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  • Date posted: May 11, 2008

    Still Learning from Las Vegas

    Here, as at the Bellagio, the Wynn and other new or revamped resorts, we see how Las Vegas is still showing the way. Luxury brands are the new museum pieces. People watching is the new theatre.

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  • Date posted: May 10, 2008

    The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report

    The LA Times Homicide Report is an excellent example of web 2.0 reporting.

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  • Date posted: May 1, 2008

    Sleeveface, Song Charts and Distributed Creativity

    The sleeveface and song chart phenomena are examples of what, for lack of a better term, I will provisionally call distributed creativity.

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Recent Posts
  • Holland Animation Film festival 2008

    As with every edition of the Holland Animation Film festival there were too many films. And also as with every edition the films ranged from hilarious, touching and stunning to boring, tedious and outright dreadful.

  • I'm a Cyborg But That's OK

    I'm a cyborg is yet another highly intelligent movie by Park Chan-wook. It's also a visual treat and in its own special way profoundly moving.

  • Escaped from Malthus?

    Supplementary material for my review of Gregory Clark: A Farewell to Alms; Paul Collier: The Bottom Billion; and Dani Rodrik: One Economics, Many Recipes.

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