I’ve long held the belief that simplicity is the key to good design & engineering. This does not mean simple equals useless. My favorite Einstein quote sums it up quite well “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” I often find it is much harder to simplify, rather than complicate. I [...]
Time magazine has a poll for the 100 most influential people of the year. What disturbs me is the people at the top of the poll; Steven Colbert is #1 at the time of writing this post. Have a look at the top 5, in the order of most “influence” we have a comedian (Colbert), [...]
In a perfect example of antiquated copyright processes, WKRP in Cincinnati is being released on DVD today with muzak being central to the soundtrack, not classics like the rolling stones, talking heads, pink floyd and the like. I suggest a boycott of this release. Read more at the long tail and wikipedia. Shame, damn shame.
More from TED. This interface applied to design/modelling? Awesome.
We are living in a great time to be alive. Cliche? Yes. True? Absolutely, and it’s getting better by the minute - with media distribution costs being next to zero there has never been a better time to be alive as a life long learner.
With education initiatives like the OpenCourseWare Consortium which include MIT OpenCourseWare - which has opened up their course [...]
I mentioned this project in an earlier post. Openmoko looks promising, a good price point at US$350 – considering the iPhone is priced at US$499 (4GB model) and US$599 (8GB model) both on 2 year contracts. Market release for the openmoko is scheduled for September 2007, developer kits are scheduled for late April release and claimed to be on target. Go [...]
F1 engines are engineering masterpieces. Exotic materials, manufacturing processes, and electronic controls. At 19,000rpm piston speeds approach 40 meters per second and accelerations of 10,000g’s. Here’s a vid of the Arrows F1 team putting on a little show. Looks like the map is running slightly rich, the exhaust pipes are made of inconel, the flames are caused by unburnt fuel contacting the atmosphere, due [...]
The web 2.0, is this the future of education, culture, business and innovation? I feel it is, I just read Wikinomics, an excellent book full of case studies of mass collaboration, give it a read if you’re at all interested in business and/or technology. To state the obvious, the world is changing; the question is, evolution or [...]