Harry Lee, a 16-year-old from Melbourne, Australia, created a wonderful game based on social interaction. His “sneaky” game won Boing Boing’s Digital Open. While it might be obvious to some that this is simply a non-computer game, I really think Harry has a deep understanding of the importance of context. This gives me hope for [...]
Category > Computers
Vision of Internet in 1969 Gets It Right
I am gobsmacked that someone would have seen, correctly, this far into the future in 1969. While the computer screens themselves take up too much room as expected for that year, the imagined services they are predicted to render are spot on. Amazing. [Tip o' de hat to Chris Abraham's Marketing Conversation™]
Google’s Privacy Solution
The Onion has discovered Google’s special new “opt-out” feature: In order to be completely free of Google’s prying eyes, Google will move you to a remote village at their expense. Watch and be amazed. Start packing, Aunt Louise!
World Builder
World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.
OMG! This is a fantasy I’ve had about 3D environments ever since I first tried a Mac Paint program back in, what? The 80s! World Builder is the realization of Bruce Branit, one half of the film making team back in 2000 that created 405 using desktop computers (about [...]
Wordpress 2.7 Upgrade
I just upgraded planetnelson.com to Wordpress 2.7 and I am very impressed. It was quick, easy, and so far no glitches.
The dashboard is very slick; easy to use and everything is close at hand. I was reticent to change as I have had messy experiences using my cPanel account. But this went off without a [...]
Planetnelson Streaming On Qik
Qik.com just announced it’s alpha software for the Blackberry. I’m so jealous of all those iPhone users who are already doing this stuff that when I saw this, I had to jump into the fray. (Gnomedex’ fearless leader, Chris Pirillo, made a video using his iPhone last week.) Not exactly video quality that CNN would [...]
How Not to Use PowerPoint
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Oh, it can suck the life outta ya. I hate PowerPoint because it is so frequently abused. This tells it like it is.
One of Seth Godin’s great contributions to saving the world from PowerPoint can be found here, Really Bad PowerPoint (PDF). If you haven’t read it, it’s time [...]