks, Shaping Things, and Free Culture. In fact, all 3 of those were given to me at different times in my life by the smartest person I know (a family friend of my parents) Maybe the key to the non-fiction reading is having…
on “Do you read?” ↗Anyone who's into this stuff should read "Shaping Things."
on “Building an Internet of Things (video)” ↗Wise words of Bruce Sterling in "Shaping Things" (MIT Press): "We need to understand technology with a depth of maturity that mankind has never shown before. We need to stop fussing over mere decade-long "Ages" and realize that there are only three…
on “A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design” ↗