Will Dawson

Nice design. So made for me. The only thing that would make it better would be a way to heat your milk with it.

(via Get Buzzed with This Simple Stovetop Espresso Maker - Brit & Co. - Living)

understatementblog:

I’ve written an article with associated charts for Technology Review, tracking the adoption rate of mobile phones and their inevitable replacement, smart phones, relative to other similar technologies.

It really has been quite an astounding 30 years:

In 1982, there were 4.6 billion people in…

My iPhone’s home button was not responding to presses, and double tabs where taking a couple if tries Not really clear why this “fix” works, but I can confirm it helped my phone.

Watch me roar…

texburgher:

Word as Image (by jibyollee)

nycgov:

A few weeks ago, we asked fans on Facebook to show us why they #loveNYC through photos. Fans from all over the country were encouraged to submit their best pictures of the city. The results? 1,900 outstanding photos. The photos showed New York City from the eyes of New Yorkers and visitors alike. It showed why we’re proud of this city and why we find all of its characteristics charming and unique.

We invited a panel of judges to pick the 10 finalist photos from the entries. These 10 photos are now on the City of New York’s Facebook page waiting for your vote. You can vote for your favorite photo to appear in Times Square and on NYC Gov’s social media channels. But hurry because today is the last day to vote!

Very interesting to see that hardware investing has been coming back over the last couple of years though in a very different form that the old telcom / enterprice type deals.  These deals (like Pebble Watch above) are less about hard tech and more about stiching together existing components to create a great consumer experience.

I have add the Pebble to my wish list…

“High End” desk phone that reminds you why not to buy Cisco shares.

I’m sitting in a hotel room that has one of these expensive Cisco IP phones that could do anything but really does nothing. Ok it has my name on the screen welcoming me to my room. Thanks that makes my life easier. I had forgotten my namr! But can it call room service? Nope. Can it remember the last number dialled? Nope.

I’ve had this phone at at least two employers as well and never have I seen anything useful come of them.

My $40 Nokia backup phone does more than this phone. Some companies just don’t understand the importance of design. And Cisco is proving to its users (and all the guests in this hotel) that they should stick to the hard stuff like Internet routers. And leave the soft stuff like user interfaces to other people.

A must watch 45 minute documentary for any sports fan. And to think he is only 24.

aklimagelinceyazarim:

Bu fikre bayildim! Iste kendi evim oldugunda yaptiracagim ikinci sey :)

idilayo:

Alno’s Pull Out Dining 

Funny TED Video on Copyright Math.

Great video talking about the crazy numbers coming out of the film and music industry around piracy.  Yes, piracy is a problem.  But really - an $8 billion dollar on the entire contents of a single iPod?

There is a really simple solution guys - make it easier to buy and view your content, and people will not go through the hassle and pain of piracy.  People will pay, but your region codes and release schedules are outdated.  All they do is cause your valued customers to look else where for your products.

As I have said before, I hope the person who thought up region codes for DVDs ownes Region 2 DVDs but lives with a Region 1 DVD player!  That would be cosmic justice.

Continuing on the theme that education is ripe for disruption, this
article about the College
Cartel
has
some great quotes.

“Universities share one characteristic with compulsive gamblers and exiled
royalty: There is never enough money to satisfy their desires.” - Longtime
Harvard president Derek Bok

“Colleges raise all the money they can, and spend all the money they can
raise.” - Bowen’s Law

There are many examples in this article which highlight that the more laws
and government subsidies we put into place to make it easier to pay for
college, the more colleges simply charge for their services. We have ended
up with a huge transfer of wealth from families and tax payers to colleges
and their staff; and with college tuition rates increases far exceeding the
rate of inflation.

Time to end the insanity and stop the cycle!

I believe the English tranlation of the Turkish below goes something like “If I had a house with two floors then I would like to take the first option”.

aklimagelinceyazarim:

Birgun iki katli bir evim olursa yaptirmayi hayal ettigim ilk sey :)

Education is ripe for disruption. Many people have tried to squeeze
technology into the existing framework, for example electronic
whiteboards, laptops or tablets as books that aid the teacher in his
lecture. But to really be disruptive means turning it all upside down
which is just what Khan Academy is doing. Students now listen to their
lectures at home, and they do their homework at school where the
teacher can provide guidance.

I’m sure many teachers and administrators will see this as lessening
their role. But I think this is making the teacher much more valuable.
Instead of talking at the students and having to test to see if people
understand, this type of structure means the teacher can guide those
who need it more effectively.

And besides, as a parent, it lets me relearn things my kids are about
to study at school so I can be more helpful at home.

brycedotvc:

It’s never too late to get started.

Great example of reinventing yourself

Have to agree, the value of DST has come and gone.

The developer of Battleheart and Zombieville, Mika Mobile, has pulled their support for Android.

Mija Mobile “spent about 20% of [their] total man-hours last year dealing with Android in one way or another — porting, platform specific bug fixes, customer service, etc. [We] would have preferred spending that time on more content for [our users], but instead [we were] thanklessly modifying shaders and texture formats to work on different GPUs, or pushing out patches to support new devices without crashing, or walking someone through how to fix an installation that wouldn’t go through.”

“We spent thousands on various test hardware. These are the unsung necessities of offering our apps on Android. Meanwhile, Android sales amounted to around 5% of our revenue for the year, and continues to shrink. Needless to say, this ratio is unsustainable.”

Another sign that device and OS fragmentation is hurting Android developers. Google has got to come out with a solution, like online simulators, to address this or developers are either going to follow these guys and leave, or, more likely, only focus on a sub segment of manufacturers.

http://mikamobile.blogspot.in/2012/03/our-future-with-android.html?m=1

8GB in 1995 vs Today - 5,700 floppies vs. a single SD card. Isn’t capitalism great?