Youngjin Yoo I just came across scratch, a programming environment developed by people at MIT media lab. It is wonderfully designed, fun, pleasant and powerful program environment, specifically designed for kids to learn how to program. I downloaded it and showed it to Daniel (11 years old), in few minutes he started making his own games and … Read more
Try it yourself. It is quite nice.
It has been few years since people are able to switch their mobile carrier without changing their mobile phone number. I recently got a Blackberry 8830 from Verizon Wireless. My old number was a part of a family plan. My new phone is a part of the Temple business account plan. And, I was told … Read more
I am currently attending LA Mobility Roundtable. I will present the paper on Wireless Philadelphia and how the traditional notion of universal access needs to be expanded in the context of digital information infrastructure. I forgot to bring my camera. So, no pictures from the trip.
Last night, I went out to see Shrek the Third. I was disappointed at the end. Daniel summed it up by saying, “I think they are running out of ideas.”
This is one of my favorite shots of Candy. Alas, he just had a summer cut.
I am experimenting with Nokia N95 for a project. One of the features we are looking at is how people use digitized information about time and space. N95 has integrated GPS system and 5 megapixel digital camera. With this, you can geotag every pictures you take and upload them on Flickr service. The picture below … Read more
I bought Nikon D40X. It takes great pictures. I love it.
The second group in my class worked on a product for Philadelphia Tourists. They come up with a set of services that is designed to replace a tour guidebook. The mock-up user interface is shown below. The key idea here is that this device is designed to replace tour guidebooks. Its size, weight and appearance … Read more
Today’s New York Times has a story about an increasing trend that schools around the country are removing laptop computers from the school. Not only computers distract students from learning, but they have not enhanced the testing scores, according to the article. Here are some really neat quotes from the article. “After seven years, there … Read more
I am visiting Raleigh, NC for data collection at Raleigh Convention Center project. My flight got delayed more than an hour and I arrived shortly after mid-night. Since I could not catch shuttle for my original rental company (Dollar), I had to cancel it and use the one that was still open, Hertz. This is … Read more
Yesterday was the last day of class and my students did excellent jobs of putting together their presentations. The first group was focusing on a small device for Philadelphia Residents. The name of the device is called PUC (Philadelphia Urban Communicator). It could be a Personal Urban Communicator. It is a small round device that … Read more