February 2010
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The Taste of Apricots
The Taste of Apricots
Chapter One It was the last revelation that sent Lola back to her desk sobbing, looking for that bar of chocolate she kept in her laptop bag. It wasn’t the fact that “Meals with Merlin” was ending, so the host could go on a book tour. That was bad enough, but not nearly as disastrous as what she’d found out about her favorite breakfast. Now the...
November 2009
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Doomed!
October 2009
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September 2009
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Dyson, Dad, Dust, and Design - When UCD Fails
So what happens when your target buyer is NOT your target user? Today I had a chance to find out (this is starting to sound like one of those FML rants).
Act I
They saw Engineer Dad and Lazy Bum Brother coming from a mile away. Six Hundred bucks for a vacuum cleaner; only the dynamic duo of dad and son with a combined mental age of 16 - let loose in an electronics store with a credit card -...
“Robots are getting better every year, which means in 30 years, if you’re...”
– Stand Up Comedy Live hosted by Harrison Greenbaum
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WatchStella Artois. Enjoy.
WatchHi from Brooklyn. Thinking of you.
August 2009
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Watch“I saw a sneaky movie, and no one believed me”
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International Space Station comes together →
(via r)
Awesomely cool info graphic with a vertical timeline
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The Robots are coming →
Some good info about robots being used for cilvilian, albeit violent, purposes.
Pico Projectors FTW →
Link to some cool videos about interaction technology. Very near-futuristic.
Haptic display, Pico Projector, etc
The Movie Title Stills Collection →
robot-heart:
Very cool. Screenshots go all the way back to the 20s. Silent film FTW!
July 2009
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I'd Type With It: Font Created By Driving A Car -... →
(via neovenator)
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WatchMexican BBQ video. Do not watch. Don’t say we did’nt warn you.
I predict a DDoS
geraint:
Oh dear.It seems AT&T (for whatever reason) have decided to block some of 4chans more…erm… unsavory areas. On the one hand, this is a shocking breach of net neutrality. On the other, its like walking up to the drunkest nutter in the bar and slapping them in the face. This is unlikely to end well for anyone…
Fuck yeah, wireless electricity! →
r:
(via x)
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WatchPredicting that boat parties wil allways be popular. The river is the cleanest its ever been and people always love a booze cruise.
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Electric Cars & Inflection Points
What a rush in electric car news last week. When things pile up in a certain area, it could be a trend, but it could also be an inflection point. Let’s watch this electric car meme for a few months as an example.
Spotting a trend can be useful in predicting, because you can at least know where to throw your advertising budget for the next few days. However, this could turn out to be an...
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Tools for Prediction & Star Trek Review
Tools for Prediction: Looking at Culture
In this article we look at a tool for shaping predictions, we apply it, then we give some examples of predictions.
When analyzing culture:
a. Look at at multi-year trends. At least 5 years is good.
b. Give several examples of the same phenomenon.
c. Examine at least one phenomenon in-depth.
Using this format as a tool when analyzing culture for...
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Watchr:
Roman giving a tour of the VR Cave!
Clay Shirky is pretty good. →
Clay Shirky is pretty good at analysing current trends. He’s also published books and gives lots of speeches so he’s easy to cite.
One of the quirks of predicting is to have a source to cite, it keeps you from coming off as a soothsayer and adds a sense of gravitas to your predictions. I often cite Clay.