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The third annual National Geographic/GlobeScan “Consumer Greendex,” is a scientifically derived sustainable consumption index of actual consumer behavior and material lifestyles across 17 countries. National Geographic will continue to track the Greendex over time, including comparability across the selection of countries representing both the developed and developing world.

ideasareawesome: The Google Job Experiment (via...

Fri, 14 May 2010 11:13:04 +1000

ideasareawesome:

The Google Job Experiment (via alecbrownstein)

Genius.

"When we have clients who are thinking about Flash splash pages, we tell them to go to their local..."

Wed, 12 May 2010 09:37:52 +1000

“When we have clients who are thinking about Flash
splash pages, we tell them to go to their local supermarket and
bring a mime with them. Have the mime stand in front of the
supermarket, and, as each customer tries to enter, do a little
show that lasts two minutes, welcoming them to the supermarket
and trying to explain the bread is on aisle six and milk is on
sale today.”

- source

“If we want to solve problems like hunger, poverty,...

Sat, 08 May 2010 19:56:26 +1000

“If we want to solve problems like hunger, poverty, climate change, global conflict, obesity, I believe that we need to aspire to play games online for at least 21 billion hours a week by the end of the next decade”

Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world

Very Personal Computing. Source.

Thu, 06 May 2010 11:11:46 +1000

Very Personal Computing. Source.

"All of this led to the revelation that we’ve begun a new age of “communal computing.” The desktop..."

Tue, 04 May 2010 08:17:49 +1000

“All of this led to the revelation that we’ve begun a new age of “communal computing.” The desktop revolution centered around empowering individuals: this new revolution will extend that empowerment to groups of people.”

- via furbo.com

This is precisely the experience of the iPad at our house and it’s one I wasn’t really expecting since it’s completely different from the iPhone, which is much more of a single user device. The iPad gets used by everyone in the family throughout the day. With the kids, there’s usually a clear delineation in terms of the apps that get used (email is one exception since my eldest daughter and I both have our email set up on it), but Claire and I both want to use some of the apps, like Instapaper, and the current workaround is to sign out and sign back in as the other user. I suspect that apps that recognize that a single iPad may mean multiple users and caters to that with account management will have an advantage over those that don’t.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-11)

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:57:04 +1000

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-11):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-28)

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:34:33 +1100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-28):

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After the Grand Prix.

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:14:45 +1100

After the Grand Prix.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-21)

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:08:26 +1100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-21):

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Internet censorship map. Blue: No censorshipYellow: Some...

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:06:00 +1100

Internet censorship map.

Blue: No censorship
Yellow: Some censorship
Red: Under surveillance
Black: Internet black holes (most heavily censored nations)

"But many of our politicians are still living in the 1990’s, pretending the internet is another..."

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:50:08 +1100

“

But many of our politicians are still living in the 1990’s, pretending the internet is another country and refusing to acquire the faintest clue about it. You’ll see the signs whenever they confuse megabits with megabytes, invent jargon (such as Rudd’s deplorably hilarious “bandspeed”), or blame “hackers” for taking down a website which has crashed because they’ve neglected to provision it adequately. They really have no idea.

Even worse, they appear to believe that we’re just like them, helpless, hapless and ignorant, in need of “protection” from online threats which they’ve either misunderstood or just plain made-up. In reality, their ignorance is far more dangerous to us than anything we’ll ever find on the internet — And who is to protect us from them?

”

- Mark Newton

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-14)

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:00:53 +1100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-14):

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Apparently gas pumpers are a new captive market for advertisers.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:34:51 +1100

Apparently gas pumpers are a new captive market for advertisers.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7)

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:16:23 +1100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7):

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