I had forgotten how good the Aeron actually is, having left a business which had them several years ago. Now that I'm making another go, and need staying power of a different sort, I have a couple in the office again. You can sit for hours without noticing that you have. Not necessarily good, but then again, lots of behavior in front of the computer is not good!
My problem with the use of computers is that we need to use them effectively in order for them to be anything other than eBook readers. But being an eBook reader will be valuable enough. The texts are too static and do not accommodate teacher needs; allowing the computer to become the active text is incredibly important.
We all have ADD, but using this as an excuse against incorporating computers into the classroom is increasingly senseless. Shouldn't we be teaching effective skills for communicating with such distractions? And, don't we, and children, have enough other diversions to fill the void?
I think your calculator malfunctioned! Do many Apple products come at a slight premium? Probably. Does it stop me from buying a damn MacBook Air? Nope.
I have never had a Mac, or any of its associated hardware, die on me, and my son gets the hand me downs pretty rapidly. He just got the year old MacBook. And, somebody else will get that when he gets this... And, on they go for five or six years, until they're in the hands of 5 year olds.
The difference is the software! But, the hardware is pretty damn nice at times!
I have to agree. In my mind something like OS X lite, the iPhone interface, would be ideal for this concept of learning. Rapid, limited OS decisions coupled powerful applications.
Negroponte's dismissal of Steve's offer, only to arrive at Bill's door is rather odd. But, as the eeepc has shown, we will arrive there one day soon with or without the OLPC.
What is even better is that the record industry was busy f*cking the small, specialty stores that where their "business partners..."
Now that the industry is controlled by those few outlets that were preferred several years back, and now that physical music is rapidly coming to be a thing of the past, the executives wax poetic over their long lost fellow soldiers...
"I don't know why there's only ONE single section of a brand, and the others are generic, quite suspicious"
Think of it like a zoo, or the Island of Misfit Toys, or that island in "Lord of the Flies." According to this article there is a pretty good reason to lure us Apple users into our own ghetto.
"Pitchfork party" was the best comment I've read so far. But, after years of wondering if I'd be forced to use Windows regularly, I'm pretty happy to be "dangerous." Maybe it's more like a prison for my mind. A pretty white prison!
I'm curious if there any iTunes widgets that Apple would rather implement with Webkit as opposed to with Windows' widget sets?
Certainly an install is not playing nice, unless there is a real reason for the inclusion. But, I also doubt that Apple is making Safari the default browser. It likely opens after the install, and goes away.
Along with the Concastic(TM) Goggles (notice, only one letter off from Google), users will be trapped in the endless fascination that is meaningless content and "taking it!"
And, I bet that free wireless will create even more! Better broadband is great, but most of our "surfing" isn't really useful, whereas searches on mobile devices likely tend towards needs. As with the iPhone and Google searches, and I can attest to it, making it available makes it happen. Quick, easy, and slow...
How much more gets done with 1gps versus 128k? Not much IMHO.
Of course I agree, I'm a graphic designer! But, I think that the larger point is that perhaps a lot of sites don't need an incredible amount of design. Look at something Like 37 Signals, or even the Barack Obama site with respect to typography and not the graphics per se.
MAybe what you need is a set of solutions that work, and a range of graphics that can fit the designs. As with the Mezza Blue site which others are touting, a lot of the detail work is what counts. Pay somebody to come up with an acceptable range, and if people want more distinction, let them know the costs.
The hardest part about performing work for smaller clients, is the unprofessionalism, and the desire to get everything done for as close to nothing as possible. Running a business, which I do as well, requires that you improve your work, professionalism, and clients so that you can efficiently make more money. As a designer, in my mind this requires understanding when a project deserves something other than standard solutions. A surprising amount of work is very simple. But as with everything simplicity is the hardest task of all!
You can get one for $699 now which is pretty damn cost effective. It's small, not glitzy, and runs a standard OS. Get one of the Velcro camera wraps from Calumet online as well.
I wouldn't buy one normally, but the price has radically dropped, and you could drop in an SSD pretty easily. Dynamism might take care of that for you...
I worked at a zoo in Chicago, and the Siberian Tigers were a concern. The distance between the habitat and the rest of us, seemed fine, would probably stand up to calculations, but never quite seemed enough for an animal bent on escape. When the things arrived at the zoo, I was photographing them, and the shear power of the roar was simply amazing. Standing outside of a steel box with the things in them didn't diminish the fact that they were there.
One night I was watching some European wolves pace around there cage, when one caught my eye. Eye contact bad! It walked slowly down the exhibit and launched at the wall hitting the top. I left quickly... The Mexican wolves were rumored to escape often.
People want to see the animals, and like everything else in this world it is a balance of risks. It's bad enough that the animals appear so sedate, but compound that with a realistic safe distance, and it would be a recipe for disaster. There was a reason they used bars back in the day.
The interesting thing to me about OS X, and its precursor NeXT, is that it is ultimately based on BSD. Certainly that BSD base has been extensively built upon, but not so much that the essentials cannot be used. I don't have the time to use Linux or BSD, and need to get the work accomplished on OS X, but I am incredibly interested in the open source community, and the need for free alternatives.
Apple did the OS interface correctly. YMMV... But it works well, and will work better. Windows is fine when I use it, but I liked NT/XP best. Conceptually, Linux has a lot going for it, and rather than trying to compete in the heavy graphics laden world of Windows and OS X, I would like to see it build an interaction model that works, where people/companies can add interface layers customized to specialized needs. Perhaps mobile Linux will succeed here in the model of Android. Rather than an interface, something that Android gets criticized for, a method for creating interfaces is laid out and manufacturers or telecoms create the interface layers depending upon the resources available on the platform.
There is a lot to accomplish that is outside of the visual design...
No. You add a meta tag that says, "Fuck you Microsoft!"
Then, you add some script that directs the user to a pretty error page. Perhaps the WaSP could develop a meta tag and page that renders well for our standards challenged friends...
We all know that we'll all add it, sadly enough. But we could have fun along the way. Maybe a god song would help...
I gave a speech ten years ago, actually at a publisher, where I looked at the economics of the situation, and basically stated that, the publishers were 80% about distribution mechanisms, and perhaps 10% content creation. Some would rather not hear this.
The economics are essentially against the publishers. The last reading program I worked on was a $100M effort. An entire free system could be created for this amount. How it gets accomplished is open to discussion, but I expect that one of my next businesses will be in this area.
The OLPC may not be the best expenditure, but in an economy where so much money is wasted on other things, the amount is negligible at best. So long as it has a browser, a standards compliant browser, all is good regardless of the OS. But, mobiles will be more suited to the task in my opinion (speaking five years out).
BTW, "The Teaching Gap" is a good place to start with respect to teachers. It is not a discounting of teachers as the title may suggest...
Let me ask this. If the laptop were $100, or as with the spin off $75, what would be the incentive to spend billions of dollars on textbooks? The text book market is in for a good gutting.
I develop these materials, and not only are they not incredibly good, but could benefit form rapid updates and supplementary materials which an internet connection could provide.
Simply because computers are not used well isn't a very good argument. It would be like questioning the need for residential telephone service at the turn of the century. Who would need that?
Preparing teachers for the use of these technologies is something that is sorely lacking!
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Call a law school in your area...
I had forgotten how good the Aeron actually is, having left a business which had them several years ago. Now that I'm making another go, and need staying power of a different sort, I have a couple in the office again. You can sit for hours without noticing that you have. Not necessarily good, but then again, lots of behavior in front of the computer is not good!
You can find used ones pretty reasonably...
My problem with the use of computers is that we need to use them effectively in order for them to be anything other than eBook readers. But being an eBook reader will be valuable enough. The texts are too static and do not accommodate teacher needs; allowing the computer to become the active text is incredibly important.
We all have ADD, but using this as an excuse against incorporating computers into the classroom is increasingly senseless. Shouldn't we be teaching effective skills for communicating with such distractions? And, don't we, and children, have enough other diversions to fill the void?
I think your calculator malfunctioned! Do many Apple products come at a slight premium? Probably. Does it stop me from buying a damn MacBook Air? Nope.
I have never had a Mac, or any of its associated hardware, die on me, and my son gets the hand me downs pretty rapidly. He just got the year old MacBook. And, somebody else will get that when he gets this... And, on they go for five or six years, until they're in the hands of 5 year olds.
The difference is the software! But, the hardware is pretty damn nice at times!
I have to agree. In my mind something like OS X lite, the iPhone interface, would be ideal for this concept of learning. Rapid, limited OS decisions coupled powerful applications.
Negroponte's dismissal of Steve's offer, only to arrive at Bill's door is rather odd. But, as the eeepc has shown, we will arrive there one day soon with or without the OLPC.
I walked in needing a new keyboard... Busy day, one hour.
I have yet to hear about an issue that takes very long at the store, but some examples are always welcome.
And, the liberal arts schools have girls too!
Get educated.
What is even better is that the record industry was busy f*cking the small, specialty stores that where their "business partners..."
Now that the industry is controlled by those few outlets that were preferred several years back, and now that physical music is rapidly coming to be a thing of the past, the executives wax poetic over their long lost fellow soldiers...
You shot them in the back. Payback's a B*tch!
"I don't know why there's only ONE single section of a brand, and the others are generic, quite suspicious"
Think of it like a zoo, or the Island of Misfit Toys, or that island in "Lord of the Flies." According to this article there is a pretty good reason to lure us Apple users into our own ghetto.
"Pitchfork party" was the best comment I've read so far. But, after years of wondering if I'd be forced to use Windows regularly, I'm pretty happy to be "dangerous." Maybe it's more like a prison for my mind. A pretty white prison!
I'm curious if there any iTunes widgets that Apple would rather implement with Webkit as opposed to with Windows' widget sets?
Certainly an install is not playing nice, unless there is a real reason for the inclusion. But, I also doubt that Apple is making Safari the default browser. It likely opens after the install, and goes away.
gets a 39. Not great for the latest and greatest!
Camino comes in at 50, the same as Firefox, and Opera hits 46.
Ick!
...the Comcastic(TM) Shackles!
Along with the Concastic(TM) Goggles (notice, only one letter off from Google), users will be trapped in the endless fascination that is meaningless content and "taking it!"
Now that's lock-in.
Oh no, but 640 should be!
And, I bet that free wireless will create even more! Better broadband is great, but most of our "surfing" isn't really useful, whereas searches on mobile devices likely tend towards needs. As with the iPhone and Google searches, and I can attest to it, making it available makes it happen. Quick, easy, and slow...
How much more gets done with 1gps versus 128k? Not much IMHO.
And, how much power do these boxes use over a year, and how does this relate to the cost of a new hard drive?
It seems wasteful in terms of time as well as infrastructure. I do understand the desire to utilize unused resources...
Of course I agree, I'm a graphic designer! But, I think that the larger point is that perhaps a lot of sites don't need an incredible amount of design. Look at something Like 37 Signals, or even the Barack Obama site with respect to typography and not the graphics per se.
MAybe what you need is a set of solutions that work, and a range of graphics that can fit the designs. As with the Mezza Blue site which others are touting, a lot of the detail work is what counts. Pay somebody to come up with an acceptable range, and if people want more distinction, let them know the costs.
The hardest part about performing work for smaller clients, is the unprofessionalism, and the desire to get everything done for as close to nothing as possible. Running a business, which I do as well, requires that you improve your work, professionalism, and clients so that you can efficiently make more money. As a designer, in my mind this requires understanding when a project deserves something other than standard solutions. A surprising amount of work is very simple. But as with everything simplicity is the hardest task of all!
Remember when web designers actually made money?
You can get one for $699 now which is pretty damn cost effective. It's small, not glitzy, and runs a standard OS. Get one of the Velcro camera wraps from Calumet online as well.
I wouldn't buy one normally, but the price has radically dropped, and you could drop in an SSD pretty easily. Dynamism might take care of that for you...
I think that the 'black water' may actually be on land...
I worked at a zoo in Chicago, and the Siberian Tigers were a concern. The distance between the habitat and the rest of us, seemed fine, would probably stand up to calculations, but never quite seemed enough for an animal bent on escape. When the things arrived at the zoo, I was photographing them, and the shear power of the roar was simply amazing. Standing outside of a steel box with the things in them didn't diminish the fact that they were there.
One night I was watching some European wolves pace around there cage, when one caught my eye. Eye contact bad! It walked slowly down the exhibit and launched at the wall hitting the top. I left quickly... The Mexican wolves were rumored to escape often.
People want to see the animals, and like everything else in this world it is a balance of risks. It's bad enough that the animals appear so sedate, but compound that with a realistic safe distance, and it would be a recipe for disaster. There was a reason they used bars back in the day.
The interesting thing to me about OS X, and its precursor NeXT, is that it is ultimately based on BSD. Certainly that BSD base has been extensively built upon, but not so much that the essentials cannot be used. I don't have the time to use Linux or BSD, and need to get the work accomplished on OS X, but I am incredibly interested in the open source community, and the need for free alternatives.
Apple did the OS interface correctly. YMMV... But it works well, and will work better. Windows is fine when I use it, but I liked NT/XP best. Conceptually, Linux has a lot going for it, and rather than trying to compete in the heavy graphics laden world of Windows and OS X, I would like to see it build an interaction model that works, where people/companies can add interface layers customized to specialized needs. Perhaps mobile Linux will succeed here in the model of Android. Rather than an interface, something that Android gets criticized for, a method for creating interfaces is laid out and manufacturers or telecoms create the interface layers depending upon the resources available on the platform.
There is a lot to accomplish that is outside of the visual design...
No. You add a meta tag that says, "Fuck you Microsoft!"
Then, you add some script that directs the user to a pretty error page. Perhaps the WaSP could develop a meta tag and page that renders well for our standards challenged friends...
We all know that we'll all add it, sadly enough. But we could have fun along the way. Maybe a god song would help...
I gave a speech ten years ago, actually at a publisher, where I looked at the economics of the situation, and basically stated that, the publishers were 80% about distribution mechanisms, and perhaps 10% content creation. Some would rather not hear this.
The economics are essentially against the publishers. The last reading program I worked on was a $100M effort. An entire free system could be created for this amount. How it gets accomplished is open to discussion, but I expect that one of my next businesses will be in this area.
The OLPC may not be the best expenditure, but in an economy where so much money is wasted on other things, the amount is negligible at best. So long as it has a browser, a standards compliant browser, all is good regardless of the OS. But, mobiles will be more suited to the task in my opinion (speaking five years out).
BTW, "The Teaching Gap" is a good place to start with respect to teachers. It is not a discounting of teachers as the title may suggest...
What is copyright in the digital age?
Certainly more than it ever was historically...
Let me ask this. If the laptop were $100, or as with the spin off $75, what would be the incentive to spend billions of dollars on textbooks? The text book market is in for a good gutting.
I develop these materials, and not only are they not incredibly good, but could benefit form rapid updates and supplementary materials which an internet connection could provide.
Simply because computers are not used well isn't a very good argument. It would be like questioning the need for residential telephone service at the turn of the century. Who would need that?
Preparing teachers for the use of these technologies is something that is sorely lacking!
The I'll Never Evolve Into a High Paying Job Resolution...
Evolution has plans for them, regardless of what they think of evolution!