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,
Tag: technology
mobile phone number portability
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
Pictures with Geotag
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
Removing Laptops and iPods from School
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
How do we know it will be better this time
Yesterday in my class, I showed the video on globalization and technology. One student wondered if people in 1900 might have similar optimism about the
two classic music related innovation stories
Since I used to live in Cleveland and now live in Philadelphia (well actually on the NJ side), it is only appropriate that these stories