Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for March 23rd from 12:27 to 19:07:

• Designing Down from Science Fiction: A Staged Approach | UX Magazine –
• Make It So: Five Lessons in Interaction Design from Star Trek | UX Magazine –
• Apple is in talks with Comcast about streaming-TV service. – Apple also has asked for a cut of the monthly subscription fees paid by customers
• [Mind-Speak] » Blog Archive » IxD Play – My IxD "Play" curriculum and lectures are available online:
• Untitled (http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117088/silicons-valleys-brutal-ageism?utm_content=4403329&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter) – Pretty great article on ageism in Silicon Valley (I'm the unidentified 40-something crapping on Outbox):
• The Brilliant, Unnerving Meta-Marketing of ‘The Lego Movie’ – NYTimes.com – Ian Bogost: “Branding may have finally reached its Mannerist phase." RT @binxbolling: @ibogost http://t.co/B02GV9qg0c
• Machines: Global Village Construction Set | Open Source Ecology – Open-sourcing plans for the 50 industrial machines it takes to underwrite a decent material standard of living.
• Twitter / cabel: Hey great the cat is already … – Hey great the cat is already helping with the baby