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“Q: So far, we have only talked about access to the Internet. Would you speculate on how other technologies could affect American education? Dr. Papert: I was not talking about access to the Internet. I was talking about something much deeper in which computers serve as materials for construction as well as providing access to…
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new-aesthetic: “The tracking system, called FootPath Technology, works through a series of antennas positioned throughout the shopping center that capture the unique identification number assigned to each phone (similar to a computer’s IP address), and tracks its movement throughout the stores. The system can’t take photos or collect data on what shoppers have purchased. And…
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Mer – Open Source Mobile OS Based on MeeGo
Mer – Open Source Mobile OS Based on MeeGo Mer aims to be an open, inclusive, meritocratically governed and openly developed Core optimized for HTML5/QML/JS, providing a mobile-optimised base distribution for use by device manufacturers. The Core is based upon the work from the MeeGo project and hopefully, over time, to be sharing effort together…
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Wireframe prototyping on iOS
Wireframe prototyping on iOS immerseyoursoulincode: It basically lets you string together wireframe sketches into prototypes that you can tap though on iOS devices. I’ll let you know what I think after I try it — whether I will be using this for my own projects or will continue to put these together in XCode. I…
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Tom Morris: Why WebFonts matter
Tom Morris: Why WebFonts matter tommorrisdotorg: I want to share a font that changed my life. This is a paragraph from this page on Malayalama Wikipedia. The article is about Simone de Beauvoir. (You could tell, right?) I listen in on the web design community. It’s often very interesting, but can be a little bit…
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Daily Papert: Change or Die
“It is obvious that schools are lagging behind deep changes in our society. They are still organized on the model of production line factories. The deepest reason for the lag is neither the lack of physical technology nor the ability of educators to understand its meaning. The biggest reason is the built-in self-preservationist conservatism of…