It was a short stay in Paris so I wanted something small and light weight. Paris made easy written by Andy Herbach (Thank you so much, Corey) and Paris were very complimentary to each other. Paris made easy had a great personal reviews about both popular and "hidden yet cool" sites to visit. Really appreciated the walking tours which took me to places where I would never able to find by just being there for three days. (Though I would start the walking tour as suggested, totally detoured... and ended up somewhere on the other side of the city... still it was good to have a general guideline where to stroll.) His writing is very interesting as well. On the other hand, the guidebook Paris was more useful as a map tool (both for streets and metros) instead of providing much of cultural information. So glad I had both...
September 04, 2008
January 06, 2008
A growling place
A growling place is a really cute story about a girl's adventure with her teddy bear. Written and beautifully illustrated by Thomas Aquinas Maguire, ID designer. We gave two of them to our friend's little ones as Christmas gifts and they absolutely loved it!
December 02, 2007
We-think
We-think:
Innovation by the masses not for the masses.
"If the 20th century marked the rise of mass consumerism, one feature of the 21st century will be the rise of the mass participation economy: innovation by the masses not for the masses. Now innovation and creativity are becoming mass activities, dispersed across society. We-think is an effort to understand this new culture, where these new ways of organizing ourselves have come from and where they might lead. In a participation economy people want not services and goods, delivered to them, but tools so they can take part and places in which they can play, share, debate with others...They could change not just the way that the media, software and entertainment works but also the way we organise education, health care, cities and indeed the political system."
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