Igor Schwarzmann
@igorschwarzmann.com
Design Researcher & Strategist. Secretive Futurist. Product of more than one culture which is fancy for Third Culture Kid. More: igorschwarzmann.com. AMA.
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YEAH WE ARE @katie-drummond.bsky.social
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
YEAH WE ARE @katie-drummond.bsky.social
New essay is up.
On strategy, wrestling and narratives. This one was many years in the making but it ended up needing a visceral reaction to what happened last week in the oval office to get it done.
thenew.igorschwarzmann.com/p/dont-play-...
On strategy, wrestling and narratives. This one was many years in the making but it ended up needing a visceral reaction to what happened last week in the oval office to get it done.
thenew.igorschwarzmann.com/p/dont-play-...
Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win
From boardrooms to wrestling rings, those who control the frame control the outcome
thenew.igorschwarzmann.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
New essay is up.
On strategy, wrestling and narratives. This one was many years in the making but it ended up needing a visceral reaction to what happened last week in the oval office to get it done.
thenew.igorschwarzmann.com/p/dont-play-...
On strategy, wrestling and narratives. This one was many years in the making but it ended up needing a visceral reaction to what happened last week in the oval office to get it done.
thenew.igorschwarzmann.com/p/dont-play-...
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Bruno Ganz and Peter Falk, Berlin, 1987.
By Walter Yablonsky
By Walter Yablonsky
February 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Bruno Ganz and Peter Falk, Berlin, 1987.
By Walter Yablonsky
By Walter Yablonsky
I have one too.
"Pebble smartwatch with e-paper display expects a comeback after Google releases the device’s open-source code." (As a huge e-ink fan, I think I may still have my Pebble in my 'Draw of (Almost) Defunct Technology' somewhere...) www.designboom.com/design/pebbl...
pebble smartwatch with e-paper display to return after google releases its open-source code
www.designboom.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I have one too.
Wow.
This is really interesting. Groundbreaking study on the value of libraries and “third places.”
“A whopping 82% of people who used the library’s physical space and 79% of people who physically attended programs reported more optimism regarding the future, compared to only 58% of digital-only users.”
“A whopping 82% of people who used the library’s physical space and 79% of people who physically attended programs reported more optimism regarding the future, compared to only 58% of digital-only users.”
Innovative Study by UPenn and NYPL Finds That Public Libraries Positively Impact Community Health and Well-Being
"Our research found that patrons experience refuge, joy, connection, purpose, and expansion through their library use"
bookriot.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Wow.
Entered a cafe and asked if it’s okay for me to have a 30 min call from there. The proprietor looked at me intensely and asked: “Are you going to undress during the call? Because it happened before and people come with their kids here. We can’t have that.” Berlin❤️.
January 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Entered a cafe and asked if it’s okay for me to have a 30 min call from there. The proprietor looked at me intensely and asked: “Are you going to undress during the call? Because it happened before and people come with their kids here. We can’t have that.” Berlin❤️.
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We lost our home and the majority of everything I cared about six years ago (because of a roofer who was an idiot, who’s been ducking legal efforts for recovery since years.)
Doesn’t make me an expert on the subject, but I have some thoughts if they are helpful to anyone who just experienced this.
Doesn’t make me an expert on the subject, but I have some thoughts if they are helpful to anyone who just experienced this.
January 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
We lost our home and the majority of everything I cared about six years ago (because of a roofer who was an idiot, who’s been ducking legal efforts for recovery since years.)
Doesn’t make me an expert on the subject, but I have some thoughts if they are helpful to anyone who just experienced this.
Doesn’t make me an expert on the subject, but I have some thoughts if they are helpful to anyone who just experienced this.
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The post office (+ public libraries) are 🌟. We *could* think so much more capaciously + creatively about what they can be!
Check out our Local Media lesson on post offices (relevant slides start @ 48): localmedia.wordsinspace.net/spring2024/p...
And this recent talk is about civic institutions:
Check out our Local Media lesson on post offices (relevant slides start @ 48): localmedia.wordsinspace.net/spring2024/p...
And this recent talk is about civic institutions:
December 17, 2024 at 5:30 AM
The post office (+ public libraries) are 🌟. We *could* think so much more capaciously + creatively about what they can be!
Check out our Local Media lesson on post offices (relevant slides start @ 48): localmedia.wordsinspace.net/spring2024/p...
And this recent talk is about civic institutions:
Check out our Local Media lesson on post offices (relevant slides start @ 48): localmedia.wordsinspace.net/spring2024/p...
And this recent talk is about civic institutions:
@wattenberger.com Just read your Fish Eye essay – brilliant!
It hits the nerve so hard because of two things. First: I've been thinking a lot about how LLMs can help create a different relationship to physical archives, more specifically to archives of fashion houses. Your thinking helps!
It hits the nerve so hard because of two things. First: I've been thinking a lot about how LLMs can help create a different relationship to physical archives, more specifically to archives of fashion houses. Your thinking helps!
December 11, 2024 at 7:20 PM
@wattenberger.com Just read your Fish Eye essay – brilliant!
It hits the nerve so hard because of two things. First: I've been thinking a lot about how LLMs can help create a different relationship to physical archives, more specifically to archives of fashion houses. Your thinking helps!
It hits the nerve so hard because of two things. First: I've been thinking a lot about how LLMs can help create a different relationship to physical archives, more specifically to archives of fashion houses. Your thinking helps!
This feels more like a Monocle story.
Sometimes I wonder if the @financialtimes.com might be a little out of touch.
December 11, 2024 at 6:36 AM
This feels more like a Monocle story.
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This book feels more relevant than ever now, set in an ambiguous present-future-past where Russian oligarchs and European social media marketers meet underground fashion influencers in a surreal anti-capitalist capitalist club ...
BookBub has a $1.99 deal on Pattern Recognition’s ebook til December 15
December 10, 2024 at 1:43 AM
This book feels more relevant than ever now, set in an ambiguous present-future-past where Russian oligarchs and European social media marketers meet underground fashion influencers in a surreal anti-capitalist capitalist club ...
New hallmarks of hustle culture in this AI age of ours: maxing out Claude pre-flight to pick it up after.
December 2, 2024 at 5:20 PM
New hallmarks of hustle culture in this AI age of ours: maxing out Claude pre-flight to pick it up after.
As much as I would love to see this happen, the implications that there is an End is creating wrong expectations. I grew up through the era when everyone assumed that Microsoft was dead and will never be relevant again.
I wrote a little end of year manifestation for you'all. MAY IT EVER BE THUS!
www.wired.com/story/the-be...
www.wired.com/story/the-be...
The Beginning of the End of Big Tech
From politicians to VC firms, everyone is falling out of love with the massive, money-oriented, global technology titans. In their place, we have the chance to build something open and trustworthy.
www.wired.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:19 PM
As much as I would love to see this happen, the implications that there is an End is creating wrong expectations. I grew up through the era when everyone assumed that Microsoft was dead and will never be relevant again.
Apparently we live in the age of podcasts (they are not Wedding anyone — inside joke for the Berlin peeps here). No better time to start using Snipd. It has been my favorite podcasting app for about two years, and I'm happy to pay for it too.
November 19, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Apparently we live in the age of podcasts (they are not Wedding anyone — inside joke for the Berlin peeps here). No better time to start using Snipd. It has been my favorite podcasting app for about two years, and I'm happy to pay for it too.
Can I make money curating starter packs?
November 16, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Can I make money curating starter packs?
A @nigelslater.bsky.social kinda weekend. Lots of cooking the winter kinda things.
November 16, 2024 at 3:38 PM
A @nigelslater.bsky.social kinda weekend. Lots of cooking the winter kinda things.
There’s so much talk about the stratospheric returns that tech companies do and while this is all well and good, I find the rise of a physical product company like alo yoga even more impressive in a way? Started in 2007, now valued at 10 billion, opening up to 100 stores worldwide. Athleisure wins.
November 14, 2024 at 8:25 PM
There’s so much talk about the stratospheric returns that tech companies do and while this is all well and good, I find the rise of a physical product company like alo yoga even more impressive in a way? Started in 2007, now valued at 10 billion, opening up to 100 stores worldwide. Athleisure wins.
Nobody solved recommendations without the effort to talk to people quite like 4sq.
To be honest, I still
miss Foursquare. Seeing where your friends have been before in a new city and what they recommend, etc.
miss Foursquare. Seeing where your friends have been before in a new city and what they recommend, etc.
June 18, 2023 at 5:46 AM
Nobody solved recommendations without the effort to talk to people quite like 4sq.
I can’t spend one day on a new social network without this guy showing up too.
Thank you, @ahmetasabanci.com!
June 15, 2023 at 8:24 AM
I can’t spend one day on a new social network without this guy showing up too.
Lets stick to the parental leave theme. Went to see some Richter at Neue Nationalgalerie. Tiny was find with that but had a melt down while looking at Kirchner, Picaso and de Chirico. Decided not to read anything into it.
June 14, 2023 at 5:04 PM
Lets stick to the parental leave theme. Went to see some Richter at Neue Nationalgalerie. Tiny was find with that but had a melt down while looking at Kirchner, Picaso and de Chirico. Decided not to read anything into it.
Tuning in.
For anyone interested in various forms of “applied sci-fi”, don’t miss this event exploring the rise of "The Future of X" storytelling projects and how to leverage for real change- featuring @annaleen.bsky.social and others! https://csi.asu.edu/calendar/events/reimagining-the-future-of-x/
June 14, 2023 at 5:12 AM
Tuning in.
Second day of parental leave. What better time to sign up to a new social network?
June 13, 2023 at 12:56 PM
Second day of parental leave. What better time to sign up to a new social network?