C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: Is Your Child an Innovator?
Welcome to the Innovation Age. Today’s world will reward the most innovative young people. World leaders, business executives, educators, and policy makers have joined in the global debate on how we create the next generation of innovators. Even parents are asking themselves the question: “Is my child an Innovator?” How do you train an innovator? [...]
High Proportion of Display Ads Not Seen by Intended Audience
Key findings from AdSafe’s 2011 Semiannual Review: The amount of time an ad is in view is a key measure of user engagement. Adsafe finds nearly 40% of all display ads — above and below-the fold — were either not in-view at all to their intended user or in-view for less than half a second, the standard [...]
MediaPost Publications Size Matters When It Comes To Tablets 03/19/2012
New research from NPD In-Stat suggests that different tablet sizes have an impact on how people use the devices. Those in the 3.5-inch to 7-inch range, for instance, including personal media players, are best suited to everyday activities like commuting, exercising and other on-the-go uses. Tablets in the 9.7-inch to less than 11-inch category are [...]
Ten Inventions Inspired by Science Fiction | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine
via smithsonianmag.com
63 Years Flying, From Glamour to Days of Gray
via nytimes.com our perceptions of class and experience in the age of flight, from class transit technology to mass transit technology, reflected from a steward, now a flight attendant. there is so much of technology and culture in this piece. it is lovely.
The myth of the overnight success – Chris Dixon
Angry Birds was Rovio’s 52nd game. They spent eight years and almost went bankrupt before finally creating their massive hit. Pinterest is one of the fastest growing websites in history, but struggled for a long time. Pinterest’s CEO recently said that they had “catastrophically small numbers” in their first year after launch, and that if he [...]
Jumping Inside The Art of Video Games | WAMU 88.5 – American University Radio
Pac-Man. Super Mario Brothers. Myst. These video games are among five you can actually play, on super-sized screens, in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s new exhibit, “The Art of Video Games.” “These games were selected because they did something unique within their era, or they changed the way developers worked, or the types of games [...]
Why new programming languages succeed — or fail | Application Development – InfoWorld
There are so many programming languages available today that it’s almost impossible to keep track of them all. You’ve never heard of most of them. But why not? Why do some languages gain mainstream recognition while others don’t? I became interested in this question after reading a blog post by Cristina Videira Lopes, who asks [...]