TED talks are normally good, but this one is brilliant.
Since 1979, Benjamin Zander has been the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic. He’s known around the world as both a guest conductor and a speaker on leadership.
He has two passions: classical music and helping us all realise our untapped love for it; and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.
Inspiring stuff.
Jay Walker struggles to balance privacy with his impulse to share his finds with the outside world. Schoolchildren often visit by invitation, as do executives, politicians, and scholars.
He’s never invited any press in to see the collection—until now.
From King James to James Bond, Chaucer to Sputnik, this is a personal library like no other
Take a look at his amazing and inspiring collection:
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-10/ff_walker?currentPage=all
I’ve been roped into doing a Digital Bitesize at glue about the thinking behind GTD and Inbox Zero.
Here’s 43 Folders creator Merlin Mann doing his stuff at Google talking about Getting Things Done, the importance of getting your inbox to zero, and strategies for dealing with high volume email.
I’ve been trying out “Things” as my new app to manage projects at glue. Unlike most GTD apps it’s not too complex and i was up and running within 15 minutes of watching the screencast.
I use the desktop app for my “master” list at the moment as there’s a quick HUD that lets you get any thoughts straight into the inbox to process later.
The feature most people are waiting for though is syncing between desktop and iPhone; which the developers say will be part of the next update.
Culturedcode had to write the code for the iPhone and iPod Touch interface from scratch and have come up with something that is really simple and really sweet.
If you run projects at work and are trying to sort your life out a bit… i recommend you try it out.
OSX
http://culturedcode.com/things/
iPhone
http://culturedcode.com/things/iphone/
UPDATE: the Desktop and iPhone apps now sync over Wi-Fi.
UPDATE:
Apple called me on Saturday. I’ve got my iPhone.
This is part of “Snig and Oopla’s Hyperspace Hoopla” during Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. As an added bonus it’s an 80’s music special.
The video’s pretty odd anyway… then at 2m55secs Darth Vader appears through the sliding doors and absolutely nails the show.
At the end he tops it off with a “few words” about his win, then turns and nips off to interrogate Princess Leia, find a secret rebel base, and destroy Alderaan.
Originally via dead insect
I had my bag nicked from the pub recently and i’m only just getting life back to normal. Oyster card, house keys, motorbike keys, sunglasses, glasses, jacket… and my laptop.
One Downside = no site updates
One Upside = Euro2008 on the box most evenings
There’s an interesting debate developing about how we manage our digital self. With the increase in social sites; think Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, Last.FM, Delicious, etc… your social map is probably growing faster than you think.
It raises interesting questions about privacy and who owns your data. Do you really want all your data aggregated by third parties, or do you prefer a centralised self.
Take the time to read some more:
http://www.loiclemeur.com/english/2008/03/my-social-map-i.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/03/mapping_our_lives_online.html
I ended up playing the theme tune to an classic kids cartoon in the office today, and a few of us chatted about how we loved all the old TV themes and great intros.
Listen:
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On their official site i found this gem:
Benni Lees got in contact with PigeonStreet.com and gave us this information:
My real name is Marion and I wrote the music for Pigeon Street. I am a classically trained musician and in the seventies I had a rock band called Soulyard, in which I player the Bass. We had a sax player called Ruthie Smith who is now working as a psychotherapist, an American trumpeter called Jim Dvorak, a guitarist called Jonny Meringue (also American), a pianist called Laka Koc, a conga player called Linda Malone and a drummer called Nigel Watson. I live in Edinburgh and work as a pianist.
Now I am 53 years old with a fifteen year old son who is a singer and a daughter who plays the harp. They both loved pigeon street when they were little. My wish is for the world to be a peaceful place.
Obviously the media has changed dramatically in the past 20 years with the “Credits Squeeze” now a regular part of a channels marketing weaponry.
I’ll leave Charlie Brooker to give you his view on the new end-device. Wonder what he makes of the theme to the new Knight Rider. “Shit” i hope.
This is from his excellent BBC Four show, Screenwipe.
Classic TV Links
http://www.classickidstv.co.uk/
http://tv.cream.org/
I’m dumping stuff here that doesn’t warrant a full blog post, kinda like a scrapbook.I’m really into it. It’s quick and easy to set-up, you get a Bookmarklet… and you’re quickly posting.
I’ve also added it to the Blogroll, and you can check it out:
http://hellokinsella.tumblr.com/
