When I was first learning about UNIX, and learning to use Linux, the most immediately powerful tool that I found was the shell’s pipe operator, ‘|’. Using the commandline (because at that point, linux GUI’s were not so well developed, and the few distros that tried to allow strictly graphical…
This ordeal with HP and it’s webOS devices is such a shame. The interaction design of the OS (both for users and developers) seems really interesting and it also appeared like the devices where gaining in mindshare (TouchPad second place after iPad according to one survey).
At least the os will still be going, but it could be such a good recipe to control both the software and hardware. HP seem blind so I wonder how this will pan out. Maybe the new hardware spin-off company will take it over, or a company like HTC.
Guess it could be a very good thing if things still work out. The OS could become really great if HP gives it even more attention and leave the hardware to others. But then again the change of direction was poorly handled so maybe HP caused too much damage…
(Source: hp.com)
Haha, this is how you settle a trademark problem!
I am back, and I am excited.
Marriage has been wonderful so far, and nobody sabotaged my computer while I was gone.
The only negative thing going on at this moment is the Scrolls trademark lawsuit nonsense, and I think I came up with the perfect solution:
Remember that scene in Game of Thrones…
Once upon a time there was a HP TouchPad app. Not just your average, run-of-the-mill kind of TouchPad app but a really, really pretty one. And besides being really pretty it had some serious brains as well. It was called ‘Scientific RPN Calculator’. I can’t even estimate anymore how many hours of…
I like. Wonder how this approach works in numbers.
Choice: Zootool (@zootool) offers a pro account and leaves you a choice for how much you want to pay. The range is from 1$ to 100$. Check out the landing page and the email campaign that are very skillfully crafted.
- When you reach the page, the counter is sitting at the middle of the range: 50$
- When you move it to the left (which will be a lot of people’s first reflex I’d argue): the grass in the illustration grows thinner and at 4$ says: “We won’t be able to feed the Rhino anymore, but that’s ok!”
- When you move it all the way to the right, the grass grows to its highest
Below the whole payment arrangement, you’ll see the Here’s what you get details.
I found this post very interesting. And I agree that the purpose is probably what makes the difference between collecting and curating now-a-days. The LATCH-model is a bit simplified though. Time e.g. could be sorting chronologically after creation point, or update time. The latter could be a retweet, like/+1 or just comment. It makes a big difference. That is just a tangent on a good article though.
To prepare for an upcoming lecture, I’ve been thinking about the relationship between collecting and curating. This morning, I tweeted:
Thinking about collecting vs. curating, and how the internet is muddying the line between the two.I didn’t realize it at the time, but it seems I hit something unexpected with that tweet. I received many responses from folks telling me what they thought the line between the two were. The gist for most is:
Collection is additive. Curation is subtractive.Collecting is for yourself, curating is for others.
There’s been a lot of talk about the new “photosharing” application Color. Mostly because of the huge amount of money the company behind it managed to raise before the product launch - 41$ US million… It seems many are rooting against the company as well. All of which is fascinating on it’s own.
I however ran into this article which nicely sums up what is interesting about this new software. It uses phone sensors and algorithms to implicitly sets up a social networks, and they are dynamic! No more having to explicitly organize your connections into groups according to context. That is if the implementation turns out well…
Oh, and the company aren’t about photosharing, they have much bigger plans. They want to mine data and monetize on it, but without collecting any personal information like name and password.
This will be an interesting project to follow - Minecraft in the classroom! Read on.
About two months ago I decided to try something new.
I am a computer teacher at a private school in New York City. I teach mainly first and second grade as well as the occasional high school elective. Students come into my computer lab and spend 40 minutes completing whatever activities I have…
(Source: minecraftteacher)
Do you ever feel like you are addicted to email or twitter or texting? Do you find it impossible to ignore your email if you see that there are messages in your inbox? Have you ever gone to Google to look up some information and 30 minutes later you realize that you’ve been reading and…
