http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/ en-us 2008-06-11T16:15:32-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000506.html I had a great time at the MIT Media Lab, and now I am 45 minutes away in Providence, Rhode Island at the Rhode Island School of Design. You can read about what I'm doing on my new blog. Thank... RISD maeda 2008-06-11T16:15:32-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000505.html My friend has launched an online service for publishing manga on the Web called MangaNovel.com. The site is unique for its ability to let you look at manga in different translations that are user-generated in a WIKI-like fashion. If you're... MIT maeda 2008-04-06T11:22:22-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000504.html My new limited edition shoes for Reebok will launch March 31. I'm certainly getting emoretional about the launch date.... Work maeda 2008-03-27T23:16:17-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000503.html Clifton Burt from Mississippi writes, "I just wanted to let you know that our design resource center recently used letters from a discarded sign to construct the haiku from your Simplicity blog post of April 21, 2007." Thanks Clifton!... Work maeda 2008-03-19T21:26:32-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000502.html It seems that every time I see my guys working on E15, something new feature has been added or refined. The guys are currently setting up my machine to program in this new system. Staying in pace with the times... MIT maeda 2008-03-15T15:26:35-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000501.html Last week in Los Angeles I had the pleasure of seeing the past and also the future. Today I am in the present, I think.... Etc maeda 2008-03-01T16:01:32-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000500.html In academia there are many committees as compared with industry. Committees enable the sharing of viewpoints in an open forum of members who are committed to the cause of the committee. If you turn that around however for someone who... Management maeda 2008-03-01T09:15:18-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000499.html I am debating on The Economist this weekend on the proposition, "This house believes that if the promise of technology is to simplify our lives, it is failing." Initially I had wanted to be on the PRO side, but ended... Etc maeda 2008-02-22T18:33:03-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000498.html I have begun to start a diary of my various emergent understandings of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). The URL is our.risd.edu and will give me a chance to reacquaint myself with ideas that focus primarily on the... RISD maeda 2008-02-17T13:24:50-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000497.html 2008-02-05 00:37:16.480 painter[2462] REQUESTING load file named: mydata_blank.xml with numberid 1 out of 9 >>>>############ DOING CLEANUP >>>>#### cleaned >>> TOTAL LAYERS IS 33 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> set time to zero **** drawview clearframep = 0 ########################################DOING COMMON > Prepping fb mgr... Work maeda 2008-02-05T00:47:11-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000496.html Smooth and soft. I have launched a new theme on iGoogle. The theme changes based upon the time of day (every 4 hours), and is based upon a series of strokes I drew by hand and a simple algorithmic... Work maeda 2008-01-23T11:46:02-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000495.html On the ride from Tokyo to Narita Airport, a co-worker from my past escorted me to say goodbye. He related how his professor at Tokyo University (sort of like the Harvard of Japan) was probably the #1 or #2 people... Management maeda 2008-01-21T10:48:49-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000494.html Much of my days and all hours are now spent on contemplating the value of the arts and design. Of course there is the economical value of art as artifacts that accrue value, or design as enabling enhancements that result... Life maeda 2008-01-06T22:40:43-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000493.html I received three unique cards from some of my former students. From Golan Levin, something squishy. From Peter Cho, something green. From Elise Co and Nikita Pashenkov, something romantic. But from me, all you get is a crummy ascii-style greeting... Etc maeda 2008-01-01T21:15:29-05:00 http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000492.html In the recent days since the RISD announcement I have been expanding my search for wisdom by meeting with current sitting university presidents as my new hobby. One president told me a funny story about former MIT president Paul Gray... Management maeda 2007-12-30T12:14:14-05:00