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Design inspiration: Lessons from nature

August 17, 2009 at 9:07 p.m.

From TED:

Janine Benyus has a message for inventors: When solving a design problem, look to nature first. There you'll find inspired designs for making things waterproof, aerodynamic, solar-powered and more. Here she reveals dozens of new products that take their cue from nature with spectacular results.

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Easy to find. Easy to share.

October 31, 2008 at 1:06 a.m.

I come back to this thought again and again in my head:

I don't need more video, or more multimedia of any kind, or even databases or forums or yet another social network. All I want, as a reader, is news that is easy to find and easy to share. It's what I want in the sites I build and the newsrooms I work for, too.

Is this too much to ask?

Most days, I practically live in Google Reader. I have become so addicted to RSS, to the plain but well-structured layout of the feed, that anything ...

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