Drawing tools for sleepy people
Posted by Jeff June 09, 2006
Droom Zaacht - an elegant fun drawing environment.
Do Looks Matter?
Posted by Jeff June 09, 2006
Presentation Zen compares Apple/Jobs’ and Microsoft/Gates’ presentation styles, how they impact the viewer on an emotional level.
Which image communicates better?
Details on One Laptop Per Child
Posted by Jeff June 07, 2006
Ethan Zuckerman posts some details on the laptop:
- The screen is hinged to be used as an ebook or turned around. Amazing that this is strong enough for kids
- NIMH batteries were used because they accept a wide range of voltages
- The bunny ears are the WIFI antenna and fold down to shield the ports.
- Will be sold in lots of a million to governments.
- The WIFI chip can forward packets in a mesh network with the CPU turned off, using only .5 watts of power.
- EBook mode: screen is in black and white, CPU is off.
- Has 512MB of flash and 128MB RAM. Code is compressed; jffs2 filesystem spreads swap around the disk.
- Alan Key is liking Javascript and Python: LogoWiki supports programmable wiki pages (spiral)
- Comes with mic jack and recording software.
- Subversive - chat app, wiki, collaborative content. Kids will learn better than teachers..it’s theirs to bring home and learn.
Camera Toss Pictures
Posted by Jeff June 04, 2006
I got several comments of “Nice Desktop” at BarCamp Boston yesterday.
The technique is called Camera Toss, and it’s just what it sounds like. Bit too risky for me, I’ll just enjoy the fantastic images in this Flickr pool . Some examples:
BarCamp Boston
Posted by Jeff June 03, 2006
I’ll just post here during the day… NameVoyager - with John of HotKnifeDesign and Jeff of HeyLetsGo.com .. why are there so many guys named Jeff? HeyLetsGo - element55 - auto time capture JavaScript- Venkman has profiler. To get faster performance with Google Maps. Google code not designed to be read.. even after unobfuscate OpenLayers.org - brand new, not Google. BSD license. Layers powered by WMS layers.Google Issue: data is not high-res. Need to switch to Google maps base layer, for better details. Mapstraction.com - wraps yahoo/MC/google map API’s. Uses native widgets.
RiverMojo.com
Podcasting
Chris Brogan - http://chrisbrogan.com/
Funny - http://feeds.feedburner.com/Dontbethatguyfilms GrasshopperFactory - goal: be a matchmaker, aggregate by interests. Idea - fill Nano with podcasts, interstitial ads, podsafe music.
