Another gem from Common Craft (which I saw back in November but never pointed to it—odd):
Lauren Mitchell at Viz points to Square America, which is a gallery of vintage photographs found and purchased at garage sales and flea markets. The site’s developer, Nicholas Osborn, writes: "Square America is a site dedicated to preserving and displaying vintage snapshots from the first 3/4s of the 20th Century. Not only do these…
Jonathan Harris’s TED talk from March 2007 discusses three of his recent mapping projects: "We Feel Fine," "Yahoo! Time Capsule" (which will re-open in 2020), and "Universe." It is interesting viewing this presentation—which is essentially asking if there is universal human identity—after having read Marshall McLuhan’s 1977 interview with Mike McManus (under…