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Twitter Smitter

by natecooper | Apr 23, 2009 | internet, Twitter

A few weeks ago I wrote about seeing Geoff Manaugh speak. I noted Geoff’s excellent defense of Twitter as a medium and utter confusion at its critics. Jason Kottke’s In defense of Twitter published today with a link to Manaugh’s own post both carry...

The Twitter Spread

by natecooper | Apr 22, 2009 | cool, culture, internet, Twitter

Spreadtweet is a Twitter application that mimics the design of a spreadsheet. My first reaction was “whahuh? Why?” Then I realized that unlike most of the rest of the civilized world I do not work in an office full of prying eyes. So for all you...

Wolf and Pig

by natecooper | Apr 17, 2009 | art, cool, internet, media, movies, photography

This video really illustrates the line between a photograph and motion pictures — a line of topical interest to me. There’s a magical wonder that happens with an object in motion. Even with the jerkiness of the low fps our mind wants to believe that there...

Designing the Post Terrestrial on Twitter

by natecooper | Apr 14, 2009 | aesthetics, architecture, cities, cool, culture, internet, Twitter

Just back from the Geoff Manaugh talk @SVA, “Designing the Post-Terrestrial”. Great stuff. Oddly enough I found it a very visceral experience. Not necessarily what I was expecting from a lecture on architecture. BLDGBLOG, Manaugh’s blog on...

My First Digital Photo

by natecooper | Apr 11, 2009 | internet, media, nate, photography, style

Kim inspired me to dig through the archive to find the oldest digital photo of myself. This one comes from Christmas Eve 2003 when I would have been 23 (still older than Kim :/ ). I don’t even believe I owned a digital camera at this point so not sure where this...