“UX design is n…
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“UX design is not a branch of graphic design.”
| — | @MC_UX (via thehipperelement) |
“Internet + Int…
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“Internet + Internet of Things = Wisdom of the Earth”
| — | China’s Premier Wen Jiabao |
Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life
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http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_the_game_that_can_give_you_10_extra_years_of_life.html
When game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter. In this moving talk, McGonigal explains how a game can boost resilience — and promises to add 7.5 minutes to your life.
2013 Stanford Commencement with Michael Bloomberg
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Mayor Bloomberg Tells Stanford Graduates To Go To NYC For Tech
Billy Gallagher, techcrunch.com
“No other university in the world has so profoundly shaped our modern age,” New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today in his commencement speech at Stanford University. Bloomberg’s speech was relevant to both the tech and…
No Longer Vaporware: The Internet of Things Is Finally Talking
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No Longer Vaporware: The Internet of Things Is Finally Talking
The rise of the machines has begun: Steve Sande’s household fan is now self-aware. Sande, a Colorado-based tech writer, had noticed that his cat, Ruby, was suffering on hot summer days. His house doesn’t have air-conditioning, and he wasn’t always around to turn on the fan.
The Massive Implosion of Hollywood Caused by the tech Industry
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Lucas And Spielberg Predict “Massive Implosion” Of Hollywood Caused By Tech Industry
Greg Barto, techcrunch.com
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg aren’t so bullish on the future of the film industry. At a talk at USC, the pair agreed that it’s on track to have a “massive implosion”. At the core of their argument: there just isn’t enough time in the da…
Killer Instinct Joke
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VIDEO: Gaming Conference Welcomes Women With Hilaaaarious Rape Joke
Yesterday at Microsoft’s Xbox One E3 press conference, a man and a woman demonstrated a new fighting game, Killer Instinct. The man, a producer on the game and so therefore winning easily, tells the woman at the :27 mark to “Just let it happen, it’ll be over soon.”
So, that thinly-veiled rape joke might upset you and it might not (it made me cringe something awful), but when combined with the gaming industry’s shittiness toward women, and the fact that not one game with a woman protagonist was released at the conference, it points to a much larger issue.
Full article: http://jezebel.com/gaming-conference-welcomes-women-with-hilaaaarious-rape-512512089
New Internet of Things SIG report: the challenges and the opportunities
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New Internet of Things SIG report: the challenges and the opportunities
Interoperability and people-centred design are at the heart of the opportunities and challenges inherent in the Internet of Things (IoT), according to a new report published this week by the UK Technology Strategy Board’s Internet of Things Special Interest Group (IoT SIG).
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