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tigrella··on Museums, startups and accelerators… oh, my
How far should the intersection of the arts and tech go?
tigrella··on Why Rapid7 Is Shutting Down Its Offices on October 20
Rapid7’s Chief People Officer and culture architect, Christina Luconi, spearheaded the company’s decision to shut down their offices for the entire day on October 20th to participate in Tech Gives Back.
tigrella··on 6 Ways That Machine Vision Can Help Museums
"Color composition is one meta-tag that you are unlikely to find in most museum collections databases. Running an object’s image through a computer vision tool can extract and output data related to its color clusters, partitions, and histogram data." Can this help with detecting art forgeries?
tigrella··on How It’s Made Series: Beats by Dre
It's pretty wild that Beats doesn't use any special hardware or tech in their headphones, but is able to retail for $199+.
tigrella··on How Credit Cards Can Hurt America's Low-Wage Workers
"A couple of dollars an hour may not seem like much, but for low-wage workers they add up to a lost lifeline." Curious to see how much of an impact DipJar can make.
tigrella··on One Professional Russian Troll Tells All
It's all about propaganda. Looks like not much has changed in Russian government ideology over the last 25 years.
tigrella··on Why parking spaces shouldn't always be wasted on cars
It's called creative placemaking and it brings communities together. http://www.artplaceamerica.org/articles/principles-of-creati...
tigrella··on Can a city really ban cars from its streets? (2014)
Like Venice, Hamburg could use its vast system of waterways for transportation. If it's going to happen in any European city, I think Hamburg is one of the most logical options. It is after all, often referred to as the Venice of the North.
tigrella··on Can a city really ban cars from its streets? (2014)
People often forget to mention that Venice is car-less. It was one of the most relaxing and unique things about the city to me and not a single person mentioned it to me before I visited.