March 2011
1 post
Brightest at Our Darkest Hour?
The state of the world has had me lose a lot of sleep recently until those I am closest to reminded me that the real value any of us have is in the quality and strength of our relationships. As obvious as that is, it’s ironic that we live in a world that still puts like souls in unlikely situations of largely invented perpetual competitions to acquire, consume and produce at the expense of...
December 2010
1 post
Is Attention Worth Chasing?
Eyeballs, eyeballs, eyeballs! This familiar mantra seemed to have served an industry and economy of consumption well, but is it still relevant? How effective is attention to conversion really? Can we even cram any more info into our already crowded consciousness when most of us can’t remember a phone number or an address without the aid of our computers and mobiles? So why is it that...
September 2010
13 posts
RT @alltop What is good design? [video] - Holy Kaw! http://bit.ly/cZzadu
Kickstarter - GAMEFUL, a Secret HQ for Worldchanging Game Developers: http://kck.st/aUx0Hf
The part about the waiting to top-up your #EV and charging cost notwithstanding…this is still cool to see: http://is.gd/fwmAS
Challenge BP CEO Hayward to drive an electric car by signing his goodbye card. Go #BeyondPetroleum! http://t.co/ELndtVi via @hello_electric
Bootstrapping tips via inc. : http://is.gd/fw3RW
The visionary’s lament http://t.co/R6bDLCB via @vatortv
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”—Paulo Coelho
Reading Zilch: Very cool book about doing more with less http://is.gd/fnSdx
RT @mgloerich: The #Gamification and #Gamify Times is out! http://bit.ly/bxmcva ▸ Top stories today by @ibogost @Socialologist @avantgam …
What will this next decade look like? http://bit.ly/afusYI via @AddToAny
RT @HarvardBiz Twitter’s Ten Rules For Radical Innovators http://s.hbr.org/96ez3A
I earned the Globe Trotter(10) sticker on @GetGlue! http://bit.ly/aIwly7
http://tinyurl.com/2g5u4s9 Power Is an Addictive Drug
July 2010
1 post
What’s More Important: Being First or Being Right?
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June 2010
13 posts
Payroll and efficiency stats reveal more than just “efficiency” but rather”innovation/employee” esp.#nintendo http://bit.ly/8Zebvg #yam
RT @a_Drucker_a_Day: Nothing is so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. ~Peter Drucker #quotes /via @EASTeam
Requesting an invite for Tweetboard Alpha (http://tweetboard.com) by @140ware, for my site: http://www.raypodder.blogspot.com
RT @mrinaldesai: RT @sandoCNET: Google could launch music store as early as this fall. CNET http://tinyurl.com/34y38qn
Digital advertising types arriving at the obvious we ux/design geeks knew all along #yam: http://is.gd/cPjEH
UX with games via @amyjokim very cool : http://is.gd/cKBUP
How to write a Malcolm Gladwell bestseller : http://is.gd/cKsWe
Diggin’ Payvment, the Facebook storefront in 15 minutes tool: http://www.payvment.com/
Economics of international trade in under 3 minutes: http://is.gd/cJnYx
Stocktwits via @fastcompany : http://is.gd/cJqRA
Art of the Email Introduction via @auren http://bit.ly/bqAuLn
Is Your Brand Really About “You”? →
From the people who camp out overnight to buy the first iPads to the thousands who’d showed up to hear Barack Obama campaign, did a single person take…
Is Your Brand Really About “You”? http://post.ly/ilVf
May 2008
1 post
Real Live Robocop? →
Check out this body armor story from physorg here.
April 2008
6 posts
They'll Be Back! →
What Will Quantum Computing Bring? →
I’ve been following D-Wave off and on and this recent article caught my eye today. It got me thinking more about what this really means in terms of ubiquitous “nature as knowledge”…
The Theory of Everything? →
Nexi at MIT: Life imitating art? →
Holds an uncanny resemblance to the Bicentennial man, but as you’ll see, it features innovations not so lame in comparison to the lame movie :)
Should We Design Robots with Emotions? →
The Future of HealthCare? →
Interesting visualizations to help us think of the possibilities…
March 2008
1 post
Voiceless Phone Call? →
February 2008
1 post
Nanomagination →
January 2008
2 posts
Thinking about Tomorrow →
Interesting story from WSJ here.
Craig's Doin' Life? →
Big news from the Venter Institute here.
December 2007
3 posts
The Next Energy Wave? →
Robots Among Us? →
Check out this story and this video on YouTube (sorry, embedding was not allowed). Now imagine 30+ years into the future.
Supercomputing Breakthrough! →
Now how will the future of personal computing look like?
October 2007
1 post
Water Powered Electronics?
The story here. (via GROW AHEAD)
September 2007
2 posts
Why Do Predictions Capture Our Imaginations?
Sounds possible, but is it really? If everything wants to talk to you when will you possibly have the time to listen to your own thoughts? That’s just the obvious. I’m sure we can think of more… The real point though is about belief vs. understanding. Understanding takes work. It’s much easier to follow a beautifully paved path :) (via GROW AHEAD)
eCommerce Prediction Circa 1967
Isn’t it interesting how our current frame of reference sets our vision? You’ll find more gems and other inspirations on Technovelgy here. (via GROW AHEAD)
August 2007
3 posts
360 Degree Light Field Display
(via GROW AHEAD)
Levitation?
Thinking in Virtual constructs enables physicists to crack the codes previously thought impossible. Ideas that just may allow us to do in Reality what in the past we could only dream up Virtually. (via GROW AHEAD)
Why Does Syd Mead Still Rock?
Syd Mead imagined scenarios based on his time, yet left it open for us to still imagine beyond it. (via GROW AHEAD)
July 2007
4 posts
What is VirtuReality?
I wrote this article on VirtuReality last weekend and thought I’d put up the draft version to get your feedback on the concept before I submit it to publishers like ChangeThis or BrandChannel. Please let me know your thoughts. Hope you enjoy it even in this rough form. Thanks in advance. (via GROW)