cool tools

Wish Upon a Star(fish)?

In a previous posting on September 21, 2007 called “New Perspectives: Looking Down and Under”, I wished for a “sea” feature to compliment the “sky” feature Google Earth had recently added back then. While I have no illusion that I had anything to do with it, you can still ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 8 Feb 09
   tagged as :cool tools, discovery, education, marine, ocean, science, worth a look

CNN “The Moment”: 2nd time’s the charm with MS Photosynth?

Since I received a lot of responses and follow up (thanks!) to the posting Photosynth: Mashups of Our Collective Intelligence via Photos, I thought you would be quite interested to know the most recent use of  Microsoft Photosynth, which creates 3D spaces from a mass of ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 21 Jan 09
   tagged as :change, cool tools, current affairs, new technology, vision & sight, worth a look

PhotoSynth: Mashups of Our Collective Intelligence via Photos

I don’t know about the rest of you who have your own blogs, but I seem to add many more items to my list of things to write about than I get around to finishing, so my list just grows. Here is one item that I am finally catching up ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 11 Dec 08
   tagged as :change, content, cool tools, design, education, mashups, media, metadata "tagging", new technology, research, worth a look

Cool Translation Tools

As you may recall, I’ve been focusing on my fascination with language learning for the past few months, and I'm finding that many of you share similar interests. So I wanted to share some of the Cool Translation Tools I’ve been using to help with my language learning and usage. ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 18 Nov 08
   tagged as :change, competencies, cool tools, language, learning, new technology, personal development, worth a look

Lurching Towards More Natural Interfaces

In “Coming to our Senses?”  I introduced the topic of finding ways to make better use of our human senses to interact and interface with tools, technology, and machines, and even between ourselves. The LiveScribe Pulse digital pen and paper provides a good example of more “natural” and sense-based ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 27 Aug 08
   tagged as :change, cool tools, design, mashups, natural interfaces, sense based interfaces, sense of audio hearing & sounds, sense of touch & feel

Cool Tools: LiveScribe Pulse Digital Pen and Paper

I truly believe that every one of us (yes, that includes YOU!) has cool tools that we use on an everyday basis and stories about how we use these tools and how we came to find and use them. I'd like to hear about yours. This week’s Cool ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 1 Aug 08
   tagged as :change, content, cool tools, fun, mashups, new technology, other blogs, worth a look

Cool Tools: Doodling your way to Event Efficiency

I truly believe that every one of us (yes, that includes YOU!) has cool tools that we use on an everyday basis and stories about how we use these tools and how we came to find and use them.  I'd like to hear about yours.  Meanwhile, here's are two ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 2 Jul 08
   tagged as :cool tools

Cool Tools I Use: Computer Utilities

I truly believe that every one of us (yes, that includes YOU!) has cool tools that we use on an everyday basis and stories about how we use these tools and how we came to find and use them.  I'd like to hear about yours.  Meanwhile, here's are two ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 16 Jun 08
   tagged as :cool tools

Cool Tools I Use: SPOT on!

I truly believe that every one of us (yes, that includes YOU!) has cool tools that we use on an everyday basis and stories about how we use these tools and how we came to find and use them.  I'd like to hear about yours.  Meanwhile, here's another one ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 6 Jun 08
   tagged as :cool tools, design, discovery, location based, mapping, mashups, new technology, snowflake, travel

Cool Tools I Use: Digital Pen and Paper

I truly believe that every one of us (yes, that includes YOU!) has cool tools that we use on an everyday basis and stories about how we use these tools and how we came to find and use them.  I'd like to hear about yours.  Meanwhile, here's another one ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 27 May 08
   tagged as :cool tools, education, fun, new technology, worth a look