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Pachube, Patching the Planet: Interview with Usman Haque

28. January 2009

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Usman Haque (architect and director, Haque Design + Research) and founder of Pachube pointed me to this image from T.R. Oke’s book, “Boundary Layer Climates” (original photo source Prof. L. E. Mount’s The Climatic Physiology of the Pig) to explain his approach to the “software” of space. My focus as an architect has always been to [...]

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Hacking the World in 2009: Google Street View, “Smart Stuff,” and Wikiculture.

29. December 2008

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Google Street View Hacking This Google Street View Hack (via @timoreilly) will get my nomination for a Hacking the World Award this year, if there is such an award. A parade (the screenshot opening this post), a marathon, a mad-scientists laboratory, a sword fight, and more (see The Infonaut Blog) were staged all along the route of the [...]

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