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Past Meets Present to Create the Future of Easter Island
I am as remiss as I am delighted to be able to finally get around to sharing some of the fascinating work taking place on one of the world’s most remote locations, Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, and to introduce you to some of the even more fascinating ... Read More
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
Serious Play: Are We Humans the Biggest Computer of All?
Would you be interested in a future where the pursuit of fun and enjoyment was one our our major roles in life because it leads to solving extraordinarily large and complex world problems? For example, what if all of us helped to digitize all the content contained in all the ... Read More
Moving aLOM
If you are a regular visitor here at Off Course - On Target, (OCOT) you know that metadata—characteristics that describe anything and everything—has been a major part of my life and a major focus for many years. If you'd like the full story of my initial recognition of metadata and ... Read More
Oh Really? – Computational Photography
One of the most significant trends shaping our future is the redefining of what is "real" and specifically, bringing everything and anything into heightened and full three-dimensionality (or more), definition, and fidelity. I refer to "real" in the sense that we believe it "exists", and that we are increasingly: Losing ... Read More
New Perspectives: The Benefits of Looking Up!
Alan Kay (sometimes referred to as the father of the PC, object oriented code, and much more) is credited with saying that "point of view is worth 80 IQ points". This is a catchy way of saying that consciously looking at problems and situations from multiple perspectives and ... Read More
The Future is Surfacing
For the past few years, I’ve been talking about digital surfaces predominating our future, and my postings, “The Old Medium becomes the New Content” and “P-Learning: Fill up your Tank and your Head?” pointed out some good examples of this trend. So you can imagine how excited I ... Read More
High Resolution Imagery = High Definition Learning?
I am a HUGE fan of public radio, and I listen to it whenever I can. In the US, public radio comes in the form of National Public Radio (NPR) and most countries have a similar form, as well as access to Public Radio International (PRI). Typically these ... Read More
