Avoid the nightmare bicycle

ale, today › One year of cargo biking

Some random notes from my first year with an electric cargo bike, and why you should (maybe) get one

ale, today › One year of cargo biking

Some random notes from my first year with an electric cargo bike, and why you should (maybe) get one

Van's Rachel

Van's had a couple bikes built by us, each one more tasteful than the last. His brand new brown Rachel, that he realized he needed after he couldn't stop borrowing his partner's blue one, is a nice mix of parts pulled off his BMX-y Hog and some new bits, all in keeping with the comfy, good looking, and practical vibes.

an electric bike for the mind

what if your computer became a tool again?

Design Thinking

In the past, design has most often occurred fairly far downstream in the development process and has focused on making new products aesthetically attractive or enhancing brand perception through smart, evocative advertising. Today, as innovation’s terrain expands to encompass human-centered processes and services as well as products, companies are asking designers to create ideas rather than to simply dress them up. Brown, the CEO and president of the innovation and design firm IDEO, is a leading proponent of design thinking—a method of meeting people’s needs and desires in a technologically feasible and strategically viable way. In this article he offers several intriguing examples of the discipline at work. One involves a collaboration between frontline employees from health care provider Kaiser Permanente and Brown’s firm to reengineer nursing-staff shift changes at four Kaiser hospitals. Close observation of actual shift changes, combined with brainstorming and rapid prototyping, produced new procedures and software that radically streamlined information exchange between shifts. The result was more time for nursing, better-informed patient care, and a happier nursing staff. Another involves the Japanese bicycle components manufacturer Shimano, which worked with IDEO to learn why 90% of American adults don’t ride bikes. The interdisciplinary project team discovered that intimidating retail experiences, the complexity and cost of sophisticated bikes, and the danger of cycling on heavily trafficked roads had overshadowed people’s happy memories of childhood biking. So the team created a brand concept—“Coasting”—to describe a whole new category of biking and developed new in-store retailing strategies, a public relations campaign to identify safe places to cycle, and a reference design to inspire designers at the companies that went on to manufacture Coasting bikes. [hbr_brightcove id=”4443548301001″]

Super73-OG Ride Review

The Super73-OG eBike looks like a retro 1970s minibike but features pedals and a 1,000-watt hub motor.

Gov. Phil Murphy signs e-bike bill criticized by bike advocates • New Jersey Monitor

Bill supporters say they want to increase public safety. Critics say the bill targets low-income e-bike users.

Project Xanadu: Even More Hindsight

Retrospective on Project Xanadu’s success and failure: a lack of design iteration, meaningful use-cases, or practicality stopped a valuable vision from maturing into something useful. (And contrasted with my approach.)

Epicycles All The Way Down

“All models are wrong, but some are useful.” — George E.

Real men don't bike: How cars became the symbol of American manhood

Inside the Trump administration's campaign to sell a vision of masculinity rooted in speed and strength — and what it means for people who walk, bike and ride the bus.

Bike Routes to Look Forward To | Offprint

A hopeful view toward the future of biking in the Bay

NIGHTMARE OPERATOR

NIGHTMARE OPERATOR is a TPS action horror about hunting Youkai in the haunted ruins of Tokyo. Combat fuses the tense, shooting gameplay of classic survival horror, with the skill-based mechanics and execution of fighting games.

Roblox Dream Diary

A series of microgames made over the course of one year. Walk through a lit doorway to be transported to that dream. Some dreams have buttons in the lower right corner that will transport you back; those that do not will do so automatically. In order of construction; Shell Museum Atrium Tornadoes Toro Cany## ###es Pluto Boat in the Cottonwoods Neon Industrial Channel Train It's Time (cw: themes of death of ##### ####) Herons If you want a place to start I'd suggest; Pluto, Train, It's Time, Herons, or Domes.