Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…

Those of you that follow me on Twitter know that I have been toying around with what makes a CAD system interesting to younger children, specifically 10-14 year olds.  While I don’t have any kids in that agre group, I do have an eight year old who is going on 12, so I though I…

I have been debating which ‘kid-friendly’ laptop to get for my kids this Christmas: the Asus EEE or the OLPC XO. After reading reviews, thinking about the social implications of both and trying to figure out which one I would want to play with the most ;-)…my kids tell me last night they want this:…

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I have been playing around with the new Google Maps for Mobile on my HTC Touch.  The key feature of this new version is that it uses the cell phone tower you are connected to in order to approximate where you are currently located.  That’s right: all you Blackberry buyers with your integrated GPS just…

Pixar’s funny EULA for Buy n’ Large – Boing Boing Buy n Large will share your personal information with third parties whenever it deems such sharing to be advantageous to it, including when you engage in certain activities on our site such as using a menu, viewing, clicking your mouse or breathing. Buy n Large…

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I saw this this morning and it took me a while to digest it (to be honest I had to find someone who could print it on a large format printer in our office).  It is a really spectacular piece of work that gives a little something different each time you look at it.  The…

This is a few weeks old, but was so good I had to add something to the conversation. Umair over on Bubblegeneration put together a though provoking post about the fundamental changes a company has to undergo if it really wants to be part of the conversation: Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab It means means accepting, deep,…

I must admit I still read info week every week and most of it is fairly good, but this is excellent.  A great overview of how big companies are starting to get the whole read/write web thing.  One element of the article that makes it great is that its not all hype – it points…