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Idealog—in the ideas business

  • I’ll make you an offer you can’t understand

    2011-03-09 13:55:09 // // Idealog #32: workshop
    Have you ever noticed that really competent people can explain things simply? Einstein managed to summarise the basic structure of the entire universe in five characters: E=mc2.
  • It's a MAD world

    2010-07-13 09:58:04 // // The Idealog Blog | 2 comments
    When architect firm MAD asked themselves, “is it possible to build high-density, economically viable housing which is also architecturally innovative?” ‘Fake Hills’ housing development was the answer.
  • MacBook Touch anyone?

    2010-07-06 11:37:41 // // The Idealog Blog
    This is what happens when an iPod touch meets a MacBook . Introducing the MacBook Touch.
  • Waterfront attractions announced in a bid to make the waterfront more, er, attractive.

    2010-06-22 12:00:21 // // The Idealog Blog
    The cultural and social heart of Auckland’s waterfront is set to beat fiercely by mid-2011, with the expected completion of five new attractions in Wynyard Quarter.
  • The man who makes grown geeks tremble

    2010-06-18 10:33:14 // // The Idealog Blog
    FullCodePress is back this weekend—and this time a US team is here with some serious star power.
  • Damian Conway: Web 2.0.1

    2009-02-20 18:28:12 // // The Idealog Blog
    Damian Conway is a PhD in computer science and, until recently, was honorary professor of computer science at Monash University. He’s a designer, a columnist and an author.
  • Russ Weakley: open web, open data, open panic?

    2009-02-20 14:05:35 // // The Idealog Blog
    Russ Weakley has a 13 year pedigree in graphic design, web development, interface design and standards based development. He’s the author of Teach yourself CSS in TenMinutes and he works for the Australian museum. Two years ago he presented to Webstock suggesting that navigation be torn apart and be replaced by total reliance on tagging — today’s talk is a “so what happened?” review.
  • Derek Featherstone: on accessibility

    2009-02-20 10:33:03 // // The Idealog Blog
    Derek is an international accessibility expert. Can we do things on the web that go beyond the ‘can we just meet the guidelines’ and make things truly more accessible for users?