CUTE MEMORY

The world of kitchen carts

2012-01-08T11:59:00.002Z

Cute Memory eat, sleep, and drink the internet. Our parents, as is usual, are not so savvy about purchasing goods online. So, it was fantastic that I could help mum access the internet when faced with the ultimate challenge of buying kitchen carts. So, what actually are kitchen carts, and who actually stock them online? Mum was chuffed when her kitchen carts search led to Cymax. Fears were diminished by the way the Cymax guys processed her order with care, and the knowledge they had about t kitchen carts. Well done Cymax, yet another convert.

An introduction to b2b telemarketing

2012-01-05T16:34:00.004Z

The Cute Memory team has made tremendous strides in getting established in the United States. We have been invited several times to present our fantastic Robotics workshops. In order to spread our message we investigated using b2b telemarketing to communicate these technology events. We needed “joined up” thinking from a company based in the USA, providing “high impact” b2b telemarketing which reinforced our online presentations. Our research led us to a company called SalesFish. They really led us by the hand, explaining the inner complexities and challenges of delivering results driven our b2b telemarketing programme.

seo dallas style

2011-03-22T14:27:00.002Z

As the Cute Memory message has grown, we have looked more at how we can push our presence online. This “dark art” of search engine optimisation is something we knew a little about, and so we needed a professional approach. Through our travels in the United States we have found a seo dallas based consultancy which has dramatically helped to elevate our online impact. It is all about relationship building, the opportunity to customize solutions which meet our requirements. Using this seo dallas connection we have now have strategies which are having dramatic effects in spreading our global message.

The mystery of the 100 dogs

2011-03-15T15:05:00.001Z

We are glad to hear that the owner of the Whistler company that allegedly had 100 dogs slaughtered to cut costs after the Winter Olympics will speak for the first time. The guy concerned, Joey Houssian, has come out and given his first sit-down interview since news of the killing of up to 100 dogs caused outrage and horror across the world. It will be interesting to hear Houssian’s version of events, who maintains that his company knew nothing about both the scale and the manner of this slaughter.

Understanding your sectionals

2011-03-09T22:43:00.001Z

At long last my family have spent time looking at refurnishing our living room. The focal piece of this process is to take time to find the right sort of sofa. I have just bought a recliner just for myself, but I know want to add a sofa which is flexible enough to be designed into sectionals, and which makes a real statement as the center piece. By going the whole hog through the use of these awesome sectionals, I now have the complete flexibility to organize and tailor my new sofa to the exact shape of my room, it looks fantastic.

The pleasures of sofa recliners

2011-03-09T21:35:00.003Z

Let’s face it sometimes it just great to be lazy especially in the comfort of your home. I seem to have forgotten the art of relaxing in my living room. So, I decided to get rid of the old couch and have a look at the most modern sofa recliners. And, wow, it’s a whole new world out there. Gliders, loveseats, push backs, rockers, swivel recliners, it’s opened up a whole new world of sofa recliners. Finally decided upon a power lift recliner and I love it.

Fabulous Vancouver hotel – the Loden

2011-02-26T21:56:00.007Z

Need an unforgettable hotel experience? Then this Vancouver hotel is one which, based upon our rave reviews, we want to recommend.
Based in classy Coal Harbour, this awesome Vancouver hotel is set amidst a stunning panorama of mountains and waterways. A classy mix of modern design with strong European traditional furnishings, this ultimate Vancouver hotel is set apart by its standards of service and attention to detail.
A 24 hour fitness suite, meeting space for our business clients and its legendary distinctive restaurant makes the Loden our first choice Vancouver hotel.

great real estate riverside apartments austin

2011-02-26T09:37:00.003Z

I have just met a fantastic company based around the University of Texas campus area in Austin. We went back to visit the area on our workshop tour, and were fortunate enough to stay in the fantastic riverside apartments austin

This whole letting process was so professionally coordinated by a local company, who from day one understood perfectly what our requirements were. It was brilliant that they had our needs at heart, and by staying at the riverside apartments austin our expectations were more than surpassed.

IS THE BLACKBERRY THE NEW SMARTPHONE OF CHOICE FOR THE SAVVY TEENAGER?

2011-02-25T14:40:00.003Z

Here at the Cute Memory team, we find that the best form of market research, and to get a real handle on what is going on out there, is to actually ask the people we work with day in day out. And these are usually young people who "live" technology far more then their adult counterparts.

So,....... despite the headline grabbing attentions the IPhone has generated throughout the latter half of last year, we actually find that the smartphone our teenagers are angling after is the Android based BLACKBERRY CURVE.

Indeed, this unsuspecting trend seems to follow what was happening in the USA last year, where, generally, the Android system outsold the its Apple counterpart.

So why might be making important observation ?- despite that Apple still seems to dominate our media headlines.

Firstly, the young people think the Blackberry is a very cool looking, status giving phone, which could be put alongside it's Apple rival.

Then there is COST!!! - You can presently get a Blackberry Cure handset free on contract - and then pay only between £10.00 and £15.00 per month for a whole bucket full of minutes and texts.

Finally, - no wonder rumour has it that Apple are about t to launch their kid brother to the IPhone, to be known as the IPhone Nano - It has been suggested that this will cost only £125.00 to purchase, and will Apple's attempt to stop this Android invasion in its tracks!!!

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 100 DOGS?

2011-02-24T20:10:00.002Z

As massive dog lovers ourselves, (we have 8 pooches here), we were horrified to hear of the slaughter of the 100 dogs by the outdoors adventure company in Canada. These working sled dogs were apparently tragically killed because there was a downturn in business.

Surely, the owner of this company, Joey Houssian has to come clean after remaining silent for so long by publically explaining these events which were described as an “execution” of the 100 dogs. Only then can we get to the bottom of such a tragic incident.

NO BLACK OPS PICNIC IS COMPLETE WITHOUT ONE...!!!!

2011-01-22T17:19:00.003Z

All of our CUTE MEMORY team have children who like to regularly get together, play outdoor things, do fantastic picnics etc. Therefore, it was a real find when one of my colleagues brought along what is known as CGEAR MULTIMAT to have our picnic on. Indeed, the mat itself became the focus of our kids attention for the whole afternoon.

Why was this so?? - So, there is nothing worse, in my experience, to get dirt and sand kicked onto your freshly laid towel or blanket when you are just getting settled on the beach or campsite/picnic area.

However, this newly acquired MULTIMAT had us all truly amazed when the grains of sand on it just simply disappeared like magic. So ..... where did they go?? According to the manufacturers from Australia, the mat is made of a special type of mesh which lets sands particles etc slip through it, but then importantly doesn't let them resurface.

Originally designed for the US Military in providing safe combat helicopter landing zones in sandy deserts etc., these mats have now been adapted for beach towels, campsite use, and outdoor picnic rugs - so - no more sand to kicked onto your rug to spoil your lovely sandwiches.

Check out these couple of videos to see these brilliant CGEAR MULTIMATS in action, as well as the science behind them

ONE MAN AND HIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY TO WORK

2011-01-18T22:16:00.000Z

I take the same 26 mile car journey to our offices everyday, come rain or shine - more snow and rain just recently. So...... how could I capture those images which visually explains to the world this daily mundane, but ultimately unique journey??? - the same roads but always different messages

Therefore, I have found the LIFE LOGGING FREE APP DEEPVUE created by a guy called ALEX VALLI which lets the images I take from my car journey to tell a visual story. I already have a Flickr account, (which is great), but what DEEPVUE does is to provide GPS tracking reference to WHEN and WHERE the image was taken - In other words it provides a VISUAL INSIGHT into that 40 minute segment of my day when I am travelling/returning from work. And, the fascinating thing about using this APP - is that NO TWO WORK JOURNEY'S are ever the same!! Check it out at www.deepvue.com - it will quickly become your invisible companion for any visual journey.

LOST YOUR KEY?? NEVER MIND, JUST PRINT OFF ANOTHER ONE.

2011-01-12T22:03:00.002Z

At last we probably have 3D printer which is affordable for us to stretch our budgets in our Schools. At this weeks world famous Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, (the mecca for ALL the worlds newest gadgetry), all eyes were drawn to the beautifully basic "THING-O-MATIC" which, believe it or not, will retail for an incredible $1,225 or only £789 - give or take a pound or two!! The makers of this revolutionary product state that it is all based upon democratising the manufacturing process

Presently, most of the other 3D printers on the market are huge industrial sized machines, that cost from around $10,000 to $1 million!!!!!

So..... have a little look at the instructional/promo video below - and we would love to hear if any schools here in the UK have already got hold one of these quirkiest yet most revolutionary products around - AND HOW THEY ARE USING IT

FIND YOUR COMFORT ZONE WITH APARTMENTS WEST CAMPUS

2011-01-05T22:35:00.001Z

Have just arrived back after a fantastic tour of our favourite US universities.These annual visits are about re-kindling our old college days. Therefore, special mention must be made to the totally cool apartments west campus at the University of Texas, Austin. All our specific and quirky needs were more than satisfied through a local property management service that had the handle on the range of properties within apartments west campus. So, if you are looking to rent even buy within the campus and central area then check these apartments out.

HAVE A PIECE OF FRESH CINEMIN SLICE IN YOUR CLASSROOM FOR 2011

2011-01-03T21:32:00.002Z

Cinemin Slice is a portable pico projector that lovingly cradles and connects to your favorite multimedia devices, splashing your movies, videos, photos, games, and slides on to walls and ceilings, and caressing these enlarged images with rich stereo sound.

Look out for this fantastic Projector for your APPLE DEVICE - Great use for the classroom!! in creating effective small group learning situation. An ideal way to spread new techno;ogy across your school curriculum.

The CINEMIN SLICE is expected to sell in the UK for around £300.

The SLICE will specifically dock into your iPad, iPhone and iPod, and has AV, VGA, and HDMI ports to connect to nearly any device with video-out functionality. Viewers can enjoy their videos, photos, slides, games, and apps at an image size of up to 60″ in a dimly-lit room.

LET DATA SING IN YOUR CLASSROOM - 200 COUNTRIES, 200 YEARS, 4 MINUTES

2010-12-23T23:50:00.000Z

ENABLING YOUR STUDENTS TO APPRECIATE THE TRUE IMPACT OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY - YOUR WAY IN...!!!

2010-12-21T11:19:00.002Z

We were trying to introduce the IMPACT MOBILE PHONES had had in our world to a great class of YEAR 8 STUDENTS, (13 and 14 year olds), at one of the Schools we work closely with.

You might well find actually emphasising this MASSIVE IMPACT very difficult for these young people to truly appreciate - mainly because they have simply grown knowing nothing else than either owning or seen mobile phone technology. being used all around them. For many, of course, SMS communication is a everyday necessity..!!!!

Therefore, a great way, we have found, of initially bringing home these massive developments in such a short time frame is to introduce the subject by showing them the following great movie we found - Go ahead and have a viewing::

By the way ...........it's fantastic if you can get hold of one of the first early 1970's "BRICK LIKE" HANDHELD PHONES to show them

GETTING ALL TOUCHY-FEELY ...........WITH SKINPUT

2010-12-18T23:34:00.000Z

Wouldn't it be great to strip away completely the need for our smartphone etc., and use our most natural device, the body, as the actual touchscreen.....??

Indeed, this vision is not that far away with the development of SKINPUT, a collaboration between Chris Harrison from Carnegie Mellon University, and Microsoft Research.

Using the bodies natural muscle movements and tensions when touched SKINPUT will allow users to automatically move through menus and select different options that are projected onto different areas of your hands and arms. When combined with the newest generation of small projectors, they are able to present a very clear and truly body interactive experience - Now interaction with your your whole body will provide the only truly mobile device you will ever need.

So .......... please check out the video below:

Help Create Your Schools Vision TODAY- time to use VISION MAPPER

2010-12-16T21:51:00.002Z

Our schools seem driven by the pressure to stimulate INSPIRATIONAL long-term planning and decision making strategies to drive our organisations forward.

Where do you go, what resources can/should you use....???

A great starting point on this journey is to take a look at the web based resource called VISION MAPPER.

It provides a whole range of longer-term planning questions/strategies which then go onto present some "key" decision making which your school both as individuals, groups, and as a whole can get into and investigate. It is also great to report that this resource actually will enable your school to create concrete plans which are both REALISTIC and ACHIEVABLE

And, to top it all - this great vision creating resource is absolutely FREE and waiting to be used straight away.

Go and check t out over Christmas - just in time for the new year/termly planning - http://www.visionmapper.org.uk/

THE RETURN OF FABULOUS FLASHCARDS - WITH A POWERFUL TWIST

2010-12-09T21:58:00.003Z

We have just checked out the new O2 LEARN website - whereby students, teachers parents etc can share the best revision and teaching/learning resources through uploaded videos.

As they say we thinlk -"what goes around comes around", (or ist it the other way around), and it is great to see the return OF FLASHCARDS - but with a technological twist...!!! - These present a great personalised method for keeping your notes, testing, and a ready revision aid - try them they do work!!! - and THE FLASHCARD SOFTWARE IS A FREE DOWNLOAD

TOP TIP FOR LEADERSHIP SKILLS - GET YOUR FIRST FOLLOWER ON BOARD

2010-12-07T21:12:00.004Z

Much has been researched, written, and spoken about what make an EFFECTIVE LEADER. How many courses and training events have we all been on to truly master the art of LEADERSHIP.

Now .....just look at this great video below, and remember, that it is all about getting your FIRST FOLLOWER(S) ON BOARD - They are your true friends, and leaders. - PLEASE ENJOY.....!!!!!

ESCAPING THE EVERYDAY - VANCOUVER ATTRACTIONS

2010-12-05T21:31:00.002Z

During the summer it’s tradition, (we are ALL ex-teachers), to take a month vacation. Talking to friends it seems that vancouver attractions offer a range of thrills, spills, culture, and relaxation myself and family are desperate for. In particular, those truly famous quality retreats situated by the turquoise waters of Moraine Lake, Banff National Park provide a fantastic backdrop for fishing, rafting, and horseback riding - on my “must do” list.. Alternatively, I have been told the spectacular McKenzie Beach near Vancouver Island is a must visit, showing the diverse range of what vancouver attractions clearly offer.

THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR CAPITAL - OR CLOGGING UP OUR ARTERIES...!!!!

2010-11-29T18:59:00.001Z

They say every city has a beating heart. If the examination of London's major road arteries by designer Pedro Miguel Cruz is anything to go by, the UK capital is heading for cardiac arrest.

This July, Cruz -- based at the University of Coimbra in Portugal -- took GPS tagging data from 140 vehicles belonging to delivery company eCourier. He then mapped the speed and position of each of them over a 24-hour period to show traffic movement. Shown ABOVE is the snapshot of data monitored at 10am.

In the visualisation, each vehicle leaves a colour trail corresponding to its speed. "Green means 50kph, but most are a yellowish colour meaning the speed is less than 25kph," says Cruz. " The red areas mean the vehicles are at a standstill." The amber glow illustrates that the majority of the city centre is filled with cars travelling at little more than walking speed.

Could it help rethink traffic management? "Yes, it's a good tool to spot problematic areas," says Cruz. "But it's nothing traffic-control companies don't know already"

UTILISING TECHNOLOGY TO REINFORCE GREAT LEARNING HABITS FROM AN EARLY AGE

2010-11-25T22:35:00.001Z

The team were fascinated to hear about how drug company BAYER have created new device linking up brilliantly yet intuitively with the Nintendo DS.

Called their DIDGET DEVICE, it simply, and brilliantly, encourages children to take their necessary pin-brick blood sugar tests for diabetic children- by then linking it to any Nintendo DS. The more you do this, the more points you receive within the game playing environment of the DS.

Deliciously simple - we would love to see this time of interaction with game based technology in schools. The possibilities are surely endless... !!!! - ONCE AGAIN SIMPLE WINS..!!!

THE EVOLUTION OF MARIO - A GREAT ACTIVITY TO DO IN THE CLASSROOM

2010-11-23T19:01:00.000Z

Over the past three weeks we have been investigating with group of 10 year old children the EVOLUTION OF COMPUTER GAMING. They really find it hard to understand where gaming started, and how basic it ALL used to be

Working alongside we have just completed the EVOLUTION OF MARIO. It appears to be the very same iconic character - but is he????