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Zygote - the interactive ball

NUday-ZYGOTE from todo.to.it on Vimeo.

 
Another focus on simple things that keep touching people. Well, this one is actually being "touched" by people. Or... how to energize and entertain a crowd, for example on a live concert, when waiting between two artists. Simply fabulous! This product is developed by Tangible Interaction Design.

Concept via TODO interaction & media design an Italian innovative company to follow. More on them coming soon in a next post. Okay... this thing is really too mindblobbing, I just can't resist sharing with you another Zygote film. People really seem to have punch a lot of fun out of it! Don't you feel like being in the crow, just under that ball now? : )

 

Zygote - interactive ball from todo.to.it on Vimeo.

 
   

PS : For those of you who remember the early seventies series (yup!), this is a FRIENDLY bubble, repeat... this is a FRIENDLY bubble. It won't try to stop you escape or swallow you!  ; )
  

The Belgian 3Gs... "Geee Geee Geee!"

Who could ignore it? The iPhone 3G is about to spread the world. Wired just pointed what could seem to be a little detail when seen from a global point of view. Nevertheless... it's not for Belgians who might want to buy an iPhone.

"BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Belgians finally get the chance to buy one of Apple Inc.'s coveted iPhones on Friday - at the highest prices in the world."

Check for the latest developments here, on "Belgium iPhone", a fantastic blog that popped out after the launch of the iPhone V1 with loads of precious information linked to the (ghost) Belgian market. In the meantime, I'd rather listen to that tune from The 3Gs... and agree that:  "... Belgian Cowboys... will find a way!"  ; )

 

 

Here comes 2008 !

   

After a turbo-charged end of the year (sorry for long blog silence!), with no time left to keep up with the blogosphere, pleased to say we're back! Back with our very BEST WISHES to you all for this new year. So... "May all your dreams come true!".

 

Let's welcome 2008!

 

PS : Picture from phodto found on Flickr. I'm always fascinated by people able to capture fragments of time with such great talent.

   

100 reasons to blog

Originally uploaded by jackhynes

Let's face it... I'm a slow blogger, but a happy blogger. It's been a bit more than a year I started to blog and I just reach now my 100th post. Thinking back to the very first post... Now, there are indeed so many reasons to be convinced that this adventure was a good idea. You don't have a blog and hesitate to open one? Here is the secret : just do it, you won't regret it. Why?

Well, let's keep it simple :

 

1 - Listen to other people, read their blogs, learn...
0 - Share ideas, opinions, links, connect...
0 - Meet people, make friends and discover the "MAGIC".

 

If you still hesitate to open a blog... just do it and I promise you magic. Just be who(ever) you are and open yourself to share with others. Then, one day you'll be posting your 100th post, happy to be "there" and with the simple (nevertheless intense) will to say THANK YOU to all your readers, contributors and friends who are "there" with you.

   

The sky is... NOT the limit !

   

For those of you who really thought I was kidnapped by Aliens when I was out of blogging for  while, here is the story. As a matter of fact, I was the one trying to make contact with them. And guess what... I found them. This is quite a long story. So I made a little pdf file to summarize and share this extra-ordinary encounter with you. All I can tell you is that although they may seem scary, Aliens are very nice beings. Hopefully they were open minded, and so really appreciated the Age of Conversation. Actually, with their help now, we may even reach Gavin Heaton's secret dream... and make the incredible come true (right Drew?).

 

Well, I'm afraid the sky is NOT the limit anymore... so if you have not bought a copy yet, here is another reason for you to do it : it'll help you engage conversation with Aliens (how about that?) and help a good cause. Talking about Aliens, did you know that they eat tangerine (I mean, just like "us"), dream about Big Macs (they do, they do), and use Twitter  (yeah, without any device, actually) to communicate? But please... know that they are not waiting for planes anymore... they use flying saucers, I mean... tractors (woops! Call me "lunatic").

 

PS : This picture  is not a Photoshop job... my Alien friend holds a printed copy of the AoC, because at that time I had not yet received a hardback book.  : )

PPS : Huge thanks to Gareth the Alien, without his passion and trust telling you this story would have never been possible. If you ever are looking for an Alien... I do recommend calling him -and unfortunately I can't show you the film we made out of this as it is not "on air" yet-

 

Holiday B-Break

 

Little holiday break... away from the "B" for "Blogging". Time for the precious family moments. Time to watch the wind blow and the waves clean the beach. Time for the mind to rest. Thanks for being here now and here again when I'll be back end of August.

 

 

PS : Sign says : No Blogging while swimming, right?  ; )

 

The AOC's impact on REALITY

   

One of the reasons that lead me to blogging, is my will to study the journey of ideas from brains to reality. I think the making of the Age of Conversation ebook is indeed a first in its own genre and so is worth a post documenting what happens to be a quite interesting and unique process. I tried to make a visual to illustrate the passage(s) between the world of ideas (imagination, virtual) and reality.

Let’s use the metaphor of a simple drop of water to symbolize the original idea Drew McLellan and Gavin Heaton raised together. Now, the first transformation (the proposition) is important and grew through a limited network of connections. Thinking about it rationally we may say the initial situation is : “2 bloggers, each one of them with a small network  -small, as compared to the wider net- of blog readers, who see them as authentic and respectful bloggers.

   

   

The idea is embraced, followed and lifted up by that small network, making them all instantly what one could call a community. That community shares something in common around the original idea and its projection into reality. Why? Because it is impossible not to (did you ever think about that?). Rationally again : it is a WIN-WIN-WIN situation (...and we could eventually find even more Wins). Who wins? Everyone does!

- W1 : a good cause gets the benefits
- W2 : authors helping W1 and being part of the project
- W3 : readers contributing to W1 and getting great content.

Book is then “published” and gets a first opportunity to reach reality. Two keys are not dissociable and make the book’s positionning special :

- A good intention with VALUABLE CONTENT.
- Immediate, REAL BENEFITS to charity.

After writing their chapter, the 100 authors use their own small networks of blog readers to spread the news about the book. Networks of networks embrace the idea and it spreads the internet, lifting the impact on reality up at the same time. Book spreads the net, spreads its content, and the benefits to Variety the Children’s Charity grow at the same time. The original small drop of idea-water is now a huge wave of positive emulation.

Now... I don’t think this is a one-shot example. Even if Gavin and Drew (once again: thank you for launching this guys) confessed that they never imagined the size this “drop of water” would take, I believe this process is now serious FOOD FOR THOUGHTS. I think more projects could help bring more good values into reality, giving people the opportunity to do good for other people who need it. If the first step of the Age of Conversation is "linking us all around good values"... the second step might be finding paths for positive ideas to reach reality and generate good "REAL" POSITIVE ACTIONS.

Dream? Utopia? ... or reality?
What's your take on this?

   

PS: And by the way, if you read this and have not bought a copy of the book yet... just do it! You won’t regret it.  : )

   

Yume no Chikara

I just felt like quick-posting a few "words in a row" today, as I'm creating a new category (mindblobbing), suggested by my friend Kris Hoet (thanks Kris!), who, by the way just published a post (BSP!) linked to my thoughts of the day.

 

- Age of Conversation
- Communicate
- Authenticity
- Share...

- Shake
- Dare
- LINK
- Boost...

- Change
- Evolution
- Revolution
- One small step.
- One giant wave.

- Next step : ACTION (to be continued).