Category: ideas

How Design Triggers Transformation | Bill Buxton

Design Mind Salon – Bill Buxton – Microsoft Research from Fellermedia on Vimeo.

In this 45 min. video: “Bill Buxton stresses that great design doesn’t stem from a singular designer or a great design department, but from the entire culture of the company. He goes on to discuss the crucial role design plays in solving the “wicked problems” that businesses face and how incorporating design can transform organizations.”

Traffic Solutions | Diverging Diamond Visualization

“…The diverging diamond interchange allows for two-phase operation at all signalized intersections within the interchange. This is a significant improvement in safety, since no left turns must clear opposing traffic and all movements are discrete, with most controlled by traffic signals. ”

for more check out full article here

apple, making more pie… tablet, anyone ?

we all know that reading is dope, but is apple going to transform the reading experience and reignite the fireeeee??? (read fire, with excitement dot dot dot)

so… now that we been waiting since year zero for something like this. apple took their time to slow bake this pie, and make sure its fully roasted before giving us a peek, just so you can drool some more. yes, the technology has been around for some time, but no one yet did master the business model to make it work.

in typical fashion, apple is about to say yes or no on it tomorrow. lets keep our pretty fingers crossed, hope that the fairy tale continues, and watch stevie & co. pull another rabbit out the hat. hopefully apple delivers the scratch …

meanwhile, gizmodo has the geek team on standby (they must be real itchy by now):

“The Apple tablet could change everything. That’s what people are hoping for, revolution. But revolutions don’t actually happen overnight, especially if you’re talking about turning around an entire diseased, lumbering industry, like publishing.”

… linky linky : (Pondering The) Apple Tablet’s Print Revolution

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(Pondering The) Apple Tablet’s Print Revolution

Wikileaks is a website that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive governmental, corporate, organizational, or religious documents, … Wikileaks needs your support now | video

what is WikiLeaks:

“Wikileaks is a website that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive governmental, corporate, organizational, or religious documents, while attempting to preserve the anonymity and untraceability of its contributors.”

these boyz are running on a different kind of fuel, and if you pay attention to what they are doing you will see and understand they are the real heroes of today. watch the video, decide for yourself. this is part 1 of 7 videos released on youtube.

for more info check the wikipedia article on wikileaks:

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikileaks