Locals and Tourists

Eric Fisher has an interesting flickr set called Locals and Tourists.

Some people interpreted the Geotaggers' World Atlas maps to be maps of tourism. This set is an attempt to figure out if that is really true. Some cities (for example Las Vegas and Venice) do seem to be photographed almost entirely by tourists. Others seem to have many pictures taken in places that tourists don't visit.

Blue points on the map are pictures taken by locals (people who have taken pictures in this city dated over a range of a month or more).

Red points are pictures taken by tourists (people who seem to be a local of a different city and who took pictures in this city for less than a month).

Yellow points are pictures where it can't be determined whether or not the photographer was a tourist (because they haven't taken pictures anywhere for over a month). They are probably tourists but might just not post many pictures at all.

The maps are ordered by the number of pictures taken by locals.

London

New York City

Paris

Sydney

Melbourne

Steve Martin's Fan Letter Reply

So you've seen Steve Martin's business card, now I present his reply letter to fans. Click for larger image.

I love this man.

Sigur Rós - Glósóli

Sigur Rós - Glósóli from Arni & Kinski on Vimeo.

My little one while watching this said, "I would like super powers so I can swim-fly one day"

Lenneke Wispelwey

Acupressure while you drink.

Lenneke Wispelwey

Winter Is Here

A puffer jacket and trackies never looked this good.

Pic via The Sartorialist

Rob Adams: The Cities Of The Future

Listening to Rob Adams talk at TedxSydney was a revelation. Newcastle please take note.

Elephant & Castle

This has been around for a while, but it hasn't grown tired. By Design Practice.

Rachel Botsman: Collaborative Consumption

"From enormous marketplaces such as eBay and Craigslist, to emerging sectors such as social lending (Zopa) and car sharing (Zipcar), Collaborative Consumption is disrupting outdated modes of business and reinventing not just what we consume but how we consume. New marketplaces such as Swaptree, Zilok, Bartercard, AirBnb, and thredUP are enabling "peer-to-peer" to become the default way people exchange—whether it’s unused space, goods, skills, money, or services — and sites like these are appearing everyday, all over the world."

Rachel Botsman is the author of the upcoming book, What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise Of Collaborative Consumption and spoke recently at TEDxSydney

Taschen's New York

We were going on a trip to New York until we moved to Newcastle instead. So while I wait till May 2011 I will read this book instead.

AU$48.65 inc delivery from Book Depository.

Hallway

On the weekend I built this entry way bench. You can read all about it here. I am now wondering what to do for a coat rack.

I really like this rolling coat rack idea (and the pop of colour), but probably won't work in the space I have.

via Design Sponge

James Ward Designs

Hand painted plates from US$25 at James Ward Designs.

via Pikaland

If I Had An iPad

I'd have to get one of these decals. US$10 from Luckylabs.

I wonder if Banksy would mind?