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Outsourcing: Why America is Building Abroad

curiouser1 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:19:32 +0000

Thomas Friedman from Discovery Channel looks at outsourcing to India.

Charles Duhigg and Keith Bradsher from the New York Times discussed this issue further in their article this week, “How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work.” President Barack Obama asked Steve Jobs why the iphone is built abroad, and not in America, where jobs could be provided for Americans. The problem is quite complex, and in the end, innovation and an ideal labor force is found in other countries.

Data Design: Best Projects from Flowing Data

curiouser1 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:49:09 +0000

Immaterials: Light Painting WiFi

Flowing Data catalogs some of the best data designs of the year. I love statistics and art, and when the two are fused a blending of feel-good and the-order-of-the-Universe-beauty-of-math transpires.

Ice Sculptures: 28th Harbin Festival in China 2010

curiouser1 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:25:36 +0000

26th

Incredible cities with slides and stairs and rooms and castles made of ice-

Alice in Wonderland: Avril Lavine’s “Alice” and ExitUtopia

curiouser1 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:11:09 +0000

I love this song. It’s quite beautiful. My spin instructor plays it while we ride and the energy in the room lifts-

"Becoming" http://exitutopia.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/hello-world/

A beautiful blog post which quotes the book-

The Hunger Games: Suzanne Collins

curiouser1 — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:55:59 +0000

These books are incredible- very well written! I can’t put them down and there is quite a buzz online about them and among friends and family. I’m really looking forward to the film- I hope the artwork in the movie is insane…on par with costumes like Jean Paul Gaultier did for Fifth Element-

Simon Dale: Eco-Friendly Fairy Tale Home

curiouser1 — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:48:57 +0000

Paper Art: Simple Strips Twirled and Bent into Designs

curiouser1 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:23:14 +0000

http://piccsy.com/2011/04/love-61bqzkn45/

The Spirit: by Yuhon

curiouser1 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:49:41 +0000

I love the hair and branch enmeshment. My friend forwarded me this image with the lyrics to the Royksopp and Karin Dreijer Andersson compilation “What Else is There”-

Short Films: Pixar Cuties

curiouser1 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:22:44 +0000

Short Film: Google Maps Stop Motion Animation

curiouser1 — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:58:52 +0000

“Address is Approximate” by The Theory. Love the google maps stop motion animation work, with surrounding animation work. incredibly layered, and accompanied by ethereal music by Cinematic Orchestra-