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Comment on Iterating CHI Student Design Competition by Redesigning Design Competitions « UX Kuali

Redesigning Design Competitions « UX Kuali — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:57:35 +0000

[...] of fun, and I’ve paid close attention to the event as it has evolved over the years, making a few suggestions of my own on how to improve it. This essay by John Thackara critiques such competitions, making valid points [...]

Comment on Open Design by You've been Stumbled!

You've been Stumbled! — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:32:10 +0000

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Comment on 1986 by You've been Stumbled!

You've been Stumbled! — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:15:30 +0000

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Comment on Political Use of Social Media by Socially Political | CONEY MEDIA

Socially Political | CONEY MEDIA — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:54:09 +0000

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Comment on Crowdsourced Crowds by Is Crowdsourcing Here To Stay? | The Customer Collective

Is Crowdsourcing Here To Stay? | The Customer Collective — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:25:13 +0000

[...] also tested crowdsourcing for idea generation. Much like an online brainstorm. Results have been terrific. Ideas from around the globe came in and came in quickly. Many led us [...]

Comment on Crowdsourced Crowds by Is Crowdsourcing Here To Stay? | Marketing Insights, Opinions & Oddities From Chicago

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:59:09 +0000

[...] also tested crowdsourcing for idea generation. Much like an online brainstorm. Results have been terrific. Ideas from around the globe came in and came in quickly. Many led us [...]

Comment on Good TED, Bad TED by Kevin Makice

Kevin Makice — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:27:06 +0000

That was one of the lessons learned, both for marketing and sponsorship to start much earlier. I think getting sponsors should be easier in the future, but there were a lot of untapped networks, particularly in the region outside of Bloomington. TEDx Bloomington was promoted digitally pretty well, and we did get some help from local print publications. The organizer team can do better for 2012, certainly.

One rather surprising thing we all encountered was how few people were aware of TED at all. The mothership got a big brand-awareness benefit from the experience. It will skyrocket if one or more of the local speakers gets featured on the TED blog.

Comment on Good TED, Bad TED by Inna

Inna — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:49:44 +0000

I was surprised to read that you worked on this event for 13 months. I learned about TEDxBloomington in March or April by chance (from a Buskirk-Chumley newsletter) and didn’t think about all the preparation efforts until now. It sounded like a pre-packaged event coming to town. Perhaps, earlier and wider publicity for your and others efforts next year could bring more crowd (and help).

Comment on No means toddler by Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:56:57 +0000

This was laugh out loud hilarious. I read the entire thing to my husband. I can relate too – I will catch myself saying completely ridiculous things about parenting and wonder where it’s coming from.

Comment on Funding the Community Arts by Topic: explanation - MyBlogLog

Topic: explanation - MyBlogLog — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:10:55 +0000

[...] | Topics: Celebrities, Music, BreakUp, Explanation Kevin Makice posted a blog entry Funding the Community Arts The Wisdom of Play is a suite of community engagement activities taking place in May 2011. We are [...]

Comment on Redefining Apathy by Meagan

Meagan — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:46:29 +0000

I watched his talk last week and enjoyed it. I’ve been trying to be more proactive in my community/political engagement, but he’s right about how hard it can be. Especially if you don’t have hours to devote to digging for information.

Comment on 1986 by Cable News, Information and Political Discourse | The 1986 Butterfly | Forum | Taming the Butterfly

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:45:40 +0000

[...] was reading through Kevin Makice's blog post on things that happened in 1986, and i happened across the fact that Fox News launched in that [...]

Comment on The History of Science Fiction by Interweb Gems: The History Of Science Fiction Graphic | Nerd News And Reviews

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:50:53 +0000

[...] One of the kind users at Reddit has sent me a link to where this was originally posted. I saved the image from there a week or so ago and forgot to mark down where I found it. [...]

Comment on Wiimote Whiteboard compared to vendor option by alpha

alpha — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:45:38 +0000

WiildOs 1.3.2 is out,
WiildOs is an educational live and installable GNU/Linux distro build
from the Ardesia stuff and thinking for teaching purposes. It includes
the software that enable you to use a wiimote whiteboard.

WiildOs includes lubuntu-desktop, python-whiteboard, ardesia, sankore,
spotlighter, curtain, florence-ramble, wmgui, wiican, easystroke,
whyteboard, vmg, shutter, gimp, tuxpaint, tuxmath, tuxtype, dia,
scribus, audacity, stellarium, xournal, gcompris, geogebra, wxmaxima,
openoffice.org, jokosher, musescore, solfege, stellarium, dasher,
eviacam and more!

More info on http://code.google.com/p/ardesia/wiki/WiildOs

Build a wiildOs4win wubi like installer that allow to install wiildOs
inside windows without partitioning the hard disk.
http://ardesia.googlecode.com/svn/wiki/wiildOs/wiildOs4win.exe

Changelog
- new kernel 2.6.35; this add the support to some new devices including
the toshiba bluettoth
- thunderbird in now the default mailer instead of sylpheed
- firefox is the default browser instead of chromium
- removed xscreensaver for performance issue
- remove all the gnome office suite; we use openoffice suite
- fix the wiican program; now you can you use the wiimote as controller
usinf the infrared camera or the accelerometers in a visual user
friendly way

Comment on A brief history of microblogging by Let’s Rename Micro-blogging to Chatting | trainingwreck

Let’s Rename Micro-blogging to Chatting | trainingwreck — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:36:43 +0000

[...] I’m not here to rehash the history of micro-blogging and how it came to be; please leave that to the excellent work of BlogSchmog. [...]

Comment on The Limited threat of Twishing by my account access

my account access — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:18:32 +0000

[...] I can't get into my …http://yankee-lifeinthewoods.blogspot.com/2008/11/blogger-probs.html The Limited threat of Twishing Wednesday’s excitement on Twitscoop notwithstanding, I’m not discouraged from using third-party [...]

Comment on The History of Science Fiction by Interweb Gems: The History Of Science Fiction Graphic : pics

Interweb Gems: The History Of Science Fiction Graphic : pics — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:04:23 +0000

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Comment on A Billion Served by Meet the Twitter API - O'Reilly Answers

Meet the Twitter API - O'Reilly Answers — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:32:17 +0000

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Comment on Droplist by Kevin Makice

Kevin Makice — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:34:05 +0000

Congrats, Drew.

I’m excited to get Amy onto this app, and others that use Dropbox for a platform. I think this can prove to be a great innovation to our day-to-day workflow.

Comment on Droplist by Andrew McKinney

Andrew McKinney — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:42:09 +0000

Great article!

As an addendum to this, putting the user’s need to update a list quickly first has paid off financially. Since it’s release yesterday I’ve already received dozens of emails praising the app, as well as features updates Desiderata ftw!

Comment on 1986 by Jeffrey Poehlmann

Jeffrey Poehlmann — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 03:49:09 +0000

Thanks for the trip down memory lane there, Mr. It was quite a year — I often forget how many of those events happened so closely together.

Comment on 1986 by Max

Max — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:58:42 +0000

I was having dinner last night with my family in Cloverdale and at some point someone said, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” It struck me as rather profound and then today you’ve done a great job of proving it.

Comment on A Brief Cartoon History of Social Networking by PeopleBrowsr

PeopleBrowsr — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:31:06 +0000

Thank you very much for including our timeline on your blog. We are very excited about how it turned out. Have you seen our blog? http://blog.peoplebrowsr.com/blog/?p=780

Comment on O Meg G! by Meg Ryan news in Bloomington, IN | Outside.in local topics

Meg Ryan news in Bloomington, IN | Outside.in local topics — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:36:23 +0000

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Daily Urban Legend (Media Blitz) — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:29:17 +0000

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