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Hornsey: research & self-consciousness

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Rob Farrow

‎What do you do with a quote when you’re not sure what else to do with it?  Stick it on your blog, of course… there’s an interesting parallel to the Friere/Fromm quote here and also some overlap the forthcoming paper … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Philosophy

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Rob Farrow

Partly stemming from my recent exploration of OER visualization, I’ve started to take more of an interest in ways that philosophical ideas have been expressed visually.  Now, obviously many artworks are themselves the expression of philosophical or religious sentiment, and … Continue reading →

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Design Update

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Rob Farrow

This site now has a swanky new header courtesy of David Smith at 49th Floor Design who are good chaps and great designers to boot.  Thanks to Dave, who I can see from my Spotify feed is currently listening to … Continue reading →

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The Ampersand

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Rob Farrow

via Web Designer Depot. I don’t know exactly when it was that I first understood what the ampersand was called, but it was probably later than it should have been.  Not that it matters much, since we all use the … Continue reading →

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Enlightened Trial and Error

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Rob Farrow

Bjoern Hartmann, of the Stanford HCI Group, gives an overview of different prototyping tools he has built with collaborators to address two research questions. First, how can tools enable a wider range of designers to create functional prototypes of ubiquitous … Continue reading →

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