Pecha kucha in Tokyo

I went tonight, and it was really cool.

"We are all familiar with death by PowerPoint (one bullet at a time). Pecha kucha aims to cure this by limiting PowerPoint presentation to 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide. A total experience of just 6 minutes, 40 seconds. The idea is to build compelling presentations around powerful images and simple messages. "

Old article on Wired, and here are 3 presentations done worldwide:

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(try to) fly what you build!

Patrick (my ex-flat mate in Tokyo) & his colleagues have designed a flight simulator in which you build your own plane. Watch it or give it a go.

State vs. Religion

"Secular schools can never be tolerated because such schools have no religious instruction, and a general moral instruction without a religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived from faith ...we need believing people."

This poorly-researched book makes points similar to the quote above, which is by ...

web 2.0

Xavier Comtesse's matrix:
1- Knowledge
-- raw data
-- data with context
-- data with context over time that leads to
-- modelisation and then to
-- forecast

2- User involvement in the value chain:
-- receive info
-- pick and choose (self service)
-- customize (Do-it-yourself)
-- co-design
-- co-creation