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Why is it so difficult to find automaker contact info?
A few nights ago I was up at 3AM and wanted to dig in a bit deeper to some elements of the recent GM recall involving their ignition switch problem. I found information on the recall very hard to parse...
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On the Evolution of Driving and Mobility
People ask me what driving will look like in 10 years and I always tell them I have no idea. What interests me more than what driving looks like is our framework for thinking about driving. What does...
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From Unloved to Adequate: New Transportation Uses Will Redefine Product Quality
I wonder how new uses for vehicles in the collaborative economy will shape how we judge them. Most of the current analysis of a vehicle’s worth is through the lens of ownership and I believe that be...
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Driving Experiences Defined By The Future
It’s likely that some will remember this era of automotive innovation for user experiences gone wrong. Some manufacturers are tightly coupling their HMI (human-machine interaction) to that of a mobile...
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Launching: Future of Transportation weekly email newsletter
For the past month I’ve been prototyping something and am ready to push it out there for wider consumption: Future of Transportation weekly. FoT started accidentally – as a way for me to compile my...
View ArticleYour Version of 'Needing to Music Shop Every Week'
In this Resident Advisor interview, my old friend Ryan Elliott talks about how he went from working in finance in Ford Motor Company and not knowing how to DJ to eventually…becoming a resident at what...
View ArticleMoving From Idea -> Pant -> Pants
Abe Burmeister is the co-founder of Outlier, a clothing brand that fits somewhere between outdoor gear and fashion. Its origin is like a lot of classical entrepreneurial narratives: to scratch the...
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Alternative Route Optimizing
Consumer navigation systems give us the ‘best’ route, which is often defined by time: how do I get there fastest? There are some slight modifications (toll/no toll), but time optimization is typical,...
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We're Driving Blind Without More Destination Data
We need more destination information to make transportation more efficient. People tend to make car trips to the same locations (work, home, market, school, church, etc) – the number is generally...
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Machine Earning
We’ve saddled production vehicles with high-quality sensors in the interest of safety – or what is currently referred to as ADAS or advanced driver assistance systems. But while most of these sensors...
View ArticleHow to simplify a value proposition in a sentence
How do you fundraise (or hire, or talk about your idea to the press, or…) for your company? If you frame your work with this sentence in mind, I have found it cuts to the oaken core of your value:“This...
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Nat Russell Fliers With Your Mind
These fliers from artist Nat Russell display the hard work of a friendly subversive. He uses some of the conventions of telephone pole fliers, in words and in layout – just enough to make you think...
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"Full View" Honda NSR500 is just simply a good idea
“This item allows the model kit builder to assemble the Honda NSR500 ‘84 using clear parts, allowing full view of the details of the bike’s interior which would otherwise be obscured by the machine’s...
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Yosemite Parking Lots
A few weeks back we spent a couple of days in Yosemite, one of the more inspiring trips of the year. No doubt the park is grand, but I once again found myself lingering in the lots with my camera. I...
View ArticlePatti Smith: “Keep doing your work" from KFF.
Patti Smith: “Keep doing your work" from KFF.
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To be a Student in the Classroom of Willis Simms
I only learned about Willis Simms a few years ago, after he had died and I read a small piece about him and his career as an artist, educator and environmentalist. He worked to give the gift of...
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Nick Parish on Mastery
In a conversation on slow things and learning, Nick Parish dropped this one on me which hit home, particularly because I am not a fast learner or a fast anythinger:This is one of the most subtle parts...
View ArticleMike Mills: Kids' Wisdom
Mike Mills: Kids’ Wisdom on Nowness.com“I just really love interviewing people. When I’m done, I feel invigorated and refreshed and full. Sometimes when you direct filmmaking, you feel way to full of...
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The Nass CPM Model for Dynamic Advertising Pricing
Months back we lost Cliff Nass, the brilliant and friendly professor who made life wonderful for people at Stanford, myself included. I dearly miss him. In addition to his role as director of the Revs...
View ArticleHerbert Matter’s ‘Works of Calder,’ with music...
Works of Calder on Nowness.com.Herbert Matter’s ‘Works of Calder,’ with music by John Cage (1950). This is an opportunity to remind you to visit the Calder.org website, a wonderful experience and...
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