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✖ Via Ben Millen: iPhone Taxonomy
“These are not maps in any conventional sense, but rather diagramatic representations of the interconnected space of technology, capital, instrumental value, exchange value, social and environmental impact that surround the device. The first diagram focuses primarily on the physical device, and the existence of the device as an object in our world. The second examines the placement of the device with respect to the individual and society.” (more)

About Ben Millen:

“Ben Millen is a Canadian industrial designer and engineer. He is a graduate of the Environmental Design/ Industrial Design master’s program at the University of Calgary and holds a degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Guelph.” (more)

First spotted via Kottke



• Jun 07, 2010 link notes tagged: technology  communication  iPhone  object  node  network  ecosystem  ecology  industry  apparatus  data  vizualisation  diagram  representation 

Apple are trying desperately to force the growth of a new ecosystem — one that rivals the 26-year-old Macintosh environment — to maturity in five years flat. That’s the time scale in which they expect the cloud computing revolution to flatten the existing PC industry. Unless they can turn themselves into an entirely different kind of corporation by 2015 Apple is doomed to the same irrelevance as the rest of the PC industry — interchangable suppliers of commodity equipment assembled on a shoestring budget with negligable profit.
✖ Via Charlie’s Diary: “The real reason why Steve Jobs hates Flash” by Charlie Stross, April 30, 2010

Interesting thoughts about the future of the computer ecosystem.

Charlie Ross

“writes fiction full-time, has sold around 16 novels, has won one Hugo award and been nominated nearly a dozen times, and has been translated into about a dozen languages.” (much more)


• May 11, 2010 link notes tagged: technology  communication  ecology  ecosystem  future  Internet  computer  machine  interface  Apple 

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