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Archive for February, 2007

I’m waiting for the Open Source Cell Phone

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

I am one of those few folk - slippery and stubborn - still dancing evasive maneuveurs around the necessity of the cell phone. I’m not even sure why, except that I dislike phone conversations in the first place. Not true - actually, what I dislike is calling people and being called. The actual talking part [...]

Mideast Bloggers - The Real Fifth Estate

Friday, February 9th, 2007

They watch the watchers…
“I think there is a campaign against the bloggers here,” he said. “We are exposing what all Egyptians know but weren’t talking about.”
Mideast governments for decades have dominated the media, trying to keep a monopoly on information and deter criticism of authorities. But bloggers are chipping away, writing about everything from human [...]

Logo Cities

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Logo Cities: An International Symposium on Signage, Branding and Lettering in Public Space
May 4-5, 2007
Concordia University, Montréal, Québec
Cities are awash in ‘public lettering’: street signs, newspaper mastheads, road signs, high-rise corporate logos, store/shop/restaurant signs, engravings on buildings and monuments, etc. They are at once branding and promotional devices; names (of buildings); labels; locating devices; material [...]










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