Posts made in October, 2009

Wouldn’t you like to see this sort of thinking applied to social policy? (from the same people as the piano subway steps)

Almost every piece of TV, movie, news or documentary footage you see has been edited to try and make a particular point. This video illustrates quite convincingly the power of editing and why you should hesitate to form judgements unless you’re watching live unedited footage.

Man I hate it when they confiscate water at the airport – it’s so arbitrary and random. Winds me up every time. Especially when I forget and I have to throw it away, so I buy a bottle on the other side – and it’s identical! Grr – angry just thinking about it.

Which is why I love this cartoon! :-)

This is well worth a watch, stick with it for the “demo” at the end – it’s a reinvention of windows-based desktops using up to ten fingers as distinct control points instead of one mouse pointer. Unfortunately it’s only a concept – but technically very possible.