tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76800732009-11-07T18:08:46.603+01:00abigidea?mobile + web, and my window on the dots around mejameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867329328400374656noreply@blogger.comBlogger377125Abigideahttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680073.post-74292325780968246552009-11-07T18:03:00.000+01:002009-11-07T18:04:00.863+01:002009-11-07T18:04:00.863+01:00Day in the Life - 360<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NpLsAvSUV94&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NpLsAvSUV94&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7680073-7429232578096824655?l=abigidea.blogspot.com'/></div><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Abigidea/~4/c4kJ1jafOfw" height="1" width="1"/>jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867329328400374656noreply@blogger.com0http://abigidea.blogspot.com/2009/08/amazing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680073.post-61176927935208587772009-06-16T22:49:00.001+02:002009-06-16T22:51:25.087+02:002009-06-16T22:51:25.087+02:00<span style="font-size:180%;">"In Iran, a country where <span style="font-weight: bold;">70 percent of the population is under 30 years old</span>, text messaging is a norm. Blogging is in vogue. According to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MChlT0GvFPM">an online video</a> called "Iran: A Nation of Bloggers," created by students at Vancouver Film School last year, Iran is the third largest country of bloggers. <span style="font-size:100%;">(For more on the Arabic and Persian blogosphere, check out <a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/5426">these studies</a> from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.)</span>"</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7680073-6117692793520858777?l=abigidea.blogspot.com'/></div><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Abigidea/~4/3aU88w1pTlY" height="1" width="1"/>jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15867329328400374656noreply@blogger.com0http://abigidea.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-voda-are-up-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680073.post-1263523233125882362009-04-30T00:57:00.002+02:002009-04-30T01:05:13.040+02:002009-04-30T01:05:13.040+02:00Tweet-a-Watt<blockquote><a href="http://www.ladyada.net/bio/index.html" title="window" target="_blank">Limor Fried</a>, MIT graduate and founder of <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/" title="window" target="_blank">Adafruit Industries</a>, has successfully combined personal fabrication, social messaging, and green electronics to create a device that monitors and publically reports energy consumption of appliances and electronics.<br />In his 2005 book “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/FAB-Revolution-Desktop-Computers-Fabrication/dp/0465027458" title="window" target="_blank">FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop - From Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication</a>” Neil Gershenfeld describes the future of engineering design as moving away from mass production to personal fabrication. According to Gershenfeld, driven by the desire for personalized products, people will begin modifying technology by adapting commercial products for unique personal applications.<br />A look at the <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/" title="window" target="_blank">Adafruit Industries</a> Web site suggests the first wave of Gershenfeld’s personal fabrication future is already here.<br />Aren't all big ideas a byproduct of personal fabrication?<br /><a href="http://www.designnews.com/blog/I_Have_The_Power_/12629-Tweet_a_Watt_Successfully_Combines_Personal_Fabrication_Social_Messaging_and_Green_Electronics.php"><span style="font-size:78%;">via DesignNews</span></a><br /></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7680073-126352323312588236?l=abigidea.blogspot.com'/></div><div class="feedflare">
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