[see german post] Yesterday the printing house in our neigboroughood was getting rid of unuseful things. Lots of printing and typesetting tools, drawers and letter cases were on the street: bulky waste waiting for the garbagemen. Yesterday I already took a big “O” and three small letter cases with me to give them a new […]
[Original German Blog-Post] “Lord Weidenfeld peut opposer à ces violentes critiques [des médias], d’une part la dette de la démocratie envers les médias, dits lents, que sont le journal et le livre. Ils ont beaucoup contribué à l’éveil et au développement de la démocratie. Et il peut aussi mieux que tout autre, par son action […]
[Original German Blog-Post] “Sustainability” says the man in the video on the screen, “means to do the same things all day. The opposite of flexible” – For me this marks one of the most impressive moments of the Mediamundo Congress for sustainable media production that took place in Berlin these days. For some this term […]
[Original German Blog-Post] Empedokles postulated in the 5th century B.C. that the world should consist of a finite number of different elements. His philosophy of The Four Elements became the base of occidental science for the next 2000 years. Not until the 17th century, the idea of various compounds of fire, water, air and earth […]
[Original German Blog-Post] The first Slow Media Camp #slow10 will take place on June 9th 2010. New Media Hype or Media Denial? Slow Media is about a third way to follow. In the sessions we will present examples of Slow Media, discuss how Slow Media will evolve in the future and especially in howfar valueable […]
[Original German Blog Post] Eternal must that progress be Which Nature through futurity Decrees the human soul; Capacious still, it sthttp://en.slow-media.net/wp-admin/edit.phpill improves As through the abyss of time it moves, Or endless ages roll. Its knowledge grows by every change; Through science vast we see it range That none may here acquire; The pause of […]
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[Original German Blog Post] What is call ‘standard model’ of particle physics – model implying the provisional character – gives an impressive interpretation of many aspects of our world.Spektrum.de / Weltbild vor dem Umbruch Today the great day has arrived at LHC – the large particle accelerator at European research institute CERN. Why is it […]
[Original German Blog Post] Window in the southern transept of Cologne cathedral by Gerhard Richter. Image courtesy of Derix Glasstudios GmbH & Co.KG, Taunusstein. That [Chamber] at the eastern extremity was hung, for example, in blue -and vividly blue were its windows. The second chamber was purple in its ornaments and tapestries, and here the […]
[Original German blog post} “Every time I hear about Twitter I want to yell Stop. The notion of sending and getting brief updates to and from dozens or thousands of people every few minutes is an image from information hell. It scares me, not because I’m morally superior to it, but because I don’t think […]