The Social Network 2
Wait, this is awesome. Leap gesture control lets you direct your computer without even touching it. And it’s affordable.
Read more here: http://huff.to/LdRVAd
If this works as well as the promo video seems to portray then… I’m impressed.
The Evolution Store
Wandering the streets of SoHo New York this week we stumbled across this little fella.
The shop is the Evolution Store and it is, without a doubt, my favourite shop of all time… yes, even better than the AppleStore at Grand Central. I bought some really strong magnetic hematite stones and P bought a stunning Papilio Ulysses butterfly
And you know what? I simply cannot wait to be a teacher, have my own classroom, and fill it full of beautiful things from this store. I will return.
Why the iPad Is My New Laptop — by Shawn Blanc
Amen.
This is why I foresee a 32GB 4G iPad3 in my near future.
Warren Ellis on Personal Learning Networks
“most importantly, these days, I have a well-tuned Twitter feed full of people who like to post links to genuinely interesting stuff. Let me reiterate that bit: for FREE, you can arrange for a bunch of well-connected strangers to push interesting news to your screen, LIVE, updating every second.
So, that kind-of acquaintance whom you feel you should follow but whom talks mostly about sandwiches and the shape of his turds? Dump him and add @qikipedia or @brainpicker instead. To start with.
I would also point out that you can do the same thing on Tumblr. There is no natural law or official quota that means you have to do nothing but scroll through a bunch of shit cat macros every day. Tune your digital environment until it brings you all the good stuff.”
“It was only later that I realized the value of being bored was actually pretty high. Being bored is a kind of diagnostic for the gap between what you might be interested in and your current environment.”
—Clay Shirky (via merlin)
(via merlin)
Damien Hirst Spotifier : Built with Processing
I’m going to be teaching Processing to my Year 5 and 6 ICT classes this month. And, for some topical input and after checking out the Damien Hirst retrospective at the Tate yesterday, I thought I’d try to recreate his simple spot paintings in Processing.
It’s really simple, have a look at the code, but I think the results are spot on.
Check out the Damien Hirst Spotifier - and hit refresh for a new painting every time.
Made with Paper
House in the cloud (Taken with instagram)
Clear is addictively simple, beautiful and makes me feel all iPhone apps should work like this
The idea is simple. A “To Do list” app; the most basic unit of productivity.
I love productivity porn, list managers, clever services, GTD metholodies, capture devices, but my heart sang when I downloaded and started adding items to Clear.
I paid £0.69 for this, the risk was low, why not install just one more todo list app to my iPhone? I was feeding my addiction and burning desire to find ‘the perfect tool’ but… I think I’m in love.
If you already have a useful productive system you won’t need this. But install it anyway!
Use it for shopping lists, just play with it, and you’ll understand my enthusiasm. There are no tick boxes, no buttons, no nested lists within lists, no contexts, tags or folders… Just simple lists, simply created, with multi-touch gestures.
Clear for iPhone (Coming Soon!) from Realmac Software on Vimeo.
Not all iOS apps can afford such simplicity of course but I do wish more apps looked and felt like Clear.
