If The Internet Was A Place
if the internet was a physical place, what would we want it to feel like? look like? be like?
sari and
If The Internet Was A Place
via Jonathan Haidt
i wish earth was more like a library. ppl speaking in soft voices on the streets everything shared and borrowed.
Becca Btwitter.comI don’t know if you’ve ever seen or been to the roof of Facebook. The roof is amazingly landscaped — it has native species of plants and these meandering walking paths — and in a way, it’s exactly what I’m talking about in the book. It’s the architecture of thinking, it’s put there to encourage innovation and conversation, but just for employees.
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Webdesign as architecture
www--arc.comThe site is also like a home in that it’s a collection of many things which are unified only by the person who collected them. I feel as if someone is giving me a tour of their apartment: I’m looking at the papers on his desk, the notes stuck to his fridge, an album of butterfly photos taken by his brother, and so on. Sure, he probably tidied up... See more
My website as a home
People don’t exist independently of a place. Places bring out who we are.
I’ve come to think of software applications as a form of digital architecture: some are places of concentration, others of collaboration, others clearly just for fun. Software’s emotional dimension is crucial: how it feels dictates how it’s used. (Architects hire environmental psychologists; tech companies hire user-experience researchers.)... See more
sari and
The role of a successful place is to provide a catalytic context for missions.
Venkatesh Rao • Placemaking vs. Mission-Shaping - By Venkatesh Rao
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
erin glasstwitter.com