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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

World Languages: Going Colorblind?

"Maps courtesy of www.theodora.com/maps used with permission" In case you find it as interesting as I did, here is the list (according to www.geographic.org) of the top ten most popular languages in the ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 17 Sep 08
   tagged as :change, competencies, interesting places, patterns, perspectives, research, sense of audio hearing & sounds

Coming to Our Senses: Touch

As I sit here typing on my keyboard and clicking my mouse, I find myself desperately hoping we may finally be moving beyond our narrow view of what form interfaces between humans and technology can take to one where we can be more creative and innovative...and effective! Seems to ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 1 Sep 08
   tagged as :change, learning, natural interfaces, research, sense based interfaces, sense of touch & feel, thought sparks, touch, vision & sight

Coming to our Senses

If you have been kind enough to listen to me or read some of my entries on OCOT or my other writings, you may have correctly concluded that I suffer from a severe case of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Contrary to popular opinion (and even some “experts”), ADD is not ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 20 Aug 08
   tagged as :change, competencies, design, natural interfaces, new technology, perspectives, research, sense based interfaces, sense of audio hearing & sounds, sense of smell, sense of taste, sense of touch & feel, strategic thinking, thought sparks, vision & sight

Spontaneous Creative Combustion?

"Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." – Scott Adams Cultivating Creativity? In my previous post “Future Sources of Innovation, Discovery & Design” we looked at the growing number ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 22 Jul 08
   tagged as :discovery, mashups, perspectives, recommended reading, research, snowflake, strategic thinking, thought sparks

Is the Sky Really Falling?

I recently read the article "AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010", which is pretty much summarized by ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 27 May 08
   tagged as :change, current affairs, design, discovery, learning, perspectives, recommended reading, research, science, web/tech

Google Oceans: Another wish comes true!

While I  can neither take credit for nor claim any influence on Google's recent announcement, I'm pleased to say that some of the ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 19 May 08
   tagged as :change, cool tools, current affairs, education, marine, media, ocean, research, science

Sailing Into Uncharted Waters

There are a number of changes coming up for both myself and Off Course - On Target (OCOT), so this posting will be a bit different to provide you with a quick overview of what's coming your way. Ship Shape ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 13 Dec 07
   tagged as :change, content, design, discovery, fun, learning, mashups, research

EOL and the power of MC2: Mass Contribution x Mass Customization

Some of my previous postings have focused on the need to dramatically increase the scale of our discovery of the unknown. I'm finding more examples all of the time that show a trend towards more mass participation and mass contribution by connecting everything and everyone together. The project we recently ... Read More

~ posted by John Hathaway on 7 Nov 07
   tagged as :change, competencies, discovery, learning, mashups, ocean, patterns, personalization, research, science, snowflake, worth a look

The Encyclopedia of Life and Exponential Change

The day after posting my thoughts on "New Perspectives: Looking Down and Under" and Third Wave, I serendipitously came across a New York Times article called That's Life, which reviews a new project called "The Encyclopedia of Life" or EOL. This project ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 1 Nov 07
   tagged as :change, current affairs, discovery, education, marine, mashups, ocean, personalization, research, science, snowflake, worth a look