Comments for PKSB Blog | Inspirational Architecture for People http://www.pksb.com/blog Inspirational Architecture for People Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:07:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Completing Times Square by Jack Mussett http://www.pksb.com/blog/?p=1725&cpage=1#comment-978 Jack Mussett Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:07:46 +0000 http://www.pksb.com/blog/?p=1725#comment-978 From the article: "Ushering in a new era of branding and experiential advertisement, the technology will encourage new types of place-specific interactions with the product line, enabling the user to download and upload content exclusive to Times Square." Apple is already applying for patents on temporary place-specific applications. This article outlines a couple of clear examples of the use of place-specific applications, including a restaurant and a library: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/05/13/apple-patent-application-details-temporary-location-specific-iphone-applications/ And here's the in-depth article from Patently Apple: http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/05/apple-reveals-a-powerful-location-based-service-for-the-iphone.html From the article:

“Ushering in a new era of branding and experiential advertisement, the technology will encourage new types of place-specific interactions with the product line, enabling the user to download and upload content exclusive to Times Square.”

Apple is already applying for patents on temporary place-specific applications. This article outlines a couple of clear examples of the use of place-specific applications, including a restaurant and a library:

http://www.macrumors.com/2010/05/13/apple-patent-application-details-temporary-location-specific-iphone-applications/

And here’s the in-depth article from Patently Apple:

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/05/apple-reveals-a-powerful-location-based-service-for-the-iphone.html

]]> Comment on Van Nest School Complex in Construction by patricia http://www.pksb.com/blog/?p=1639&cpage=1#comment-688 patricia Fri, 21 May 2010 17:55:29 +0000 http://www.pksb.com/blog/?p=1639#comment-688 PKSB team the pictures look terrific!! We are so happy to be part of your team. Can't wait to see when finished. PKSB team the pictures look terrific!! We are so happy to be part of your team. Can’t wait to see when finished.

]]> Comment on Too Small to Fail by Avi Winokur http://www.pksb.com/blog/?p=1443&cpage=1#comment-675 Avi Winokur Wed, 19 May 2010 18:28:38 +0000 http://www.pksb.com/blog/?p=1443#comment-675 Henry: It's your old friend Avi. You hit all the right issues. A couple of things: 1) May 16 NY Times book review has a review of "The Death and Life of the Great American School System" which you probably saw, which questions the claims of charter school sucess. 2) Somewhere in my synagogue emails (I'm on sabbatical, so I don't pay a lot of attention to it, or I'd soon feel like I wasn't on sabbatical) is a notice about a new school in center city Philly that may be a conventional Jewish Day School, or possibly a Hebrew language charter school, I can't remember which. On a different note, I was a guest speaker at WES on May 1, and saw some of the old crowd. Back to this piece, I admire your caution and thoughtfulness on the issues you raise. Be well, and give my best to your family. Avi Henry: It’s your old friend Avi. You hit all the right issues. A couple of things: 1) May 16 NY Times book review has a review of “The Death and Life of the Great American School System” which you probably saw, which questions the claims of charter school sucess. 2) Somewhere in my synagogue emails (I’m on sabbatical, so I don’t pay a lot of attention to it, or I’d soon feel like I wasn’t on sabbatical) is a notice about a new school in center city Philly that may be a conventional Jewish Day School, or possibly a Hebrew language charter school, I can’t remember which.

On a different note, I was a guest speaker at WES on May 1, and saw some of the old crowd.

Back to this piece, I admire your caution and thoughtfulness on the issues you raise. Be well, and give my best to your family.

Avi

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