Tumblr (3.0; @zachklein)http://blog.zachklein.com/<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz04zgU7lN1qz6h81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Streuobstwiese</strong> (pl. Streuobstwiesen) is a German word that means a meadow with scattered fruit trees or fruit trees that are planted in a field. These meadow orchards are a traditional landscape in the temperate, maritime climate of continental Western Europe. In the 19th and early 20th centuries were planted as rural community orchards that intended for the cultivation of stone fruit. (via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchard">Orchard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>)</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/17189444696http://blog.zachklein.com/post/17189444696Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:45:14 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35676569" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Yoshi’s Blend (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/35676569">Mackenzie Sheppard</a>)</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/17161082127http://blog.zachklein.com/post/17161082127Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:26:59 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqzhxVWRi1qzzf25o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>100 million pairs of eyes will be on Indiana tomorrow. Stay cool, bros.</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/17035763509http://blog.zachklein.com/post/17035763509Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:50:07 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lysa1klErG1qz6h81o1_r2_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://puzzlejuice.asherv.com/">Puzzlejuice</a></strong> is a remarkable specimen of both game and graphic design. I play just to observe it!</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/16934066750http://blog.zachklein.com/post/16934066750Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:53:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyh7ib96Kf1qz6h81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The National Forest Map via <a href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=76697">NASA</a>.</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/16595150938http://blog.zachklein.com/post/16595150938Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:25:22 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyd1twgjMC1qz6h81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This crossing guard mistakes me for a high schooler every morning on my walk to work and insists on taking me across the street.</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/16466111010http://blog.zachklein.com/post/16466111010Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:32:19 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lybpgaWxjc1qz6h81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>I met a guy named John Crockett. This is his business card.</strong></p> <p>I’m tempted to say <em>This is the future of business cards</em>. But that’s silly. Business cards already seem anachronistic. </p> <p>However, this strikes me as the future of self-actualization. I think people more often will understand and describe themselves as sets of granular expertises. Organizations that help people accredit themselves will usher this movement, I think.</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/16426057055http://blog.zachklein.com/post/16426057055Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:11:53 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sXqXpwyBI1k?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/scorekeeper-xl/id463243024">Scorekeeper</a>’s interaction design is air tight.</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/16424220084http://blog.zachklein.com/post/16424220084Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:36:02 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4y0ecg171qz6h81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Isaiah’s birthday at the office.</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/16215459588http://blog.zachklein.com/post/16215459588Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:29:01 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly0ryvt4qZ1qz6h81o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Some Favourite British Birds’ Eggs” (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mando_gal/3425079782/sizes/l/in/set-72157628255537485/">mando maniac</a>)</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/16087192225http://blog.zachklein.com/post/16087192225Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:28:06 -0500<p><a href="http://yancey.tumblr.com/post/15776979796/in-silicon-valley-the-conspicuous-consumption#">Yancey Strickler posted an item yesterday</a> about the wane of conspicuous consumption among wealthy people in Silicon Valley. But, as it turns out, conspicuousness hasn’t vanished. The post suggests that the <em>Startup</em> is the new conspicuous. <em>Look at What I’ve Done.</em></p> <p>The first comment on that thread introduced a term: <strong>Conspicuous Production</strong>. It struck a chord because I often behave this way. <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/search/humblebrag">Many people do</a>.</p> <p>It’s a fascinating prediction for mainstream consumerism, with both valuable and inane consequences. I’m interested in more creativity and self-reliance for all, but the flip side are folks who will buy a Prius instead of a Gas Guzzler in order <em>to do </em>something for the environment without modifying other behavior that is wasteful (aside, last night, a friend clued me into a study that demonstrated that people who shop at organic markets also tend to leave their lights on at home while they’re away more often than average).</p> <p>Another intriguing ramification is the production of data. Quantifying ourselves with Tweets and Tumbles and Check-ins is already popular, but I wonder how close to <a href="http://feltron.com/ar09_02.html">Felton</a> we’ll get. I suppose we’re quickly moving to a point where we all commonly share <em>good data</em>. A massive frontier, I believe, is the development of interfaces that allow us to capture, share and read this kind of data. The kind that makes us look <em>productive</em> in a vast sense of the word.</p> <p>All of these leads me to wonder, “Who will consume all of it?” My first thought is that it’s for ourselves.</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/15833998640http://blog.zachklein.com/post/15833998640Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:34:00 -0500Yancey StricklerNicholas FeltonConspicuous ProductionGood Data<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/13899429?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Micro Macro by <a href="http://vimeo.com/13899429">Encyclopedia Pictura</a>.</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/15743445078http://blog.zachklein.com/post/15743445078Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:16:16 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/34853044" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Future Belongs to the Curious (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/34853044">Skillshare</a>)</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/15641621303http://blog.zachklein.com/post/15641621303Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:52:54 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxcdklQHDy1qz6h81o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Brief update on the Beaver Brook tumblr theme in progress:</p> <ul><li>I added photo captions, now they appear when you rollover an image. </li> <li>I want to submit it to the theme store, but Tumblr requires that themes support all post types (chat, audio, etc), which I haven’t had time (or interest, given this is photoblog) to build.</li> <li><strong>Do you have a theme in the Tumblr store and are you interested to help me wrap this up?</strong> There seems to be a lot of folks who want to use this theme and I’d love to get it to them — you could help! <a href="http://blog.zachklein.com/ask">MSG me</a>.</li> </ul>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/15357186178http://blog.zachklein.com/post/15357186178Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:14:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwxcqxqbdM1qz6h81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Startled by this view on my walk to work.</strong></p> <p>I’ve lived at sea level my entire life. It’s wonderful to have topography now.</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/14924143000http://blog.zachklein.com/post/14924143000Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:32:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwmla9ACd51r09ysbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>If you like pictures of bikes, follow <a href="http://missionbicycle.tumblr.com">Mission Bicycle</a>. The team posts many of the bikes they build, and document the progress of a new frame they’re inventing.</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/14636384006http://blog.zachklein.com/post/14636384006Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:33:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwmiu0kW9c1qz6h81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Teaching kids how to make their own toolboxes today (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/14632183439http://blog.zachklein.com/post/14632183439Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:10:48 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwm8zy5iTJ1qz6h81o1_r2_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Big images of Beaver Brook now at <a href="http://www.beaverbrook.com">beaverbrook.com</a>.</p> <p>This weekend, while visiting Indiana for Christmas with the fam, I’ll clean up the codebase and submit it to the Tumblr Theme store — I’m really digging full-screen, stacked image scrolling, would like to see more photoblogs this way.</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/14622893602http://blog.zachklein.com/post/14622893602Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:38:00 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwknumhei21qz6h81o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My friend Meagan Bennett made me a Beaver Brook diorama ornament.</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/14578164128http://blog.zachklein.com/post/14578164128Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:03:00 -0500<a href="http://www.diy.org">DIY</a>: <p>Do it yourself.</p>http://blog.zachklein.com/post/17162704229http://blog.zachklein.com/post/17162704229Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500DIY