plus six http://mungbean.org/blog Design, Technology, Geekery. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:40:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The New Design Dilemma: Specialisation vs. Diversification (D&AD Blog) http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=865 http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=865#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:03:14 +0000 Chris http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=865
  • The New Design Dilemma: Specialisation vs. Diversification (D&AD Blog)
    Tim Parsons: "as the disciplinary landscape becomes more complex, the notion that higher education is a rich beginning to a long journey and not a complete product is ever more relevant."
    (tags: design, education, disciplines, disciplinarity, interdisciplinarity)
    • ]]>     http://mungbean.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=865 0     Universities are not Businesses (Times Higher) http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=863 http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=863#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:06:38 +0000 Chris http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=863
  • Times Higher Education – 'Universities are not businesses'
    "Total administrative costs for the 116 or so universities now exceed £3 billion a year. Rolling them back merely to the levels of five years ago would deliver most of the savings the government is demanding. A thorough prune might even yield more money for education."
    (tags: thes uk he funding administration)
    • ]]>     http://mungbean.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=863 0     Lego Felt Tip Printer http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=856 http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=856#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:28:25 +0000 Chris http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=856

    //via @loadsofpeople

    What the world really needs is more of this kind of awesomeness.

    ]]>     http://mungbean.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=856 0     Interview with Rob van Kranenburg on the Internet of Things http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=854 http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=854#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 23:07:11 +0000 Chris http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=854
  • Interview with Rob van Kranenburg on the Internet of Things
    Jim talks to Rob
    (tags: internetofthings, iot)
    • ]]>     http://mungbean.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=854 0     Fritzing – beyond Arduino http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=852 http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=852#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:16:39 +0000 Chris http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=852
  • Support for further microcontrollers – Wiring, Propeller, you name it – Fritzing
    Fritzing is not tied to the use of an Arduino, in fact you don't need to use a microcontroller at all. We are very aware that many communities exist around a wealth of other nice microcontroller boards, and we would like to support them as well! So with some support from the producers of the board themselves, we are introducing further microcontroller alternatives into the Fritzing ecosystem.
    (tags: fritzing arduino microcontrollers pcb electronics design prototyping)
    • ]]>     http://mungbean.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=852 0     CMOS Synthesizers http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=849 http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=849#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:03:28 +0000 Chris http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=849
  • CMOS Synthesizers – Beavis Audio Research
    CMOS Synthesizers – Building Tone Generators from CMOS Logic
    (tags: electronics electronic music chiptunes cmos hardware diy hacking)
    • ]]>     http://mungbean.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=849 0     Split again, and Maribor http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=840 http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=840#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:36:34 +0000 Chris http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=840
    Just over a year ago, Marc Owens and I were atelier leaders for a wonderful 6-day Interaction Design Workshop for Croatian students from the universities of Split, Zadar, Rijeka and Zagreb. It was a really intense but rewarding week, with a great bunch of people, and I still have very happy memories of the experience — not to mention looking forward to returning to Croatia’s beautiful Dalmation coast at some point.

    I really can’t thank organiser Ivica Mitrović enough for his outstanding support during this event, including taking us out to dinner every night, and then out clubbing with the students most nights after that… Hvala lijepo, Ivica!

    Anyway, in typical web tradition, the documentation for this workshop — the 4th in the series — is now online. Check it out.

    Meanwhile, over in Maribor, Slovenia, there’s currently a call for participation out for their 2nd International Interaction Design workshop — deadline 15th April. This is also organised by Ivica, along with the equally wonderful and friendly Sara Božanić.

    I would have loved to be involved with this, but unfortunately I’m going be very busy with Edinburgh Napier’s degree show at that time. I’m very pleased though that students will be in the hands of Jim “Halfman” Kosem (half 100% Slovenian, in fact) along with Dash MacDonald and Demitrios Kargotis, aka DASHNDEM. I’m sure you’ll all have a ball.

    After this there’s also the Magdalena festival of Creative Communications, which takes place 13-15 May. If you’re a student under 30 and working in graphics, motion graphics, packaging or communication they also have a competition you might want to enter.

    ]]>     http://mungbean.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=840 2     Stewart Brand – How slums can save the planet http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=837 http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=837#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:07:12 +0000 Chris http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=837
  • How slums can save the planet (Prospect Magazine)
    Stewart Brand – How slums can save the planet
    (tags: slum global favela chic india mumbai)
    • ]]>     http://mungbean.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=837 0     Why HTML5 is worth your time http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=835 http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=835#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:04:48 +0000 Chris http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=835
  • Why HTML5 is worth your time – O'Reilly Radar
    Eric A. Meyer on HTML5's future and the skills developers need to acquire
    (tags: html web design css javascript development)
    • ]]>     http://mungbean.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=835 0     Re-knitting and Granufacture http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=833 http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=833#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:04:30 +0000 Chris http://mungbean.org/blog/?p=833
  • Weekly(ish) links: Knitting, Indium, and introducing AR through advertising
    via BERG: reknit says "my mom will turn your old X into a new Y" … Matt Brown says "small scale gran-ufacture". Woollens may be more Spimey than we think.
    (tags: manufacture fanufacture granufacture knitting reknit remake)
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