Just last week, Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto announced via his official webpage the enactment of reforms to several federal law frameworks concerning science, technology and education that will allegedly “insert Mexico into the Information and Knowledge Society”. The legislation changes, he claimed, would: • Give access to Mexicans open access to the scientific and academic production that is financed
The U.S. Library of Congress is building the largest digital collection in the world with more than 700 terabytes of data.
… a deep respect for children and how they solve complex problems. Love this fascinating interview series…
People share old photos to social media for many reasons including 1)Identity – establishing identity 2)Connection – with people locally/regionally or to a regional area (place they grew up) – old friends/family or to identify old friends/family 3)Education – learning about and participating in history 4)Nostalgia 5)Research 6)Organize the world/Understand humanity 7)Art/Creative value (some of just like to look at
People are creative and technology helps us to be even more so! All by myself from Richard Dunn on Vimeo. More details and story here. Man Trapped Overnight at Vegas Airport Shoots Ridiculous Music Video http://gawker.com/man-trapped-overnight-at-vegas-airport-shoots-ridiculou-1588889578/
A little world cup news, an interesting story in technology. The first kick at the World Cup opening ceremony will be made by a paraplegic wearing an Iron Man-like robotic bodysuit controlled by signals from the brain. Brazilian doctor Miguel Nicolelis led a team of 156 scientists from around the world to create the futuristic exoskeleton, which was designed to
Some good general tips about topography. To distill it down more: Be careful when mixing fonts that are different Less is more – stay consistent with mood, time, design (be appropriate to your content) Make it readable DO: Know your font families Combine a Sans-serif with a serif font Combine a serif with a sans-serif font Contrast is the key.
Good quick video demonstrating of how to clean to a desktop computer….
FCC is seeking comments on Net Neutrality and other things, http://www.fcc.gov/comments , choose 14-28. Net neutrality has been gutted. Net neutrality is “the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites.” (Google definition) ISPs and others who have had to provide content