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Abundance vs. Scarcity Thinking in Tech
Chris Anderson, Wired Magazine’s Editor in Chief, has written a thought-provoking article for the latest edition of said magazine. Tech Is Too Cheap to Meter: It’s Time to Manage for Abundance, Not Scarcity presents views from his latest book about how the falling prices for information technology have the potential to change our thinking and…
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130% Wind Powered Servers
The computers that run all of our hosting here at Charles Buchwald & Friends can use a lot of energy. Despite the fact that the hardware we use is Energy Star compliant, it’s still a lot of heat and energy required to keep them running around the clock, every day. Now our servers are 130…
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One Dollar Diet Project
I stumbled across this blog a while ago. This couple decided to see what it would be like to eat on USD $1 per day, and they wrote about it every day for a month. It was such a simple thing, but powerful. Maybe reading it all at once won’t have the same impact, but…
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BikeCommuters.com
Now that Spring has officially sprung, it’s a great time to think about more biking. What’s not to like about healthy exercise that cuts down on car use and puts us more in contact with the world around us? (Well… if you live where I do, I suppose there are the hills.) If you are…
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Ecofont: less is more
Here’s some innovative thinking from the Dutch firm SPRANQ: drill holes in your type to save ink. As they say, “After Dutch holey cheese, there now is a Dutch font with holes as well.” Sometimes simple things make a difference! Read more at: Ecofont | less is more.
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Designer: Paul MacCready
Paul MacCready is one of the most creative and inventive designers I know. Well, I don’t know him personally, but I know of some of his projects, and one of my favorite stories is his leadership of the development of the human powered aircraft in the Gossamer series, told in the book Gossamer Odyssey. It’s…
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The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard
This exceptional video story has been online for several months, but it takes on new meaning in light of the current financial distress here in North America. Ms. Leonard has a particularly clear take on the system of consumption that is gobbling up our resources at an astounding rate. This has broad implications for our…