Lost Generation
Posted by bordalix Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:15:00 GMT
Poetry. Reversed:
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Siftables, the toy blocks that think
Posted by bordalix Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:50:00 GMT
This is one of those breakthrough ideas you have in a lifetime: Siftables. This is Human Computer Interface like you never seen before. The first time I saw this video, my jaw dropped, so I had to watch it again. As an appetizer, here is what they say at the TED website:
MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables -- cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is this the next thing in hands-on learning?
Watch the video and start thinking about the possibilities:
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Microsoft vision for 2019
Posted by bordalix Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:15:00 GMT
What happens when Microsoft imagines the future? An impressive video showing how trends, customer challenges and emerging technologies might converge to improve everyone's life. This video, produced by Microsoft Office Labs and called "2019", was presented at the Wharton Business Technology Conference by Microsoft’s Business Division president Stephen Elop. If you are interested on the subject, you can take a peek on more detailed videos for different activities at the Office Labs website.
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Why twitter?
Posted by bordalix Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:27:00 GMT
Who better than the CEO of Odeo (Twitter creators) to explain the cause for the growth of Twitter:
Apple's App Store statistics
Posted by bordalix Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:49:00 GMT
The people at pinchmedia has done a terrific job of compiling Apple App Store statistics. The following presentation has a lot of useful insights for all involved in building iPhone apps:
Explain the world with maps
Posted by bordalix Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:27:00 GMT
After Gapminder (back in 2006), I've just found UUworld, a free tool for Mac (Pro costs $49):
UUorld (pronounced "world") provides an immersive mapping environment, high-quality data, and critical analysis tools. Great explanations are unfortunately scarce, but UUorld makes them easier to achieve through interactive four-dimensional maps
Very interesting for social, geographic and demographic studies.
Academic earth
Posted by bordalix Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:52:00 GMT
Warning, clicking on the following link could warn your productivity for the next days: Academic Earth has thousands of video lectures from world's top scholars, covering several topics such as Economics, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Mathematics and much more.
For all out there who like to learn, beware, you can become addicted to it.
Karl Marx dixit
Posted by bordalix Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:33:00 GMT
In Das Kapital Karl Marx writes:"Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks, which will have to be nationalized, and the State will have to take the road which will eventually lead to communism."
This was written in 1867. I'm not a communist (on the contrary) but this sentence makes me think.
Social Media in 2009
Posted by bordalix Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:57:00 GMT
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