WorldChanging Seattle: Smaller Homes, Bigger Communities

WorldChanging Seattle: Smaller Homes, Bigger Communities - my interests seem to converge a lot. Reading an article about how small houses are better (which I have been trying to convince people of for some time) on a Seattle (where I now live) website, the article goes on to talk about trying to do the same thing in Toronto.

Sidewalks Can Be Cool Too…So Why Aren’t They? | hugeasscity

Sidewalks Can Be Cool Too…So Why Aren’t They? | hugeasscity - just what I was thinking during a lot of my time in Europe a few months ago.

Freebase Parallax

Freebase Parallax - when Freebase first came out as a sort of open version of Google Base, I doubted if it would come to fill that role.

Today Freebase has tons of data, and is really well designed and managed. This video of what you can do with one Freebase-based tool is truly amazing. Watch it.

I’ll Take My Infographic in Bright Orange, Men’s Medium | FlowingData

I’ll Take My Infographic in Bright Orange, Men’s Medium | FlowingData - t-shirts with information graphics. One of my dozens of failed infographic ideas was to put them on t-shirts, but I didn’t get past one design (in my head).

WordPress › MyBlogLog: Just for you « WordPress Plugins

WordPress › MyBlogLog: Just for you « WordPress Plugins - I doubt this will get much uptake, but it is actually really neat. Anyone with a mybloglog cookie, when viewing a blog with this plugin, will see a list of posts on that blog that specifically match their interests.