Konstellations
“Marley”
December 2011. It's that time again for another holiday season and what better way to remind us all of the true meaning of this time of year than with an excerpt from Charles Dickens's “A Christmas Carol.” This particular piece shows the interactions of Scrooge with that of his deceased partner, Jacob Marley.
“My Enough”
November 2011. Patrick Rhone is a technology consultant, writer, essayist, curator, husband, and father who happens to live in St. Paul, MN. Here we have a selection from his upcoming book, “Enough.”
“Nevermore”
October 2011. What begins as a harmless, even comical visit from a bird in the night becomes an ominous reaper as the narrator drowns in his own madness and internal fears.
“Looking Glass”
September 2011. “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" first published in 1871. The sequel to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.” (1865) and it is all complete and utter nonsense. Enjoy!
“Audacity”
August 2011. The content in this Konstellation comes from “The Architecture of Open Source Applications” by Amy Brown and Greg Wilson (eds.) and more specifically, chapter two, aptly named “Audacity” by James Crook.
“Couch”
July 2011. CouchDB is a data storage technology I've been keeping an eye on for a couple years now. CouchDB promises to make browser-based software simpler, more portable, and most importantly - relaxing.
“Code”
June 2011. This month's we have a typographic re-interpretation of Lawrence Lessig's classic work 'CODE' the second edition originally published in 2006 under a CC-BY-SA license.
“Awesome”
May 2011. This month's Konstellation - a typographic re-interpretation of Public Knowledge's paper on 3D Printing - is about noticing small changes in expression.
“Dive”
April 2011. The HTML5 recommendation is quickly being adopted by desktop and mobile browsers alike. There's no better overview of HTML5's capabilities than Mark Pilgrim's “Dive into HTML5.”
“Lose Embrace”
March 2011 . Danny Colligan's essay “What We Lose When We Embrace Copyright” explores the history of copyright in the US, the goal of copyright overall, and comes to an unexpected and unsettling conclusion.
“Bazaar”
February 2011. Linux is subversive. Who would have thought even five years ago (1991) that a world-class operating system could coalesce as if by magic out of part-time hacking by several thousand…
“Reply”
January 2011. Highlights both a great font combination - but also an inspiring, openly-licensed essay about the open web. “Reply" features Kroc Camens remarkable essay on the value of RSS - “RSS: A Reply.”
“Parasites”
December 2010. In this retelling; Electrum Light is plays the technology, Venturis Condensed plays the humanity, and Tagesschrift is the hacker, the parasite, the “Emerging Techers.”
“Velo”
November 2010. Velo - was the second Konstellation designed by David Crow.
“Flouris”
October 2010. Welcome to the first official Kernest Konstellation - Flouris - designed by David Crow.