Navigation Overload
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Jul 2010
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Jun 2010
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Jun 2010
VW "Fast Lane" marketing stunt
Very clever! Too bad Moscow's not a big market: their escalators go for ages...
13
Jun 2010
Clever use of Flickr geodata reveals tastes of locals vs. tourists
via flickr.com
This is so flipping cool: aggregate all photos in Flickr that are geo-tagged to a single metropolitan area, then split them into pics taken by people who are apparently just visiting the place (they snap some pics and then they're gone somewhere else) vs. those who appear to live there. What you get are two fascinatingly different takes on the major cities of the world.
The full set is here
11
Jun 2010
HackFwd: something Europe desperately needs
I'm writing this from Vienna and IncredibleEurope, where we've been talking for the last two days about the challenges to innovation and entrepreneurship in a culture that is not particularly comfortable with the possibility of failure.
At IDEO we talk about failing early and often to succeed faster. Indeed. Put succinctly, if the culture around you encourages you to play it safe and scorns you when you fail, you'll find it very hard get that key ingredient which is so necessary to be a successful entrepreneur: experience. And since you can't just up and change the culture around you, there's a lot to be gained from immersing yourself in a community where the rules are different.
HackFwd, a new incubator for European geeks who want to be entrepreneurs, is a fantastic idea that meets an overwhelming need. I can't wait to see what comes of it.
03
Jun 2010
Visit Iceland: Fantastic Board of Tourism Video
Usually "Visit our country" videos, well, suck. This one makes me happy. How 'bout you?
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May 2010
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May 2010
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Apr 2010
Learn to Appreciate Technology
via youtube.com
I'm watching this online from a chair, in the sky, going 550mph. "Everything is amazing right now, and nobody's happy"...
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Apr 2010
