I just added a new add-on to Firefox that is pretty awesome. It is called Ubiquity and it serves as a command based way to create your own content mashups, access the web, and in general do things. I can’t explain it that well, so here is this video that can show you some ofRead More
Tag: Internet
Living social innovation: dreamy mass collaboration!
I’m currently in the middle of an application for StartingBloc, which is an organization that holds a fellowship on Social Innovation. Part of the application process is a series of essays. One of which asks how I “live” social innovation. So now I have to figure out, what is social innovation? And how do IRead More
We are the Net Generation
I’m not really sure what all the details were about the Twitter and Facebook outage last week. But, from reading some of the headlines that were floating around about people feeling lost without access, I think it really is a sign that we are becoming so accustomed to being constantly connected to the Internet andRead More
The wikiquest for innovation
I’m currently in the middle of the book Wikinomics by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams. They discuss the increasing popularity and need for collaborative effort to create value and content in this economy. Examples range from the music industry to server software. Quotes: Pg. 28 “By definition, a truly global economy has no physicalRead More
Laptops for learning in Maine!
I just read about this cool initiative in Maine called the Maine Learning Technology Initiative that provides use of laptops to 7th and 8th graders in public schools, and is now expanding to include high school students. They just ordered 64,000 Macbooks for this reason! I think it is awesome that they are so seriousRead More
Wolfram Alpha
Wolfram Alpha is a really cool “computational knowledge engine” that a friend (Nat) showed to me. Here is the demo video: http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html Check it out and play around with it! http://www.wolframalpha.com/ It is capable of pulling out information and analyzes it in different ways. It can produce graphs and make complex calculations, and a lotRead More