Category: design
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The Value of Good Design
I had an opportunity to put together several pieces of office equipment from IKEA today, including a small bookshelf. Having put together several fairly complex swing sets as well as desks in the past, I’m a big fan of simple designs. I love how the creators of this bookshelf didn’t make things needlessly complex with…
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Beautiful Transmediation Example: How To Be Alone
“How To Be Alone” is a beautiful example of transmediation by filmmaker Andrea Dorfman and poet/singer/songwriter, Tanya Davis. The words in this video are compelling and poetic in their own right. Combined with artistically planned videography and overlaid with drawings as well as animations, the final work represents a combination of expressive media types which…
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Amazing iPad Digital Drawings at the Creativity World Forum #cwf2010
Today at the Creativity World Forum in Oklahoma City on 17 November 2010, an artist demonstrated what he has drawn using the iPad application Brushes this week at the conference. This was amazing! (I didn’t catch his name, so if you know please comment here or tweet it to me.) This six minute video unfortunately…
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Legos, Creativity, and the Oklahoma City Lego Store
Today at the Creativity World Forum on 17 Nov 2010 in Oklahoma City, I had an opportunity to interview James Gibson at the Lego Store booth. James works at the Oklahoma City Lego Store, and he discussed why Legos are great for encouraging creativity, some things that are special about our Oklahoma City Lego store,…
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Are We Ready to Innovate? Closing Creativity World Forum Session #cwf2010
These are my notes from the closing convergence session at the Creativity World Forum on 17 Nov 2010, “Are We Ready to Innovate?” My thoughts are in ALL CAPS. On the panel: David Lopez, Amena Brown, Itamar Kubovy, Bart Conner, Andrew Essex, Randy Atkins, Ken Fergeson Randy: What are the grand challenges and how do…
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Opening Ceremony at the 2010 Creativity World Forum #cwf2010
The opening ceremony today at the Creativity World Forum in Oklahoma City was spectacular. I took several videos with my iPhone of different parts of the presentation, which was shared by members of the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma. The Chickasaws are one of 39 different tribes in Oklahoma, which are each considered sovereign tribes. Before…
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Touring Australia at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo
Last month I had an opportunity to visit Shanghai, China for the Learning 2.010 conference. I was able to stay a couple of extra days and attend the 2010 World Expo, and over those days spent 16 hours visiting the “pavilions” of ten different countries and the United Nations. I’ve wanted to share some photos,…
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Podcast356: Discussing EV (Electric Vehicle) Technology and Plugin Hybrids with Nathan Parrow of Oklahoma Robotics LLC
This podcast is a recording of an interview with Nathan Parrow of Oklahoma Robotics LLC, discussing EV (electric vehicle) technology and plugin hybrids. According to their website: Oklahoma Robotics LLC is a group of design engineers ready to take on your custom project. They have worked in various fields including electronics, programing, audio/video, computer, renewable…
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Podcast340: On board the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus in Yukon, Oklahoma (interview with Ryan L’Esperance)
On Wednesday, February 17, 2010, the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus visited Yukon Public Schools in Oklahoma. This podcast features a seven minute interview with Ryan L’Esperance, an audio engineer who works and lives on the tour bus ten months of the year. According to the official website of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus:…
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New WordPress design thanks to Lightword
I’ve been dissatisfied with my WordPress blog theme for many months, but the time and potential headaches involved in making a change to this design have held me back from trying something new. This evening, because I needed to install the Contact Form 7 plug-in to use on a new “Speaking” page I created, I…