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December 10, 2012
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"Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex and intelligent behaviour. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple and stupid behaviour. - Dee Hock"

— via Euan Semple (via johntropea)

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December 10, 2012
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"We are entering an era of personal analytics where we can take control of our own data, display it in a dashboard, and use it to inform better life decisions, according to Martin Blinder, founder and CEO of Tictrac, speaking at Intelligence Squared’s If Conference."

— Personal analytics could lead to ‘designed’ lifestyles (Wired UK) Gerd adds: that strikes me as… Mad. You? (via futuristgerd)

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December 10, 2012
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"Effectively, multitaskers train themselves to superficially consume multiple sources of input from memory and the external world. Their ability to filter relevance to their current goal declines and they are easily distracted by irrelevant information. Multitaskers actually become bad at multitasking, by multitasking.5"

— Multitasking makes you dumb Gerd adds: interesting debate here. This is why lately I have been reading more books on my kindle, going deeper, than reading blog posts via RSS feeds. Focus is crucial but these are times of extreme noise. (via futuristgerd)

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December 08, 2012
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"The real issue behind all this, however, is the decline of traditional media. In France not a single national newspaper is profitable, despite around €1.2 billion ($1.54 billion) in direct and indirect government subsidies, according to Olivier Fleurot, the boss of MSLGROUP, a communications firm, and a former chief executive at the Financial Times, part-owner of The Economist. Google can hardly be blamed for the recession, declining readership, and slumping advertising revenue. Online advertising has not offset the decline of print ads in newspapers"

— Newspapers versus Google: Taxing times | The Economist (via futuristgerd)

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December 06, 2012
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futuramb: Apple Is Quietly Working To Destroy The iPhone - Business Insider Here’s the other reason it’s safe to assume Apple is quietly working on the destruction of its most massive business, the iPhone. Just like Google and Microsoft, Apple is working on computerized glasses. Computerized glasses, are, at the moment, the technology that is most likely to bring the smartphone era to an end. They fit into an obvious pattern, where computers have been getting smaller and closer to our faces since their very beginning. First they were in big rooms, then they sat on desktops, then they sat on our laps, and now they’re in our palms. Next they’ll be on our faces.

futuramb:

Apple Is Quietly Working To Destroy The iPhone - Business Insider

Here’s the other reason it’s safe to assume Apple is quietly working on the destruction of its most massive business, the iPhone.

Just like Google and Microsoft, Apple is working on computerized glasses. Computerized glasses, are, at the moment, the technology that is most likely to bring the smartphone era to an end.

They fit into an obvious pattern, where computers have been getting smaller and closer to our faces since their very beginning. First they were in big rooms, then they sat on desktops, then they sat on our laps, and now they’re in our palms. Next they’ll be on our faces.

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December 06, 2012
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thisbigcity:

aros:

INCREDIBLE TIGER-STONE BRICK PAVER LAYING MACHINE

NO. WAY. Is this for real?

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November 08, 2012
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Foursquare and Snoball let you help those affected by Sandy automatically at every check-in - The Next Web

thenextweb:

Foursquare is promoting a nice app partnership with charity facilitation service Snoball that will allow you to donate an amount to the charity of your choice automatically every time you check into a location. This will help Foursquare users contribute to organizations like the American Red Cross.

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November 08, 2012
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"Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz’s estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied."

— Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice | Video on TED.com (via futuristgerd)

Obstacle or opportunity?

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November 08, 2012
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smarterplanet: New Foursquare graphic tells the story of Sandy’s devastation of Lower Manhattan Strategic byproduct that this info is generated by Foursquare.

smarterplanet:

New Foursquare graphic tells the story of Sandy’s devastation of Lower Manhattan

Strategic byproduct that this info is generated by Foursquare.

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October 17, 2012
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fred-wilson: “Avner Ronen and Boxee want to change the way you think about input one” (via Can Boxee reinvent cable with the help of a TV antenna? | The Verge)

fred-wilson:

“Avner Ronen and Boxee want to change the way you think about input one”

(via Can Boxee reinvent cable with the help of a TV antenna? | The Verge)

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