Image by vividBreeze My friend Mark Pesce writes in one of his latest missives titled “Crowdsource Yourself” : “…it is possible for us to pool our intellectual resources, and increase our problem-solving capacity.” Exactly what Lifekludger is about. Crowd-sourced Adaptive Technology. [CAT]
Category Archives: Thoughts
Tactile silicone case could offer iPhone use by the blind
ReadWriteWeb have an interesting post which points out a prototype case for the Apple iPhone called invisual – which is a tactile silicon case designed for blind users. The case completely covers the phone and supposedly allows full access to the multi-touch screen beneath it. Relief symbols in the case offer tactile feedback to beContinueContinue reading “Tactile silicone case could offer iPhone use by the blind”
Enabling Occupation
EOGS2-2008.JPG Originally uploaded by dnwallace I do some occassional lecturing at the University of South Australia in the School of Health Sciences, Occupational Therapy. The subject is called “Enabling Occupation”, occupation in this sense being ‘undertaking an activity’ – or as I like to call it ‘doing stuff’. I focus on how different technologies andContinueContinue reading “Enabling Occupation”
A Giant Zero kinda experience
“The Net is a giant zero. It puts everybody zero distance from everybody and everything else.” — Doc Searls I think it’s a Giant Zero kinda experience on the Live Web when this happens : Oct 16 : Mike and I record our Extraordinary Everyday Lives Podcast, #055 – guest, Michael Specht. Oct 17 :ContinueContinue reading “A Giant Zero kinda experience”
Roy’s Because Effect
UPDATE: Roy was interviewed on the show about Visual Facilitation – see the youtube video here. My mate Roy Blumenthal from South Africa, who is the man behind my portrait on my lifekludger blog, has scored himself a gig as a weekly co-anchor of CNBC AFRICA’s business magazine show, ‘Kaleidoscope’ where he employs his visualContinueContinue reading “Roy’s Because Effect”
Burma Shave
I read the xkcd comic strip, I receive it through my rss reader, ever sinceI think my friend JP wrote something about it. Now, I’ll admit that sometimes I just don’t get it. Sometimes I think it’s because I’m too dumb, too old, or too tired. Often it’s none of those but more a factorContinueContinue reading “Burma Shave”
Mouse Control with voice sounds
Researchers from the University of Washington are developing a mouse that’s controlled using sounds made with your voice. [wp_youtube]PXmccs4GIqI[/wp_youtube] I have nothing to add.
LISTEN
Something about this postcard image appearing in Postsecret the other day just got me. I read hundreds of them, dunno why I feel to post this one here. Dave
Incandescent Blue in October – Between a laugh and a Tear
October is Anxiety and Depression Awareness Month. October 10 is World Mental Health Day. Expect to see lots of Blue. A lot of my Twitter friends are already turning blue and are doing various things, calling it Blueday2008 and using the hashtag. I’m never one for jumping on bandwagons for the sake of it. LikeContinueContinue reading “Incandescent Blue in October – Between a laugh and a Tear”
iPhone app to monitor your Heart
Interesting app detailed in this video that monitors your heart rate with nothing more than your iPhone and an app. Now, imagine combining this with an sms alert function to notify a chosen number of a care provider. Gets interesting. Now that’s consumer convergence with utility. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1791560&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 iPhone App – Heart Monitor from John BallingerContinueContinue reading “iPhone app to monitor your Heart”
hyperconnected thru @mpesce
hyperconnected thru @mpesce Originally uploaded by dnwallace Mark Pesce did the keynote at Web Directions South, I wasn’t there, but my eyes were… Watch This : http://www.viddler.com/explore/mpesce/videos/18/ Read That : http://blog.futurestreetconsulting.com/?p=76 Be The other. Enough Said. Dave
NuTouch iPod case – ‘touch through’
Thought : If this iPhone plastic case allows touch to go ‘through’ it, I wonder if it could help with my ‘touch barrier’ – if it has some special properties. From the Fommy site: Introducing the NuTouch Case, a breakthrough product offering full navigational control of your iphone’s touch screen through a crystal hard case!ContinueContinue reading “NuTouch iPod case – ‘touch through’”
Social tools shape culture
“social tools are specifically different from other tools we use to interact in that they shape culture”Stowe Boyd
Social ‘co-presence’
Why visualize RL data in SL? “…a 3-D virtual environment allows us to more naturally experience and visualize this information in real-time with others and also appreciate their presence around us. Virtual worlds are such an appealing concept to users primarily because of the social ‘co-presence’ of others in these worlds in a very realisticContinueContinue reading “Social ‘co-presence’”
Voice still the final frontier for input.
When I caught the news about BT buying Ribbit I took notice. Why? Because. Because I know JP enough (podcast) to know it’s got significance for the future. Because I know the power of voice as the primary means of communication to build relationship. Because I believe culture creates the technology it needs to fulfillContinueContinue reading “Voice still the final frontier for input.”
Self-organised networks and collective productivity
Stowe Boyd has (as usual) more great expressions on network/collective productivity : … the underlying premises of our educational system, which is to produce good little individual economic cogs. Meanwhile, the kids are turning themselves into self-organized networks where collective productivity is the central aim. … … Meanwhile, the kids are reshaping their cognition toContinueContinue reading “Self-organised networks and collective productivity”
Shirky says Lifekludger needs a clear, shared goal – what says you?
Listened/watched a couple videos of Shirky’s on group forming. Here’s my notes on them. More discussion via my podcast with Mike over here. Shirky on group forming Ted – http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration.html Berkman centre – via youtube – http://www.youtube.com/v/A_0FgRKsqqU&hl=en&fs=1 Sharing Conversation Collaboration Collective action Sharing – old way before group forming was easy was gather->share; new share->gatherContinueContinue reading “Shirky says Lifekludger needs a clear, shared goal – what says you?”
Post Industrial Context Shifting and Network Productivity
Back in 2005 after thinking about “Attention, Recognition & Context” I wrote in 2006 that I was “hung up on the concept of context” and a bit later “On context and openness” Which lead to the thinking about how I do what I do at Lifekludger, documented in the “Contexts and Clues” section of theContinueContinue reading “Post Industrial Context Shifting and Network Productivity”
Openness is great – so says Summize
Openness thoughts grab from Supernova
Here’s some interesting grabs from Twitter during the following discussion at Supernova on Openness I caught this morning. Kick-Off Discussion: The Value of Openness JP Rangaswami (BT) Elliot Maxwell (Consultant) From: @wseltzer on Wednesday, June 18th at 00:17:54 [link] To: @rafik Supernova is http://www.supernova2008.com/ — good discussions of openness and innovation From: @sarahdopp on Tuesday,ContinueContinue reading “Openness thoughts grab from Supernova”
Clay Shirky on why Lifekludger hasn’t taken off
In the first 2 minutes of this interview from Supernova, Clay touches on the reason why Lifekludger as a collaborative eco system for good hasn’t yet got traction. So far most of the action on the net has been to organise group activity around STOP actions (eg: protests) not START actions (positive change building). [moreContinueContinue reading “Clay Shirky on why Lifekludger hasn’t taken off”
The Wall by Pink Floyd – last Second Life Performance
Last month I wrote about seeing the performance of The Wall in Second Life. This is advance notice I got about the last performance coming up. It’s awesome and worth getting up early if you need to to experience it. Saturday 31st May 2pm SL time http://slurl.com/secondlife/Havens%20Beach/224/25/701 Technorati Tags: pinkfloyd, secondlife
Lifekludger vision from outside
The other day my vanity feeds came up with another connection – this time in the shape of a photo on flickr that references Lifekludger being used in a blog post. The post was by Mike Poole who’d used a photo of a drawing Roy Blumenthal had started for me when designing a logo forContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger vision from outside”
ConnectingUp – Get ConnectED: Weaving A New Social Web for People with Disabilities.
The following is fro the Blog of Beth Kanter, a friend who’s up in Brisbane at the ConnectingUp Conference for Non-profits. Big thanks to Beth. I am posting her notes on this breakout session as it highlights some of the key Benefits and Barriers for people living with disability participating in the digital space -ContinueContinue reading “ConnectingUp – Get ConnectED: Weaving A New Social Web for People with Disabilities.”
Connection, participation and real innovation to solve big problems
I’ve had a hard time getting motivation to get stuff out on Lifekludger of late. I seem to have an unplugged energy drain somewhere. However recently the following produced a spark in the Lifekludger engine room….not sure there’s fuel to make it combust, but it’s more than I’ve experienced recently so I’m sharing it. IContinueContinue reading “Connection, participation and real innovation to solve big problems”
