futuramb: Finland Writes History With Crowdsourced Copyright Law Ernesto, torrentfreak.com Since last year the Finnish public has had the option of suggesting the kind of laws they want to be governed under.A recent modification of the national Constitution allows citizens to make legislative proposals for Parliament to vote on, providi… Interesting development, even if this …
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Why Does Summer Make Us Lazy?
newyorker: Maria Konnikova on humidity, productivity, and the link between sunshine and happiness: http://nyr.kr/16VABHX “In a 2013 study of perceived well-being, the economist Marie Connolly found that on days when the temperature rose above ninety degrees, the negative impact on happiness levels was greater than the consequences of being widowed or divorced.” Illustration by …
Prototyping the Future
parislemon: Kwin Kramer: Think back just a few years ago to the Time Before The iPhone. We’d seen a number of touch-screen cell phones and PDAs. (Remember that acronym?) But the conventional wisdom among tech pundits was that touchscreens weren’t really workable for mobile devices. Certainly, it was thought, touch screens couldn’t replace keyboards and …
Washington Post
Another for my new favorite hashtag: #lookwhatyoucantgetawaywithanymoreWashington Post
How will historians of the future sort through the data glut of the present? – Slate Magazine
My long suppressed public historian self is loving this…. "Still, I know that on some days you must grow weary of examining the 746,000 variations on a single meme. You must sometimes shout: "Stupid dead person, when your hard drive gets full don’t just buy a bigger backup, sort your damn files!" … Sorry about …
Tweet from joemfbrown (@joemfbrown)
Whoa. joemfbrown (@joemfbrown) tweeted at 11:50 AM on Tue, Jul 23, 2013: Put your coffee down before reading the next sentence. OK: There’s scientific evidence that DOLPHINS HAVE NAMES. the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/downloadTweet from joemfbrown (@joemfbrown)
smartercities: Envisioning Urban Futures Through An Old-Fashioned Viewfinder | FastCompany In San Francisco, new versions of classic devices will help residents see planned changes for their city. Novel. Helpful?
stoweboyd: Tech jargon generator Brilliant.
codeforbtv: An educational tool that engages youth and adults in science by gamifying the Lake Champlain Basin. Using a custom modification to Minecraft, the group’s goal is to eventually have a tool that may be used at the ECHO Center, at home, by educational institutions, and serve as a model to educators. Contributors: Nina Ridhibhinyo, …
opengovfoundation: Announcing America’s First “Open Law City” We’re excited to join with the Baltimore Mayor’s Office to release BaltimoreCode.org, a free software platform that empowers all Baltimore residents to discover, access and use the local laws when they want and how they want. Highlights below. Full background here. BaltimoreCode.org lifts and ‘liberates’ the Baltimore City Charter …
The Local Economy Revolution Has Arrived 