Silicon Valley’s vaunted technology showcase was designed to “engage people of all backgrounds.” So why is it failing miserably?

Thursday, Nov 3 is the first World Usability Day, so designated by the Usability Professionals Association. A gimmick? Maybe, but let's face it, making technology serve humans instead of vice versa is a cause that needs all the help it can get.

Simply shrinking a large frame of video to fit the display of a portable device, such as an iPod, just won’t work. They key is to shoot with your final output in mind.

"The public often thinks of artistic inspiration arriving in a sort of thunderbolt moment of creativity. The truth is, almost nothing is created out of thin air." -- from "Intersections", National Public Radio

3D mapping seems like the next step many are using computer generated models for, but the output is usually a 2D graphic on-screen or hardcopy. What I believe the mapping and GIS world needs is to get out of 2D altogether and start putting maps in front of them in the real world. Enter: Outdoor Augmented Reality. The link from this weblog is the best implementation I've seen of similar concepts.

The moral of "Monsters, Inc." is that laughter is more powerful than fear.

It'll be an uphill climb for widespread deployment of Bluetooth after the demo flop at CeBIT last week, and now the most popular operating system is turning it's back on the technology.