What is magical? Etienne Mineur, the inventor of cool

This week Disney launched Appmates, a line of toys that interact with an iPad, demonstrated here by Disney Mobile Chief Bart Decrem interviewed by VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi

VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi interviews Disney Mobile chief Bart Decrem about Appmates

How does it work?

Here Robert Scoble interviews the inventor, Etienne Mineur, who shows how it works. This video was made at the LIFT conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 3 of this year.

Magical indeed. 

 

Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Google Plus API Deep Dive for Developers with Chris Chabot

Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

John Rauser: What is a Career in Big Data?

John Rauser (Amazon), "What is a Career in Big Data?"

We are exposed to more and more data every day and the ability to make sense of it is crucial to our personal and professinal lives. In this talk, part of Strata New York 2011, John Rauser, Principal Engineer at Amazon.com, talks about the history of Data Science and how one develops a career in the field. Most importantly he discusses the challenges of extracting value from large quantities of data. 

(via +Tim Carmody)

Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Joi Ito, Director at MIT Media Lab, Discusses The Changing Meaning Of Leadership With Errol Morris

http://www.ibm.com/ibm100/us/en/forum/?cmp=usbrb&cm=b&csr=agus_brspthinkforum-20110916&cr=video29&ct=usbrb301&cn=thinkforumvids At IBM's THINK Forum in New York City, Errol Morris interviews Joi Ito, Director at MIT Media Lab, on how leadership is being redefined. Ito discusses the influence of the open source movement on deconstructing the hierarchies of traditional leadership.

http://www.ibm.com/ibm100/us/en/forum/?cmp=usbrb&cm=b&csr=agus_brspthinkforum-20110916&cr=video28&ct=usbrb301&cn=thinkforumvids At IBM's THINK Forum in New York City, Errol Morris interviews Joi Ito, Director at MIT Media Lab, on why the best leaders often don't intend to be leaders and come from the bottom up.

At IBM's THINK Forum in New York City, Errol Morris interviews Joi Ito, Director at MIT Media Lab, on how leadership is being redefined. Ito discusses the influence of the open source movement on deconstructing the hierarchies of traditional leadership.

Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Osaka Station City Dynamic Water Sculpture

大阪駅の「水時計」が凄いぞ」 http://gorimon.com/blog/log/eid1414.html [間近から] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zew4pkUBkGI

A cool way to end the week. I want a small version of this for my desk.

(via Think Geek)

 

 

Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.