John Schmier is my longtime colleague. We go as far back as Autodesk’s WHIP! Plug-in for the Netscape Navigator browser to view Drawing Web Files (DWF). Today, John works as a researcher on generative design in the Office of the CTO. I mention John because he loaned me his copy of Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter. [Amazon] I found it fitting that I reused his copy rather than acquire my own. Between us, we just saved enough trees to print 296 pages.
One of my favorite blogs is called Indexed. Indexed author, Jessica Hagy, displays thought-provoking ideas on index cards.
As I have done for book reviews before (Only Humans Need Apply, FLOW, Codermetrics, Shutting Up, The Infinite Resource, High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service, SPIN Sucks), I thought I’d once again try my hand at being a Jessica Hagy by providing an index card for each chapter of Junkyard Planet. Hopefully, it’s interesting in a unique way.
Here are some concepts from Junkyard…