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By: rb.log» Blog Archive » Slow Technology Workshop | Part 1

rb.log» Blog Archive » Slow Technology Workshop | Part 1 — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:32:47 +0000

[...] been thinking about the idea of slow technology in the context of design work I’ve done like the Backup Box in which part of the point of the work is to think about what it might be like to keep our digital [...]

By: rb.log» Blog Archive » The Future of Looking Back – now in paperback.

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:11:44 +0000

[...] of Looking Back and published by Microsoft Press, which deals with the topic of digital legacy, technology heirlooms and other themes close to my heart. It covers a lot of the work that we’ve been doing in [...]

By: rbanks

rbanks — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:27:14 +0000

I think that’s a perfectly reasonable concern. The idea of a perpetual website is definitely an interesting one. I think you have to own the content, in some ways, and be prepared to move it between service providers if necessary (the kind that will give you simple web hosting). I use WordPress for this blog, but I think there’s every possibility that I will struggle to keep it going for decades. It’s possible to export entries from a blog, but innevitably all the links to pictures and videos break. Nasty problem.

By: ggrowney

ggrowney — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:41:54 +0000

Hi Richard,
I am very interested in the research and ideas you are working on. For my family I have been trying to maintain a ‘live’ website. A concern I have is if my service provider stops offering a service, or who will maintain the site in the future. I’d like it to be around for generations to come. Does a perpetual website fit into your plans anywhere?

By: rb.log» Blog Archive » All In The Mind

rb.log» Blog Archive » All In The Mind — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:48:07 +0000

[...] Some Technology Heirlooms – Descriptions and images of the three technology heirlooms we’ve built so far, including the Timecard device discussed in the show. [...]

By: rb.log» Blog Archive » Technology Heirloom videos

rb.log» Blog Archive » Technology Heirloom videos — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:25:02 +0000

[...] Digital Slide Viewer and the Backup Box prototypes that are described in my earlier entry entitled Some Technology Heirlooms. I hope to make one for Timecard as soon as we get them back from out [...]

By: rbanks

rbanks — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:27:54 +0000

Hi Mark
Here’s a concrete USB drive that weighs the same in grams as it holds in gigabytes. Seems related
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/25/concrete-usb-drives-are-worth-their-weight-in-gigabytes/
We’re thinking about quite a few of the areas you mentioned. Thanks for the thoughts!

By: Mark Enomoto

Mark Enomoto — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:00:16 +0000

Hey Richard, maybe a theme would be to size objects relative to their capacity. For example a 2TB object would be bigger than a 1TB object. Today, capacity is never communicated through an objects form, but what I’m reading from this prototypes is that you are mainly trying to communicate “value” of its contents. I’m sure you’ve thought about eInk and stuff, but I don’t want my memories to live inside of a box, a TV or LCD. Like an old album passed down from Grandparents the images live on the “surface” of its container. Have you thought about the “mortality” of information from the POV that digital content never ages. As an affordance “aging” images to imply time might be an interesting “trick” that can be toggled to being the image/memory back to its 1080p vividness. Have you tried using distressed materials for your containers? They are lovely but they lack the patina of what I imagine memories need. Random ideas, but I love the direction! Reminds me of some cool stuff I saw at RCA in the late 90′s. Aloha

By: rb.log» Blog Archive » Old Timecard Video

rb.log» Blog Archive » Old Timecard Video — Fri, 07 May 2010 08:01:11 +0000

[...] the V1 of Timecard, which was a non-working proof of concept that came before the working version I described recently. The comments about the goals behind the project still apply, even if the object itself has changed [...]