Archive for the ‘geekery’ Category

Speaking at TED, Dan Pink presents interesting thoughts regarding business, incentives and the systems that businesses work within to motivate and reward people for productivity. Taking notes from highly regarded social science, Dan highlights surprising historical facts that lead him to believe that 21st century businesses are fixated on the wrong rewards.  And he adds [...]

proof that infographics are mainstream. the all time 50 funniest (and crude) infographics from coedmagazine.  to see the whole gallery click below.

Stumbled into this Nova documentary that chronicles the theory and practice of fractal geometry.  If you love design, technology and the elemental nature of visual communication you’ll find this really interesting.  It will strike a chord with data visualization and special fx fans too. [full full sized image and others here] It’s also an interesting [...]

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Bobby channels TED at the World Science Festival..proving a lo-fi experience can be just as interactive as a digitally crafted one: (..imagine what you could do when combining the two into one brand spectacle)? World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

your participative, dimensional & social internet Aurora (Part 1) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo. your augmented reality & digital utility your extended memory & blended reality World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.

In a creative spark of genius for movie/gaming biz, the launch for Activision’s new game “Prototype” includes a really interesting Facebook Connect integration that weaves you (or in this case me) into the story line. You’ll have to experience it yourself here to really get it (pictures, family photos, words and profiles within are all [...]

Wired Game Life brings us a peek into Remi Gaillard’s latest stunt, real world pac-man.  In a kind of Jack-Ass meets punk’d, our favorite yellow pixel chomper freaks out grocery store patrons, country clubbers and security guards along with his crayola-colored ghost arch enemies. Absolutely hilarious next move from the same guy who’s punk’d Jacques [...]

..I missed this genius Wired “tool” from back in March, but I must have been ranting about blowhards in Gmail.. cause it popped up in Google headlines.  enjoy.


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