In the midst of job loss and recession, Apple reports a blowout earning and people are ecstatic. Goldman Sach also announced a nearly record earning and plan to set aside tens of billions for bonus and everyone call them greedy. One makes real stuffs and make money. The other create a delusion of value and … Read more
Yesterday, there was a big news. That was not the Fed’s decision to cut the rate by .75 point. It was Apple’s quarterly report. After the report, the Apple’s stock price dived sharply. According to this analysis, this decline has to do with the zero growth in iPod sale. Unavoidable question then to ask is … Read more
Washington Post has an interesting story about Japanese blogging. It is worth watching this video. One thing stuck in my mind. “While Americans often blog to stand out, Japanese blog to fit in.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/player/wpniplayer_viral_300.swf?vid=111407-17v_title
According to New York Times, Negroponte, who is leading the One Laptop Per Child project, came up with an idea that Americans will buy one OLPC XO for home and donate one for a developing country. “And he is reaching out to the public to try to give the laptop campaign a boost. The marketing … Read more
The first one shows how one can interact with an avatar through a mirror. http://play.tagstory.com/player/TS00@V000097111 The second one shows the digital coffee table with multi-touch interface. Toward the end, you will see a prototype by Nokia that renders 3D image on to the screen via 2D image on a paper. http://play.tagstory.com/player/TS00@V000097109
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
Yesterday’s shooting at Virginia Tech is just horrible. I just learned that the shooter was a 1.5 generation Korean-American. I feel so sorry for those who suffer from this tragedy. I just hope and pray something good will come out of this incident. It reminds me of the afternoon of May 9, 2003. I just … Read more