links for 2007-10-17

Animated map of Europe and Asia, plus North Africa, showing posession over the last 5000 years, interesting seeing how much things have changed. Yet the divide between Europe and Asia is there from 1400 onwards.

How keyboards have evolved, surprisingly readable. That the windows team equated ctrl-c and cmd-c is amazing

Delightful essay from Clay Shirky on the problem for the designer. Arrogance without humility is a recipe for high-concept irrelevance; humility without arrogance guarantees unending mediocrity