Funny decision-tree flowchart. I'm sure my wife wishes I used it.
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Has Apple’s iPhone Lost its Mojo?
Is Apple‘s magic still there?
Here is the product introduction video for the next generation of iPhone.
Here is a video that condenses Steve Jobs keynote address at Apple Developer’s Conference from two hours to less than five minutes. All the data, but perhaps not all the magic you’d expect.
Strangely, that sums up the response to the new iPhone 4 product
announcement. Here is a link to a live blog feed from the event. And here is a WSJ video questioning whether the iPhone is becoming a commodity product, rather than a consumer product.So, are you getting one?
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Has Apple’s iPhone Lost its Mojo?
Is Apple‘s magic still there?
Here is the product introduction video for the next generation of iPhone.
Here is a video that condenses Steve Jobs keynote address at Apple Developer’s Conference from two hours to less than five minutes. All the data, but perhaps not all the magic you’d expect.
Strangely, that sums up the response to the new iPhone 4 product
announcement. Here is a link to a live blog feed from the event. And here is a WSJ video questioning whether the iPhone is becoming a commodity product, rather than a consumer product.So, are you getting one?
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Scary Interactive Graphics about the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster
Here is a picture that puts things in perspective. It overlays a representation of how big the oil spill is, now, over a map of where you live. Since I live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, here is the result. Try it yourself by clicking the graphic.
The disaster in the Gulf started with an explosion on the BP operated Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, 2010. Current estimates put the amount of oil being discharged from the broken well at above 1,050,000 US gallons per day. No one ever said cleaning up an oil spill was cheap: the U.S. government served BP with a hefty $69 million bill for the initial costs of contending with the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. Here is a link to a site devoted to the spill and its fallout.
Reading about it is one thing … However, seeing what is happening is often a better way to gauge reality. So judge for yourself; here is a live stream from an under-water "Spill-Cam".
It comes from PBS.
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Scary Interactive Graphics about the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster
Here is a picture that puts things in perspective. It overlays a representation of how big the oil spill is, now, over a map of where you live. Since I live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, here is the result. Try it yourself by clicking the graphic.
The disaster in the Gulf started with an explosion on the BP operated Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, 2010. Current estimates put the amount of oil being discharged from the broken well at above 1,050,000 US gallons per day. No one ever said cleaning up an oil spill was cheap: the U.S. government served BP with a hefty $69 million bill for the initial costs of contending with the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. Here is a link to a site devoted to the spill and its fallout.
Reading about it is one thing … However, seeing what is happening is often a better way to gauge reality. So judge for yourself; here is a live stream from an under-water "Spill-Cam".
It comes from PBS.
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When Was the Last Time You Checked-Out Wolfram Alpha?
Wolfram Alpha is not a traditional search engine — rather, it is a "computational knowledge engine". That means it generates output from its own internal knowledge base, instead of searching the web and returning links. Nonetheless, it produces some amazing answers to things you want to calculate or know about.
Watch this video to get a sense of some of the things it can do, and how it can help you.
The breadth of topics it covers is pretty amazing.
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When Was the Last Time You Checked-Out Wolfram Alpha?
Wolfram Alpha is not a traditional search engine — rather, it is a "computational knowledge engine". That means it generates output from its own internal knowledge base, instead of searching the web and returning links. Nonetheless, it produces some amazing answers to things you want to calculate or know about.
Watch this video to get a sense of some of the things it can do, and how it can help you.
The breadth of topics it covers is pretty amazing.
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Take a Look at the New $100 Bills
Officials from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve
Board and the United States Secret Service unveiled the new design for
the $100 note. Complete with advanced technology to combat
counterfeiting, the new design for the $100 note retains the traditional
look of U.S. currency.If you haven't seen one in person yet, here is what to expect.
Here is a link to an interactive graphic that lets you explore the features of the new note.Here is a video from the new Currency Channel.
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Take a Look at the New $100 Bills
Officials from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve
Board and the United States Secret Service unveiled the new design for
the $100 note. Complete with advanced technology to combat
counterfeiting, the new design for the $100 note retains the traditional
look of U.S. currency.If you haven't seen one in person yet, here is what to expect.
Here is a link to an interactive graphic that lets you explore the features of the new note.Here is a video from the new Currency Channel.
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Remember Everything with Evernote
I have been using a software tool you might find useful. It solves a problem that you probably have, even if you don't think about it often.
A Cure for Information Overload.
It In the old days, you could photocopy something and put it in a file. So finding it was relatively straight-forward.
Today, you are faced with a different type of challenge (and chances are your filing system is so "1990s"). Nowadays, you might be looking for a picture, audio snippet, or video … a document (or more likely, just a part
of one) … or a scrap you saved (like a quote, web-link, or blog post).Moreover, as you use the computer for more things (and a bigger percentage of the work you do), it gets harder to find a random "something" that you might be looking for.
Part of the problem is that we are getting more efficient at creating "stuff", so there is more of it. In addition, that stuff is a lot more varied than it used to be.
Capture
Everything to Your Personal Digital Memory.Evernote makes it easy to store, organize, and find virtually anything. Even better, it is also good at sharing it with others (award-winning good at it).
Chances are, if you can see it or think of it, Evernote can help you remember it. Type a text note. Clip a web page. Snap a photo. Grab a screen-shot. It will be there when you need it.
Finding it Fast, Wherever You Are.
Everything you capture is automatically processed, indexed, and searchable. That means you can find things quickly and easily.
You can search for items by keywords, titles, and tags. Evernote even makes the printed and handwritten text inside your images searchable, too (for example, the text on a photo of your white-board).
There is an application program. However, you can also access your
information through a Web interface (wherever you are, even if you are away from your computers). In addition, there are versions that work on
various smart phones and Evernote
provides "Capture" buttons that integrate with Microsoft Outlook and whatever browser you
might use. What that means is that it's easy to use, and it's there
when you need to use it.Here is a video showing you how it works.
One Tool That Takes the Place of Many Others.
I've tried dozens of programs that do similar things. In the old days, they were called "personal information managers".
Many of these tools are specialized, so to handle it all you might use a to-do list (or "Getting Things Done" organizer), Internet bookmark manager, screen-capture utility, document management system, and free-form database.
Evernote does all that, and virtually anything else you throw at it … yet, it doesn't cost you anything until you throw enough stuff into it to pass its generous monthly threshold. For what it is worth, I clipped over 200 items before passing the limit.
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