Urban Air

While there are certainly similar urban green initiatives, Urban Air is interesting in the fact that it transforms billboard space into bamboo gardens...a welcome site for Los Angeles commuters stuck in hours of gridlock.  This project needs money to be piloted and will be scalable and can have similar applications in other locals.

Studio Roosegaarde on TED

I'm really into the work these guys do -  They are able to connect their technology concepts to make sense in progressing and rethinking our world - a focus on sustainability and efficiency while making our world more pleasant.  Their best example of this is the "Smart Highway" concept which will be tested in 2013 in the Netherlands.  Awesome stuff.

D-School

The concept of a degree focusing on UX, design and business makes so much sense to me- it's hard for me to believe that this field hasn't gained popularity quicker.

David Byrne Sound Installation: "Get It Away"

David Byrne spent a few days staying at London's A Room for London installation and recorded the sounds of the city as which were presented to him during this time...then he compiled the various sounds and mixed them into the above piece.

According to David, the sounds he used in the piece come from the following:

Strawberry seller: Borough Market
Train: Southwark
Woman Evangelist: Spitalfields Market
Organ: Southwark Cathedral
Jackhammer: near Waterloo
Footsteps: mine, embankment
Thames waves: near Surrey water

Google

Google offices, NYC.

This Must Be The Place: "Prime Burger"

PRIME from thismustbetheplace on Vimeo.

It's important to have something that's a part of you, that keeps you going - forever. Check out this really great short from This Must Be The Place on Prime Burger in Midtown.

The Feynman Series: "Beauty"

The creators of the Sagan Series have extended their work to include a 3-part series based on recorded interviews of physicist Richard Feynman.  Check out part 1, "Beauty," above which overdubs Feynman's voice over found nature footage and complementing music as he describes how he views beauty in the natural world.  This stuff is both interesting and inspirational.

The Innovator's Cookbook

This seems like a pretty essential read, not only as an application for business but as inspiration for identifying and putting a path forward together to achieve personal goals.