The most interesting app for the iPhone so far, the Sonar Ruler measures distances by emitting a sound pulse from the iPhone’s speakers and measuring the time taken for the sound to bounce back to the microphone.
It demonstrates the phenomenol potential that the iPhone and SDK hold…And you thought you could only use it for facebook and Twitter.
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Just downloaded the WordPress app on the IPhone. Hopefully more blogposts on the way.
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This is very close to perfection for me. A loft in NYC owned by an Indian couple made the NY Times for being a “Modernist Temple”. I think its beautiful, clean and perfect. Beautiful photography too.
Slideshow on the NY Times.
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Michael Beirut writes an interesting and insightful piece on the economy on Design Observer today:
What to do during a recession:
1 Be frugal.
2 Be careful.
3 Be creative.
4 Be sociable.
5 Be patient.
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Lifehacker has an interesting post today
“Portion size and eating speed seem to be part of the reason for the famous “French paradox” — the relatively low incidence of heart disease and overweight in France as compared to the United States, despite the generally high intake of calorie-rich foods and saturated fat. It is well documented that the French take longer to eat than Americans, despite the French eating smaller portions. Recently Japanese researchers found strong positive correlation between rate of eating and body mass index (BMI) and obesity”
Food: How Eating Slowly Will Help You Lose Weight.
Needless to say, I’m going to try my best to emulate the French and eat slowly and reduce portion size.
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The change we need…in the profession of architecture.
Yes we can…..of course we can…
Architecture – Architecture in ’98 – Fun Till the Money Ran Out – NYTimes.com.
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Honestly, there should be a law against layoffs. Better still, there should be a law against indiscriminate hiring when the economy is booming, leading to more discretionary practices in recruitment, based on merit and merit alone, and not on what I like to call the “warm body requirement”, where you throw a warm body at a staffing issue and expect it to get solved. Later, when the vise tightens, management has absolutely no qualms in letting people go left, right and center.
Instead, why not employ good, qualified people at reasonable wages and encourage them to grow with the practice. Seriously, does it only make sense to me, or do these supposedly experienced managers not get it ?
I wonder how these people get to the positions they are in…
Update: Some still get it, apparently
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