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Friday Links 01-06-2012
Mickey McManusWild Abandon, Mayan predictions, the Empire States, a MAYAn best of list, a show about management consulting, the toaster, some algorithms, knowing but not understanding, DNA sequencing for garage biotech, and of course Spike Jonze and 3000 bits of felt.
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Best Design Articles of 2011
David BishopWelcome to 2012… We’ve pored over MAYA’s Feed posts for the past year, internal “you should all read this” emails, and a few of our favorite blogs. Here’s MAYA’s take on the best design articles of 2011.
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Friday Links - 12-10-2011
Mickey McManusGrumpy blather, Audio Reality, best toys ever, MAYAn Action League!, projection mapping taken to a whole new level, turning air into plasma so you can see Obi-Wan, 138 years of Popular Science, and Ice Cube on Charles and Ray Eames.
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The MAYAn Action League
Introducing the MAYAn Action League! Collect them all!
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Friday Links - 11-05-2011
Mickey McManusA night circus, a russian mobster, some pictures of Thailand, a murmuration of starlings, superconductivity on ice, living bridges, mall tigers, the theoretical stereolizer, Eames, Hugo, Ukuleles, monster supplies, and yes, something made of legos.
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A Lesson in Human-Centered Design?
David BishopA number of articles this year about a touch interface called “unintuitive,” “time consuming,” and “impossible to comprehend” gets me thinking about some lessons that can be learned. (Although I’m tempted to be quite snide and say, “did they not usability test this? at all?”)
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TEDTalk - Innovate:Education - The next literacy
Mickey McManusWhat if there were a basic literacy beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic that we missed, or that wasn’t necessary until this moment in our history? And what if that new literacy were the organizing principle between STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and SEL (social, emotional learning)? What if it could help the least among us leapfrog over the mainstream? What if it could help build collaborative, resilient, creative, & critical thinkers in an age of exponential change?
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MAYA Announces New Roles to Further Advance Human-Centered Design
To further human-centered design, David Bishop is now a MAYA Fellow and Katie Scott has assumed the role of director, Human Sciences Group.
Read Full Press ReleasePittsburgh Business Times: MAYA Uses Data to Help Fight Childhood Obesity
An article about how John Crowley and his colleagues at MAYA are creating a virtual supermarket to combat the food oasis problem.
Read full articleMAYA Companies Moving to Downtown Pittsburgh to Accommodate Growth
Because of MAYA’s continuing organic growth, we’ll be relocating to Downtown Pittsburgh in Spring 2012.
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Vision Monday 2012 Global Leadership Summit
Mickey McManus, CEO of MAYA, will speak to the event’s theme of “Innovation Everywhere: Embracing Creativity, Rethinking Competition.” The Global Leadership Summit is geared to senior-level executives in the retail, professional, lab and supplier sectors of the optical industry.