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Seth Godin: Instead of getting an MBA, consider spending six months in my office

Posted by _tango! on December 5, 2008
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Wow! This is an awesome, AWESOME, freaking AWESOME opportunity!

Guru Seth Godin has a plan, to get a few amazing people in his office to work together for 6 months. Forget paying to get an MBA, go get an MBA-like experience for FREE!

“Here’s the program I’m interested in creating:
One hour a day of class/dialogue
Four hours a day of working on my projects
Three hours a day of working on your personal project
Five hours a day of living, noticing, doing and connecting”

Read about it here then apply!!!!! (I’d do the same, but not sure who would come work with me for free and learn, well, everything I blog which is free 🙂 )

Fluid Tunes: hand motion navigation

Posted by _tango! on December 5, 2008
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FluidTunes from Majic Jungle Software on Vimeo.

Using cameras to navigate your interface has been around for some time, but just a refresher, here’s yet another one called FluidTunes! Only for MacOSX. Again cool, but overtime, I’m not sure if I’d use! Cool is not always usable in the long run, hence cool becomes uncool!

via lifehacker

Adobe: Video Manipulation Tracking

Posted by _tango! on November 30, 2008
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Interactive Video Object Manipulation from Dan Goldman on Vimeo.

Adobes playing around yet again with manipulating images, but this time in video! Take a peek at this video demo showing the simplicity in adding anything to an existing video which then latches onto objects without any post production. This is nothing groundbreaking since Video Tracking has been around for some time, but it’s good to see a corporation such as adobe giving it a go!

Also check out Video Tracing!

via engadget

Sakurako Shimizu: Waveform Series

Posted by _tango! on November 30, 2008
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Artist Sakurako Shimizu has a great set of jewelry, the Waveform Series, based on sound. She inputs noise or spoken sound, then translates that it into a wave format which is then laser cut into metal pieces turned into necklaces, rings, brooches, etc. A ring with a wave saying “I do”…pretty cool! If only there was a way to play it back directly like the top of a vinyl record!

Reminds me a bit of NewsKnitter (turning daily news into a sweater) and VoicePrints (turning your voice into a pattern for textiles)

‘Food Chain Friends’ Alpha Series

Posted by _tango! on November 30, 2008
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Haha, this made me giggle, smile, wonder, and wish I was a kid again! These friendly creatures eat each other! Education at it’s best! Too bad their sold out currently, cause I’d buy a few sets to give away!

“Food Chain Friends are from Daro, a small green planet much like Earth was 200 million years ago. Daro teems with wildlife, and its exceptionally social and gracious species flourish in a complex – but oddly, very friendly – ecosystem. They’re friends. They eat each other. It’s a complicated relationship! Available in Food Chain ALPHA Series and Food Chain BETA Series, sold separately.”

via fao schwaz

ImprovEverywhere: Welcome Back!

Posted by _tango! on November 27, 2008
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Welcome Back from ImprovEverywhere on Vimeo via swissmiss

ImprovEverywhere.com presents “Welcome Back” where a crew of total strangers enthusiastically welcome back total strangers at the airport terminal! I think everyone should be greeted this way!!!!

Reminds me a bit on Ben Zanders lessons on How Happy Birthday Should Always be sung; with passionate enthusiasm, waving hands while standing, vibrant smiles, and shining eyes with a community of awesome people!

Scientists Papercraft Models

Posted by _tango! on November 27, 2008
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Cool! I’m going to make a bunch of these and plaster them around the office, then make another batch with my own face or co-workers!

“Three papercraft scientists that I’ve just made. Albert Einstein, Carl Sagan , Charles Darwin. I strongly recommend thicker paper. Adhesive tape and glue are not necessary, but a little bit of glue is good to maintain their structure.

To download their pdfs just click on their names, to see a small preview here -the preview is in portuguese but the pdfs are in english.”

via lablogatorios

Kokuyo Highlighter

Posted by _tango! on November 17, 2008
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Kokuyo adds a simple twist to a highlighter pen allowing you to highlight, circle, or outline any text!

Several years ago I slammed my highlighter into a corner and left 2 jagged edges leaving vampire like tips (I might have also just carved a triangle out with an exacto blade late into a creative night procrastinating). Anyhow, I used the pen until it dried up, but I never thought I’d see this accident turn into a product! Accidents(procrastinating) are sometimes the best inventions!

via spoontamago

Urban Prankster: Aerial Philanthropy

Posted by _tango! on November 8, 2008
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Very cool. makes ya think about doing things differently!
“GuerilLA, the Improv Everywhere-offshoot in Los Angeles, recently put up their newest mission, Aerial Philanthropy. The group threw dollar bill airplanes off of a parking deck in Los Angeles by the ArcLight Theatre. You’ll notice Skylar Stone randomly happened to catch one of the bills.”

via urbanprankster