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Visual Dimensions

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 06:11 -- rprice

This monthly vodcast series gives you an opportunity to participate in an open conversation with industry experts about the latest strategies and tools for developing visualizations and interactive experiences! Our first vodcast, on February 20th, will be co-hosted by NASA’s visualization expert, Robert Simmon who will discuss best practices for creating visualizations for NASA’s Earth Observatory. From use of color, to image choice, to use of symbols in mapping, Rob will take us through his tried and tested process for visually communicating data about our world.

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This Week, Exploring The Sharing Economy : All Tech Considered : NPR

Thu, 11/14/2013 - 06:18 -- rprice

The sharing economy can encompass a lot. There's tool sharing — whether that's bike-sharing, car-sharing or actual sharing-sharing. It also includes a subset called the peer economy, which describes peer-to-peer platforms in which people sell things to one another. There's also a subset called the "gift economy," which is stuff like couch-surfing through platforms like Airbnb. Speaking of which, the Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia described this movement this way, : "Social media is about sharing online. We've extended that behavior into the offline world.

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MAKE | Make: Ultimate Kit Guide 2012: "Kits and Revolution" Podcast

Wed, 07/18/2012 - 21:05 -- rprice

The Ultimate Kit Guide also includes an essay by MIT research fellow Michael Schrage on how kits drive technological innovation — and have since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Here’s Michael reading an excerpt from this revolution-minded essay, for your podcast-listening enjoyment. And, of course, if you’re looking for gift ideas this holiday season, kits are a great alternative that offers engagement, skill-building, and pride instead of passive consumerism.

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Human Library comes to Orlando - News - Central Florida Future - University of Central Florida

Sat, 03/03/2012 - 07:19 -- rprice

an opportunity for members of the Orlando community to connect with one another through personal stories, conversation, and open dialogue.

Darren McDaniel, founding director of Urban ReThink, came up with the idea to bring the Human Library to Orlando after coming across the organization on the web.

"The timing just seemed right with ArtsFest coming up, so I asked Tisse to put it together," McDaniel said.

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The Worm Hole

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 05:28 -- rprice

Using Hypertranscripts we can:

Navigate through the media via the text.

Select and play parts of the media by highlighting the relevant parts of the text.

Share parts of the media creating URLs that contain start and end points.

Make our media more discoverable (via search engines)

Make our media more accessible.

More easily visualize the media.

Combine, embed and easily integrate media (using simple tools)

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Listen - Is Raspberry Pi a low-cost computer breakthrough? | New Hampshire Public Radio

Mon, 02/27/2012 - 07:27 -- rprice

As zealous consumers know, the sleek look and user-friendly feel of Apple’s high-end gadgets are big part of their sticker price. One man is rethinking form and function with a tiny, inexpensive, bare-bones computer called the Raspberry Pi …which he hopes will bring the power of programming to even the poorest corners of the globe. Eben Upton is the creator of the miniature machine – he’s also founder of the Raspberry Pi foundation.

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