More OLPC info
More coverage and information about my favorite project of the century, OLPC courtesy of SvN.
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PC Designs of the Future
When I was a kid the “design of the future” tag line always lured me in, whether it was the Future World exhibit at Disney World in 1987 or prototype cars while attending the Toronto Autoshow with my Dad. That tag line seems to have lost it’s luster since we’re all living the future a [...]
Google My Maps
Lots of opportunity to have fun with this new Google Maps feature. Pretty decent usability as well; Putting together my walk to work route didn’t take much effort.
EMI to deliver DRM-free music via iTunes
Starting in May you can purchase music from EMI without any DRM from iTunes. The content will be at a higher-quality and a higher price point ($1.29 vs $0.99). If EMI can garner enough sales, which I think they will, I’m sure the other major labels will follow. (thx Kottke!)
This Coke can is talking to my phone
The NY Times is reporting that shot codes, a method to transmit media to your mobile phone by scanning them, may be taking off in the Americas soon.
UPDATE: More information via Qode, the main provider of this technology.
Don’t. Click. It. Seriously, don’t.
Saw this about two years ago and it’s really evolved since then. Early on, the novelty is not to click but digging deeper into the “Explore” section presents some innovative interactions that I can see very useful as we move toward large, high-res, multi-touch displays and away from keyboards and pointers.
OLPC In-depth
BusinessWeek has an indepth article about the laptop in the OLPC initiative.
Again, I can’t stress how much I love this project. We are fortunate to be able to access information and education for free and now these kids will have the same opportunity. Moreso, they’ll experience computers in a much different way than most of [...]
End of DRM as we know it?
Steve Jobs is calling on major music companies to elimintate copy protection on digital music. Amen.
One Laptop Per Child
One of my favourite humanitarian projects of the century, the OLPC initiative finally has a web site so more people can learn about and support it.
Headed Home
Mccarren airport has free wi-fi!
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, but I’ll be posting pics from SF soon.
