An online scrapbook of images, links and short thoughts. For more insight and a higher word count, visit my blog at Nate Archer.caTumblr (3.0; @natearcher)http://natearcher.tumblr.com/<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpcv617DGS1qzojbco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Get To The Points - Magnetic Slip-Over-the-Page Bookmarks available at <a href="http://www.spoonsisters.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=100&Product_Code=44308">The Spoon Sisters</a></p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/178097865http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/178097865Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:56:24 -0400<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpcv3sgqal1qzojbco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Masks” by <a href="http://www.papermountains.net/">Denise Kupferschmidt </a></p> <p>(via <a href="http://picdit.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/denise-kupferschmidt/">PICDIT</a>)</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/178097026http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/178097026Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:55:03 -0400<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/6WKICQp1Kqax9x9iKN5IWPAao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://pipeline.refinery29.com/street_seen/get_shot_by_sartorialist.php">Step-By-Step Guide To Getting Shot By The Sartorialist</a></p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/148458652http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/148458652Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:41:32 -0400<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/6WKICQp1Kp6k99o54B0lxVato1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1595&Itemid=90">Fecal Face - Brett Amory @Fecal Face Dot Gallery</a></p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/130645634http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/130645634Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:46:19 -0400<a href="http://creativity-online.com/?action=news:article&newsId=137586&sectionId=on_design">Service Design | Creativity Online</a>: <p>“My talk, titled “Is there an app for that?” was about the challenge of designing services in today’s data-rich web-enabled world, and how our experiences online have changed our expectations of the…</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/130610823http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/130610823Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:21:10 -0400<a href="http://antimega.textdriven.com/antimega/2009/01/18/pirates-and-scalpels">Chris Heathcote: anti-mega: pirates and scalpels</a>: <p>“a half bookish half paperish presentation about travel guides.<br/> What I forgot to mention or make explicit: how there are totally different stages and needs for guide books – especially pre-booking,…</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/126157690http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/126157690Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:15:40 -0400<a href="http://www.pantopicon.be/blog/2009/06/17/back-to-reality/">back to reality | a thousand tomorrows</a>: <p>“A world of abundance, of anywhere-anything-anytime seems to be raising questions faster than answers. On several fronts, a sense of poverty of meaning is becoming ever more apparent.”</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/125346745http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/125346745Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:40:19 -0400<a href="http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/en/About-Design/Design-Techniques/">Design Council | About design | Design techniques</a>: <p>“Find out how design techniques are used to develop innovative products and services and can help improve business performance<br/> Our world-class resource has in-depth information on design and business…</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/123158695http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/123158695Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:47:42 -0400<a href="http://www.barrettcollaborative.com/html/contact.html">BARRETT COLLABORATIVE</a>: <p>Great portfolio by graphic designer JAIME BARRETT</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/123158696http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/123158696Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:47:42 -0400<a href="http://www.deyalexander.com.au/resources/uxd/">User experience design resources (Dey Alexander Consulting)</a>: <p>Tons of links and articles on user experience design</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/123158694http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/123158694Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:47:42 -0400<a href="http://www.180360720.no/index.php/archive/products-are-worthless/">Products are Worthless</a>: <p>“Nobody uses a product just to use it, they do it as a part of a larger activity, in order to complete a task or increase the value of a situation”</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/121923833http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/121923833Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:48:57 -0400<a href="http://schulzeandwebb.com/blog/2009/06/09/the-new-negroponte-switch/">Pulse Laser: The New Negroponte Switch</a>: <p>“The New Negroponte Switch is the title of a talk I gave at Frontiers of Interaction V in Rome yesterday, primarily about the territory of “the Internet of Things” moving from one of academic and…</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/121923832http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/121923832Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:48:57 -0400<a href="http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/a_new_map_for_design/">A New Map for Design - SEEDMAGAZINE.COM</a>: <p>“What is important now is the production of ideas: The poles have become lighter and more immaterial, having rid themselves of much of the baggage of material production. The geography of design has…</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/121297793http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/121297793Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:44:15 -0400<a href="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/05/unnovation.html">Unnovation - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.org</a>: <p>“Most innovation, well, isn’t: it is “unnovation”, or innovation that fails to create authentic, meaningful value. “</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/113883024http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/113883024Wed, 27 May 2009 14:37:44 -0400<a href="http://stealourideas.tumblr.com/">Stealourideas.com</a>: <p>“we concept, so you don’t have to”</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/112916569http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/112916569Mon, 25 May 2009 17:26:42 -0400<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/6WKICQp1Knr1d2w3yf7WwXwvo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>▲ (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/ericzelinski">OBNX.MUTE</a>)</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/110963735http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/110963735Thu, 21 May 2009 09:21:09 -0400<a href="http://natearcher.ca/?p=315">Design Goggles</a>: <p><img class="alignleft" title="goggles" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3394/3225580678_f8b7db7cc7_b.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="367"/><br/> Earlier this week I started thinking about what makes a designer. The question had crossed my mind many times, but hearing it discussed by a design outsider gave me a different perspective…</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/107382085http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/107382085Wed, 13 May 2009 18:08:05 -0400<a href="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/04/the_best_business_model_in_the.html">The Best Business Model in the World - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.org</a>: <p>“When you can make awesome stuff, you don’t need to find “better” ways to sell it. The fundamental challenge of the 21st century isn’t selling the same old lame, toxic junk in new ways: its…</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/101911087http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/101911087Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:30:10 -0400<a href="http://natearcher.ca/?p=306">Towards A New Aggregator</a>: <p><img class="alignleft" title="Italian Love" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/40/102059395_c4632c68ab_o.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="367"/></p> <p>One of the most intriguing things about the web is spotting connections between disparate sources. Every once in a while, I will find a subject or idea crop up in a bunch of different…</p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/98252498http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/98252498Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:46:42 -0400<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/6WKICQp1KmbredncCZhmnYkTo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2009/04/winespeak.html">“Full bodied, with great character”</a></p> <p><a href="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2009/04/winespeak.html">BibliOdyssey: Winespeak</a></p>http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/96500946http://natearcher.tumblr.com/post/96500946Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:05:59 -0400