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Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves | Video on TED.com (17) share digg
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TED Talks Recorded at the LIFT Conference, Geneva Sugata Mitra discusses his "Hole in the Wall" project in India, which proved that kids, without education or instruction, can figure out how to use a PC on their own -- and then teach other kids. Given this, he asks, what else can children teach themselves?The LIFT Conference is an annual conference taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, with satellites in other regions of the world, intended to ...

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- Will said: good evidence for the utility of OLPC
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TEDTalks : Can kids teach themselves? - Sugata Mitra (2007) (7) share digg
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Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?

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- WH said: "Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?"
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I heard from an employee close to the deal that the Mormon church’s genealogy business made an unsolicited bid to acquire Facebook. While maintaining the country’s largest ancestral database, they certainly have a motive to control this generation’s biographical data, and they certainly have the cash to do it. In 1996, Time Magazine estimated the church’s annual revenues to be $5 billion, with total assets at $25 to $30 billion.

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- Justin Pocta said: i wonder what sort of response this would have and if it would creep people out more than businessmen stalking us.
- Michaelk said: And that would be kind of freaky.
- marcell said: "I heard from an employee close to the deal that the Mormon church’s genealogy business made an unsolicited bid to acquire Facebook.While maintaining the country’s largest ancestral database, they certainly have a motive to control this generation’s biographical data, and they certainly have the cash to do it. In 1996, Time Magazine estimated the church’s annual revenues to be $5 billion, with total assets at $25 to $30 billion."
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by Jim (84) on The Serif - Your daily dose of design inspiration (16) 2 weeks, 4 days ago permalink
Nice work here, from Shaz Madani

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Kanye West - Champion (1) share digg
by Moovmnt (0) on moovmnt.com (0) 3 weeks, 2 days ago permalink
We loving the latest Kanye West video, dedicated to the Olympic Champions.

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2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony Photos (1) share digg
by Arlo (0) on Surfstation (2) 4 weeks, 1 day ago permalink
Some really beautiful photos from the opening ceremony of the Olympics this year.

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Link Drop for the Week Ending in Friday the 8th (August 2008) (1) share digg
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Every Friday for what now seems like a long time, I’ve been posting direct links to posts w/ their excepts of stuff that I’ve found interesting filtered through the eyes of a designer called Link Drop. On this 080808 below are some of the ideas that kind made me stop and think. TTTNW (till this time next week) - make the most of your weekend. – Michael …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Jeffrey Milstein EXCERPT: “Flying an airplane was ...

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- Justin Pocta said: daniel eatock (the dude who made the indexhibit CMS) puts his thumbprint on every copy of his new book...i haven't seen too much of the inside, but that alone makes me wanna get it! then i can just steal his identity! cha-ching.
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Did you like Clerks because of the dialogue? (1) share digg
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I was clicking through a lot of links this morning when I came across the above gem. It wasn’t exactly easy to figure out who designed it though I think it was by Rich Watts. You can see a larger image of it on his site at http://www.wattse.... The diagram itself is showing all the conversations that happened in the film Clerks. At a thumbnail level it takes some squinting to read everything, but the ...

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- Justin Pocta said: who don't love info-grafix?!
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Why can’t I embed these to show their cool interactivity? (2) share digg
by Michael (239) on DesignNotes by Michael Surtees (2) 1 month ago permalink
I’m really liking how the NYT’s Map of Olympic Medals is designed. Nice interactive features that show the medal count via geography and ranking. But as I took the screen shots to post on my blog it got me to think about how cool it would be if I could actually embed the who thing into my post like I can w/ videos from Youtube. Seems like a great idea to me, there could always ...

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A-Side Studio (1) share digg
by Gui Seiz (0) on The Serif - Your daily dose of design inspiration (16) 1 month ago permalink
A-Side Studio have some awesome updates - including a fresh new site. Well worth a look!

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Snakes and Suits — Ampersand - Grey (1) share digg
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- Justin Pocta said: Mmmmm. I have too many shirts as is, but me likey.
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Quick documentation of UNT Communication students Ryan Bailey, Christine Carlin, Mary Chapmap, John Custer, Alicia Espinosa, Mallory Grigg, Daniel Fuhrer, Ashley Horsley, Levi Hughes, Mark Travis, Betsy Widman, Ricky Yamashita and faculty member Eric Ligon having fun (you had fun right?) with Clarendon for the two last days of summer class! Editing to come… and it would be great if someone could please make imovie more type friendly…

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- Justin Pocta said: john custer & his class doing something fresh and different for a change. comdesign needs more of this.
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A man ravaged. (8) share digg
by Jack Shedd (5) on Big Contrarian (5) 1 month, 2 weeks ago permalink
Days with My Father, a photographic essay by Phillip Toledano. Nothing I see tomorrow will touch me as much this.

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- zappy said: Touching story. Interesting presentation.
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"See What I Mean?" (1) share digg
by Stephen P Anderson (0) on poetpainter (0) 1 month, 2 weeks ago permalink
If you’re interested in some of the thinking that went into things like Target’s ClearRX program, or Karen Schriver’s redesign of the 1040 form, then you’ll want to make it out to Refresh Dallas tonight.

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the girl in the green dress.: on the topic of calendars. (2) share digg
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- Justin Pocta said: oooh
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historical accuracy (5) share digg
by ichctcf (1819) on Loldogs 'n' Cute Puppy Dog Pictures - I Has A Hotdog! (211) 1 month, 2 weeks ago permalink
historical accuracy ur doin it wrong picture: dunno source, via our loldog builder. lol caption: kls » Recaption This

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Nature is amazing: Trap-Jaw Ants (26) share digg
by Jason (310) on Signal vs. Noise (785) 1 month, 2 weeks ago permalink
Another natural wonder. This time brought to you by ants. Trap-jaw ants use their jaws to propel themselves into the air to evade predators. They can achieve heights of just over 8cm. That translates into a 40ft vertical for an average size human. Link stolen from Kottke.

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- Audrey said: i'm scared now.
- Aaron H. said: For my bug loving wife.
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Why are modern sneakers so ugly? (40) share digg
by Matt (546) on Signal vs. Noise (785) 1 month, 2 weeks ago permalink
I can’t get over how ugly my new running shoes are (click for larger versions): So comfortable inside, why so ugly outside? Unfortunately, few of the other choices were much better. Apparently sneakers must be FUTURISTIC and have 593 different elements in order to prove they were DESIGNED. So I went ahead and bought them anyway. (Function over form + I didn’t want to spend all day shopping for shoes.) Too bad. I’d prefer the ...

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- Susheel said: I totally agree. I usually buy the cheapest running shoes because they have the least 'graffiti' on them.
- Justin Pocta said: man, i wonder the same thing all the time! i want some simple bad A shoes!
- Parveen said: Running shoes are ugly because the target market doesn't really care and ugly seems to be a badge of honor.
- vlvl said: Apparently sneaker must be FUTURISTIC ... in order to prove they were DESIGNED"
- Debajit Adhikary said: Beats me.. Where have all the good sneakers gone?
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