Online software tools have begun to grow up. They aren’t far from most desktop apps. The new Scrapblog is an iPhoto type application available directly online. It provides access to your other community photo albums and your desktop photos. Edit, crop, color correct and publish. You can save to your desktop or publish into your new ScrapBlog. Welcome to web 2.0
kawasakis 10-20-30 Rule for Presentations.
I’ve been doing corporate presentations for many years and found this article to be very true. Guy Kawasaki’s punch line is
presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points.
Guy further identifying the contents of your business plan presentation:
The ten topics that a venture capitalist cares about are:
- Problem
- Your solution
- Business model
- Underlying magic/technology
- Marketing and sales
- Competition
- Team
- Projections and milestones
- Status and timeline
- Summary and call to action
Potenco’s Pull-Cord Generator
Saul Griffith is a next generation inventor who founded Squid Labs. Amoung the numerous projects to come out of the creative lab is the pull-cord generator which is being marketed by Potenco.
(PCG) keeps portable electronic devices working all the time while providing freedom and independence from traditional power sources.
They state on their web site that the PCG will generate 3 hours play time on an iPod Shuffle (about one pull per song).You can view Saul’s TED lecture here at the home of creative thinkers.
On TED: Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
This is a very funny lecture on the potential future of education and why it fails so many people. Imagine a system which actually prepares you for the future.
GrupRobotics.com
This is a recent project which I’ve been participating in as one of the founders. We have set up this group to help foster interest and knowledge in the field of Robotics. The principal languages of this community are spanish and catalan, although english is also represented. We are mainly focused on activities , forums, conferences and such originating in Europe and more specifically Spain. If you’re a bot nut, join the group, or just stop in and check it out.
At TED: Jeff Hawkins: Brain science is about to fundamentally change computing
This is a must see lecture Very entertaining and informative, it leaves me wanting to know more.
tatoflores.com
Recently launched the new video site for Tato Flores at tatoflores.com
Eduardo Tato Flores Torres is a Director of Photogrophy working on such films as BABEL, THE LEGEND OF ZORRO and A DAY WITHOUT A MEXICAN. As a personal portfolio site you can view various samples of his work online or download his reel. This site has been built on top of Joomla with heavy modifications. There’s not a single module that hasn’t been custom built or heavily modified.
