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Form follows function

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:23:22 GMT

“Product designs are bounded by functional constraints of math and materials and logic, but their acceptance is constrained by social expectations.”

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_follows_function

Six Principles for Making New Things

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:18:12 GMT

“Find simple solutions to overlooked problems that actually need to be solved, and deliver them as informally as possible, starting with a very crude version 1, then iterating rapidly.”

Link: http://paulgraham.com/newthings.html

Objectivism in 'The Incredibles' and 'Bioshock'

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:48:55 GMT

Ayn Rand gets a workout.

Link: http://nomorequo.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-does-bioshock-have-in-common-with.html

The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:28:34 GMT

A movie depicting 1939’s vision of technological utopia. Mostly this means an abundance of electric dishwashers, and fewer communists.

Link: http://www.archive.org/details/middleton_family_worlds_fair_1939

Charlie Brown is an existentialist

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:35:02 GMT

An explanation from Philosophy Now.

Link: http://www.philosophynow.org/issue44/44radke.htm

The 25 greatest science books of all-time

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:00:44 GMT

Darwin wins first and second — Newton, Galileo and Copernicus round out the top five

Link: http://discover.com/issues/dec-06/features/25-greatest-science-books/

Squashed Philosophers

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:08 GMT

Condensed versions of the great thinkers’ greatest works

Link: http://www.btinternet.com/~glynhughes/squashed/