Tekhnologia

Dropbox two-step verification security option to lock down your files available to test now | The Verge

tlandgraf — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:49:00 -1000

Dropbox two-step verification security option to lock down your files available to test now | The Verge

G4 Power Mac coffee table…

tlandgraf — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 05:47:36 -1000

G4 Power Mac coffee table…

Curiosity, and the future of human space exploration | ExtremeTech

tlandgraf — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:41:18 -1000

Curiosity, and the future of human space exploration | ExtremeTech:

If Curiosity has proven anything, it’s that even unmanned space exploration can be really damn exciting. NASA has done a stellar job of promoting Curiosity’s launch, descent, and landing with diagrams and videos, and the response from the public has been magnificent.

The lesson? Don’t downplay the importance of good publicity to ramp up excitement and build strategic support. A few more successful (and well promoted) missions and we’ll be on our way to Ray Bradbury’s imagined future.

IHave50Dollars Is An App.net For People With $50 | TechCrunch

tlandgraf — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:19:00 -1000

IHave50Dollars Is An App.net For People With $50 | TechCrunch:

IHave50Dollars is a parody site, obviously (there’s an Easter Egg at the end) but it does offer a fairly poignant criticism of the bandwagon mentality in the Valley. Arguably, I paid my $50 just to see what will happen, but one of the benefits of Facebook and Twitter is that they’re accessible to all and hold few visible, external grandiose visions of a $50-based social utopia.

Having re-blogged this, I must confess I plunked down my $50 in the days leading up to App.net’s successful funding — which, in light of yesterday’s Twitter API announcements indicating the death of third-party clients and immediately followed by an intelligentsia & digerati uproar, may not have been such a bad idea after all…

parislemon: nevver: iTypewriter The logical upgrade from the...

tlandgraf — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:09:49 -1000

parislemon:

nevver:

iTypewriter

The logical upgrade from the Logitech keyboard.

Windows 8 store will reject all apps with word "Metro" in title | Ars Technica

tlandgraf — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:11:27 -1000

Windows 8 store will reject all apps with word "Metro" in title | Ars Technica:

But Microsoft’s website still invites devs to create “Metro style” apps.

As of this re-blog, Windows has since removed the requirement not to “Metro” in app descriptions. Thus, the Windows Metro UI branding confusion continues…

Film review: 'Robot & Frank' - TheVerge.com

tlandgraf — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:51:03 -1000

Film review: 'Robot & Frank' - TheVerge.com:

It’s also one of the few movies I’ve seen where the future is not a dystopic nightmare, 3D-generated phantasmagoria, or otherwise unbelievable peek into a not-too-distant hellworld. It’s future that seems real, palpable, and just around the corner — one where we have to figure out not just what our technology will do to us, but what it will mean to us.

The future is what we make of it, best predicated on how we envision it coming to be rather than a response to our fearful fantasies.

Double, the iPad telepresence robot rolls around the office when you can't - TUAW.com

tlandgraf — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:42:42 -1000

Double, the iPad telepresence robot rolls around the office when you can't - TUAW.com:

Get ready to see iPads zipping around your office. As a remote worker I’m fascinated by telepresence robots, or a remote robotic avatar which lives at an office and roams the halls under your control, typically interacting through a 2-way video chat tool. Naturally, Double Robotics took the iPad’s advantages and built what looks like a tiny Segway for the iPad to move about on, calling it the Double.

A tool for replacing live teachers? I hope not. One that can put qualified teachers into classrooms regardless of geography? Quite possibly.

Singapore’s 21st-Century Teaching Strategies (Education...

tlandgraf — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:40:45 -1000

Singapore’s 21st-Century Teaching Strategies (Education Everywhere Series) - edutopia.org

Khan Academy Launches The Future of Computer Science Education - TechCrunch.com

tlandgraf — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 06:23:56 -1000

Khan Academy Launches The Future of Computer Science Education - TechCrunch.com:

The portal’s interactive design is a major evolutionary step for a website that has since been almost entirely based on YouTube lectures (with over 178 million views). I rarely get excited about online education, which often just recycles our antiquated education system into a digital format, but the new Khan Academy Computer Science project is beyond impressive.

Handy iOS version/device matrix chart [PDF] - 9to5Mac.com

tlandgraf — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 04:07:06 -1000

Handy iOS version/device matrix chart [PDF] - 9to5Mac.com:

‘Columbo’ Approach to NBC’s Olympics Coverage - NYTimes.com

tlandgraf — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:58:15 -1000

‘Columbo’ Approach to NBC’s Olympics Coverage - NYTimes.com:

Dear Last Person in America Who Has Been Trying to Watch the Nighttime Olympics Coverage Without Already Knowing the Results:

Give it up. If you have succeeded at all these past two weeks, it has been only by moving to a no-cellphone-reception cave or an Internet-free monastery.

Sun app shows off potential of mobile web apps - GigaOM.com

tlandgraf — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:41:51 -1000

Sun app shows off potential of mobile web apps - GigaOM.com:

Jakob Henner has put together a very simple weather app – Sun. It is not a native iOS app. Instead it is a mobile web app and you can hardly tell the difference. It is a good showcase of the potential of web-based mobile apps.

Shanghai’s Improvement Plan for Schools (Education...

tlandgraf — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:23:00 -1000

Shanghai’s Improvement Plan for Schools (Education Everywhere Series) - edutopia.org

The Untold Story Behind Kickstarter Stats

tlandgraf — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:36:00 -1000

The Untold Story Behind Kickstarter Stats

The Mars Curiosity Rover is Basically a PowerMac G3 with Wheels - OSXDaily.com

tlandgraf — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:16:32 -1000

The Mars Curiosity Rover is Basically a PowerMac G3 with Wheels - OSXDaily.com:

These are some of the more interesting technical specs of the Curiosity Rover:

PowerPC 750 CPU running at 200Mhz, known as the G3 by Mac users

256MB of RAM

2GB flash storage (SSD)

17 1600×1200 (2-megapixel) cameras

VxWorks operating system, which also powers the Apple Extreme Wireless routers

Flash for Android dies tomorrow, long live the 'full web experience' - TheVerge.com

tlandgraf — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:01:35 -1000

Flash for Android dies tomorrow, long live the 'full web experience' - TheVerge.com:

31In November of last year, Adobe made a surprising about-face on its popular Flash plugin, announcing that it would stop development of Flash for mobile devices. Tomorrow, Adobe will disable new installs of Flash on Android, effectively cutting it off from the future of the mobile web…

Adobe Flash est mort, vive Adobe Flash!

Flip Video Co-founder Tackles Online Education With New Video Platform, Knowmia - TechCrunch.com

tlandgraf — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:56:20 -1000

Flip Video Co-founder Tackles Online Education With New Video Platform, Knowmia - TechCrunch.com:

Today, the co-founders launched a new venture called Knowmia — a crowdsourced video platform designed to help teachers find and create online video lessons while improving the learning experience for students.

There is a growing number of online video resources for teachers, and few effective means of finding it. This would be a much-needed and welcomed service.

ToS;DR reads the terms of service so you don't have to - The Verge

tlandgraf — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:49:00 -1000

ToS;DR reads the terms of service so you don't have to - The Verge:

A new project called ToS;DR (Terms of Service; Didn’t Read) aims to change [obscene word counts and excessive legal jargon] by surfacing the objectionable stuff buried away in ToS agreements and giving users the tools to form an opinion before they click “I Agree.”

In a culture where we’ve become immune to those pages-long terms of service & end user licensing agreements, it’s nice to see a service like this emerge before someone inadvertently signs away their first-born child for that latest Android phone…

Sketchnotes 101: Visual Thinking

tlandgraf — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:02:46 -1000

Sketchnotes 101: Visual Thinking:

The recent rise of the “visual thinking” movement in business borrows from the natural ways designers work—using sketches to explore and express ideas, manipulating complex systems of thoughts on sticky notes, and using rough visuals to make sense of the world. Humans are, of course, wired to be visual thinkers from birth, so it’s only natural that people are attracted to these tools, and the power they have to help solve problems and explore opportunities…