**”Digital nomad” is a misleading term since all we do is sit.** Like many pixel-pushers, a huge portion of **my day is spent sedentary, in a state distended from my body.** Parked in front of a computer, channeling thoughts through a keyboard, **I’m rarely aware…
>”Smart garbage”: objects self-disclose how to fix, disassemble and recycle them. — Mike Kuniavsky, [Smart Things: Ubiquitous Computing User Experience Design](http://books.google.de/books?id=-WLyUCBBUVAC&lpg=PA82&ots=HA1-u1xpox&dq=Mike%20Kuniavsky%2C%20smart%20garbage&hl=de&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false). Inspired by a Bruce Sterling lecture in 1999: > Smart garbage doesn’t fester in darkness, ignorance and denial. It becomes a resource.
No trip to Japan would be complete without a report about their **vending machines from the future.** A few years back, when I traveled to Japan for the first time, friends put me on scouting missions: >”Find the [robotic vending machine](https://secure.flickr.com/photos/sanchome/525890022/) that follows you around…
Our trip to Japan revealed [many treasures](http://www.thewavingcat.com/category/travel/), but one I’m still glowing about is the **[Fab Cafe](http://www.fabcafe.com/blog/)** in Shibuya, opened by a friend and colleague, Chiaki Hayashi and her design company [Loftwork](http://www.loftwork.com/). The theme is **lattes and lasers.** Their signature drink is a marshmallow man…
>A bikeway is a symbol that shows that a citizen on a $30 bicycle is equally important as a citizen on a $30,000 car. — [Enrique Peñalosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Pe%C3%B1alosa), former Mayor of Bogata [Urbanized](http://urbanizedfilm.com/) is a documentary by Gary Hustwit about the future of designing cities. A…