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July 29, 2013
Ted Talk: To This Day
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To This Day is a powerful spoken word poem by Shane Koyczan (that I have posted about before). He recently graced the stage at Ted and, through his spoken word style, gave not only a rendition of To This Day but also provided some more background. Although this specifically addresses the idea of bullying and the impact it has on kids who carry it their entire lives, there are other, more fundamental themes in Shane’s work including the idea of identity formation. W.E.B. Dubois explo...
A Sign Of Things to Come for Mobile Apps (and Apple’s Appstore in Particular)?
Posted in Technology
Amazon’s recent launch of Kindle Cloud is pointing to an interesting possibility with regards to mobile applications.
There are two core components to which I want to draw attention.
First is that the application is based in the browser. Quite obviously, this means that regardless of what browser the user is employing ,the user experience and functionality of the application stay the same. Leveraging industry-standard technologies like javascript and CSS ensures that the app...
July 28, 2013
The Untethered Lifestyle
Posted in Human
According to a recent study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 25% of smartphone users employ the device as their primary means to gain access to Internet resources (web, email, Facebook, etc.).
http://gigaom.com/2011/07/11/14-of-smartphone-users-rely-on-their-device-for-internet-access/
I call that the “untethered lifestyle.”
I remember living in Europe in the mid-90s and a lot of people opted out of having a telephone and just had a cell phone. It was easier. Landlin...
Hands-On: You’ve Got (a new) Mail (box)!
Posted in Hands On
Perhaps one of the most hyped iOS applications to hit in recent months (and one of the most genius marketing campaigns ever), Mailbox is your Gmail experience on your iPhone reinvented. In short, it’s a brilliant UI and user experience. But it falls short on a number of features and ultimately might be really intended for people not using other Gmail services like Sanebox or who haven’t already invested a significant amount of time in setting up Gmail labels.
Getting Started
W...
July 27, 2013
The Illusion of Productivity
Posted in Education
I’m not sure when it started but we overcommit our kids. Many of us older Generation Xers can remember the days when our parents kicked us out of the house, told us to get on our bikes and play outside until the sun came down. We can remember time spent with friends playing war or football or climbing fences to steal some fresh strawberries. But at some point, those same Generation Xers began to sign their own kids up for swimming and Scouts and basketball and drama. And ev...
How-To: Taking Landscape Photos
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National Geographic has published an excellent post on tips for taking landscape photos:
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-tips/landscape-photos/
Here are a few of the tips:
When shooting in cold weather, don’t change your lenses outside. Otherwise, you take the chance of getting moisture in the camera body.
After you take a shot, get closer. Proximity may present different perspectives of the subject.
When you are shooting this of an indeterminate size (...
July 26, 2013
Why Storytelling is So Important to Marketing
Posted in MarketingStorytelling
I recently wrote an exploration about Transmedia Storytelling as the future of digital marketing. A lot of the thinking behind this piece was related to my work at Limelight Networks and our recent pivot towards becoming the leader in digital presence management. The gist was this: our emerging multi-device behavior coupled with a growing “always on” existence requires that marketing messages are consistent across the devices. Transmedia storytelling is simply a...
Photo: There’s Always a Bigger Fish…
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Just when you thought you were at the top of the food chain, something bigger comes along…
http://carlzimmer.tumblr.com/post/8126819716/an-8-foot-croc-is-eaten-by-an-even-bigger-croc
Originally posted 2011-07-27 14:59:36.
July 25, 2013
Unsolvable Problems Drive Intellectual Evolution
Posted in Intelligence
We sometimes look at difficult or unsolvable problems as the means-to-and-end. That is the case with Quantum Gravity. The problem of reconciling Einstein’s Theory of Relativity with gravity was even Einstein’s life-long dream. He knew that the atomic core must exert some type of gravity to keep the particles in check. Through reconciliation, we could get to a Unified Theory of physics. Unfortunately, since the 1920s, this problem has remained unsolved with many promising...
The Pulse of Tokyo and New York via FourSquare
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A fascinating look at how people are connecting via FourSquare in two major hubs of the world. What is most interesting is to see the changing color as the check-in types reflect the time of day.
Originally posted 2013-03-24 09:23:40.
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