With tools like a laser cutter, 3-D printers, soldering stations, and a large woodworking shop, one of its members described it as a YMCA for geeks.
Very insightful & entertaining talk by @hmason + my biggest take-away (be curious & fail a lot)
pairs seven leading artists with seven game-changing technologists in teams of two, and challenges them to develop something new—be it an application, social media, artwork, product, or whatever they imagine—over the course of a single day.
an outdoor projection event in April, an opening event the beginning of May at the Orlando Museum of Art and a four-day run of exhibits, seminars and lectures in mid-May.
This will be third year for Snap! in Orlando and the theme will be “Urban Wild.”
I grew up loving learning and hating school. We have limited our imaginations so much, and our education system has limited how we develop imaginative and innovative thinking. It’s not a matter of making education game-like. The term “edutainment” is like “dinner theater” – while I love dinner, and I love theater, put them together and it’s not really a great dinner and it’s not great theater either. You should be able to combine the two to make it more than the sum of the parts.
I checked out Ryan Price who spoke to me about Open Innovation. Netflix offered a one million dollar prize to anyone who could improve the types of movie suggestions offered by 10%. Coders from around the world collaborated to solve the problem. In the end Netflix got more than it bargained for. The results were raised by more than 10%. Ryan is helping organize a Drupal Camp where participants hack for a cause. Hack is another way of saying modifying code. Not all hacking is evil.
Cuppow, a plastic to-go lid designed specifically for mason jars, turning them into portable travel mugs. While the two are very talented (and might I add, funny) guys, their skillset had limitations. Instead of outsourcing their operations though, all Panone had to do was swivel his chair.
Florida is ranked No. 3 on a list of the 10 best states for film incentives and rebates, according to entertainment industry group P3.
The Sunshine State was touted as a great place to do production work thanks in large part to the availability of its $242 million in transferable tax credits over five years, its family-friendly locations and off-season perks.
