"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
There’s a particular tension I carry with me when I walk into exhibitions like Art Decò: il trionfo della modernità. My heart irreversibly shuns away from some of the ideological implications of the movement - and I'm certainly more partial to liberty - and yet,...
A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter XIV: A Village Wedding He had made but a few steps within the forest, when he found himself surrounded by his wolves. He was pleased to see them again; he slackened his pace; he called to them; and the wolves...
I know, I know. I don't speak about interoperability much, and ya'll know what I think of IFC, but a recent discussion prompted me to submit to you a more articulated argument around the issue, because I do not think, in fact, that IFC is...
It was very fulfilling to bounce around in Florence and hook up with people in my industry. Everyone seems to have a different angle on what's not working in the way we're approaching the digitisation of the construction sector — from norms to interoperability to...
Earlier this week I wrote about KPIs and how we're using them wrong, l but I fear I left something out, which is how KPIs are used in education. Nowhere is the distortion of goals by poorly chosen KPIs more visible than in the classroom....
Oh. My. God.How come this novel isn't up there alongside Ph. K. Dick, Asimov, and the rest of the greatest sci-fi works of our time? Oh, yeah, it might be because it talks about violence over a woman. This anxious, delicate masterpiece follows an unreliable, possibly schizophrenic...
A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter XIII: Where it is demonstrated that a Woman never speaks more eloquently than when she holds her tongue As Thibault was talking to himself he did not catch the few hurried words which Suzanne whispered to the Baron; and all...
How the Wrong Metrics Derail Digital Thinking (and What I Tell My Students About It) One of my students once proudly told me their Revit family—a window—had 42 parameters. They had worked hard on it, tuning and nesting constraints, adding types, and connecting dimensions to carefully labeled...
In the heart of Milan, the MEET Digital Culture Center is currently hosting Realia, the first Italian solo exhibition of Canadian visual artist Sabrina Ratté. Running from March 13 to June 1, 2025, this immersive showcase delves into the convergence of technology and biology, inviting...
The Infinite Art of Practical Effects, at the museum venue called Fabbrica del Vapore, is an invitation to embark on a nostalgic journey through how movies used to be made, and it’s closing this week-end, on May 18. This unique showcase pays homage to a movie that...
