by Tom | Jun 21, 2011 | Business, Science, Tech
Feedback Loops Are Changing What People Do is a remarkably dull title for an interesting article. It confirms that we can repeatably create 10% changes in behaviour using noticeable but unobtrusive prompts to induce feedback loops. Think of the “your...
by Tom | Jun 10, 2011 | Business, Tech
The Story of W&L carefully distinguishes the middle classes which can afford the internet and its related gadgets (smartphones, tablets) and the working classes which can afford a phone and paid applications for it. Very useful to bear in mind in many Asian and...
by Tom | Jun 9, 2011 | Business, Tech
Innovation Extravaganza. Lots of good stuff from trendwatching.com as always. My take outs: Isn’t it brilliant how many new products and services there are coming on to the market. They are mostly going to fail, of course, but great to see so many people try...
by Tom | May 25, 2011 | Personal, Tech
xkcd: Extended Mind is spot on. I was called Wikipedia boy on a big group holiday in Scotland in 2004 or before. Such a shame that all my favourite gadgets have gone to the wolves (thinking of Psion and Palm specifically). Individual augmentation rocks.
by Tom | May 20, 2011 | Tech
World’s Smallest 3-D Printer Unveiled. Great news: 0.05mm layer depth in a box the size of a milk carton (whatever size that is!).
by Tom | May 13, 2011 | Tech
I needed to turn my HTC Desire into a development machine, as I’ve come far too close to bricking it several times since I’ve been developing apps in HK. This meant that I needed another phone, and luckily the SGS2 was just being released. First...
