From a Libertarian friend of mine: “Perhaps congress should read things before they make them law. Maybe we could hire Marvel Comics to make comic book versions of bills so congress will read them.” Have to say after TARP and the debacles since, I have to agree.
Lawrence Lessig was the best presentation I caught at South by Southwest last week (more on South by Southwest and my visit to Austin soon) – check it here:
Both fantastic shows at Midway Contemporary Art gallery here in Minneapolis – Midway continues to shine as one of the best galleries in town and to be honest in my experience the country. Highly recommended.
Looking forward to catching Stamen Design discuss “”Visualizing Urban Data Streams” at University of Minnesota Architecture School. I have been a fan of Stamen founder Eric Rodenbeck going all the way back to his now defunct (but once visionary) online sports company Quokka.com. Stamen’s work for digg.com continues to blow me away.