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Scratch @ MIT 2010 Day 2 and 3

August 17, 2010

This is a picture of the the Event Space, the main presentation space. Besides the obviously very high ceiling, the room is laid out diagonally. It works. A simple idea. Brilliantly executed. The building really is designed (by Fumihiko Maki) with function in mind.
Loneliness is failed Solitude

I find the most value at the conference not [...]

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The New Cheaper Kindle, Well Played Mr. Bezos

July 28, 2010

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Kindle 3G Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6″ Display, 3G Works Globally – Latest Generation (Electronics)

List Price:
$189.00 USD

This title will be released on December 31, 2037.

I am an early adaptor and reader. Of course I have the original white, wedge, Kindle. In fact still prefer that design than the new slim [...]

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Instapaper use of username

June 2, 2010

Instapaper has an interesting take on username. It allows you to create an account with either a simple username (mynamehere) or an email address. However, it strongly recommend that you use an email address as the username because it does not separately store an additional email address field in your account.
Instapaper has this setup partly [...]

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2010 May Boston Python Meetup Videos

May 24, 2010

Here are the videos for the Boston Python Meetup in May, on “Testing”. Two speakers were Marshall Weir on “Testing, Where Do I Start?” and Stephan Richter on “How to Test the Hard Stuff”.
The videos are pretty long. I ran out of SD space at the end so missed a little bit of info [...]

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LinkedIn Group Management Problem

May 23, 2010

LinkedIn is one of those sites that you hate but use. It is boring. It has horrible user interface. But it is useful as a secondary professional network — to loosely stay in touch with professional acquaintances.
There is however one ridiculous problem with how it support groups. You can setup a group for managing communications [...]

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My Love of Gadgets Started from my First Calculator

April 9, 2010

When I was maybe ten years old, electronic calculator became available. I lusted after this basic scientific model, the size of a paperback book, at my local stationary store for a year. My dad bought it for me and I loved that thing. It has all the log and trig functions.
Since then, I slowly saved [...]

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iPad in every room, in every bag

April 5, 2010

After watching this segment, this is my take away:
Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg has an insightful comment about people don’t want to carry iphone plus iPad plus laptop all the time, true. David Carr says how much it is a family computer, True. What is going to happen? People need to have multiple iPad. Leave [...]

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Thoughts on the new iPad

January 27, 2010

Mount them everywhere: The price point is great. How about mount them around the house or office as informational display — works with any system that has a browser interface. Leave one in the bathroom for, browsing…
Education use: Again, at $499, and with a great intuitive touch UI, give them out to school children for [...]

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Index Cards, the Ultimate Multi-Touch Interface

November 25, 2009

Turns out, 007’s new multi-touch comm device has nothing on the decades old index card. Index cards are a great communication tool. Use them to present website designs, create conceptual layouts for applications, and brainstorm ideas in general. These two pictures were taken from one of our client meetings, when we are trying to organize [...]

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Massachusetts DOT Opens Transit Data for Public Access

November 16, 2009

Massachusetts department of transportation, Mass DOT, recently decided to
offer real time and other transit data on a trial basis to the public. I attended
their very first developer conference (official website). My Notes follow:
Open is Good – Don’t Build Apps like Bridges
The central message was voiced by many presenters: Open is good for everyone. The case [...]

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