Entries Tagged as ‘Introspection’

June 2, 2008

Creating A New Beginning

When I first came to Tribune 18 years ago, it was a simpler time. And when I recently took some time to look back, it was a reminder to me that creativity can happen in any environment at any time, you just have to look for it. This is a brief stream of consciousness post [...]

January 3, 2008

One Laptop for Every Child - The XO Reviewed

     So I was giving the gift of giving this Christmas… and found out I could get as well.  When I went to buy an XO laptop for a child in Africa and give that purchase in honor of my nephew, they were offering to let me buy two and get one for here in [...]

December 31, 2007

Open-up Creative Thinking

In an article called “Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike” Janet Rae-Dupree reviews some interesting approaches to breaking the creative log-jam.  Good stuff.  Zero-gravity thinkers.  Nice.

December 2, 2007

Holiday Inflation

It’s December.  Time for inflatable holiday decorations.  It’s crazy how elaborate these things are getting!

November 17, 2007

Flying in Color

    
   As someone working toward a private pilot’s license, I have been going through many of the things that everyone else does…straight and level, traffic pattern, paperwork etc.  There is a system for learning to fly a general aviation plane and another system for being allowed to fly by the FAA.  These systems are generally the same [...]

November 12, 2007

Bag the Grocery Wand

     You’re looking at the new face of grocery shopping.  Well, one of them anyway.  Certainly there have always been small improvements in the shopping experience as the years have gone by.  First at some point there was air conditioning where there hadn’t been, then plastic bags (easy to use even though bad for the [...]

September 30, 2007

The Infinity Camera

Another “Droste effect” picture, on the concept of “4.0 mega pixels”. Nicely done. A very clean image and cool to look at too.  Just click on the picture to see the full image.
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September 27, 2007

How The Beijing Olympics Created Their Logo

Nice political statement with this cartoon series. I’ve heard a number of stories questioning the Chinese government’s approach to preparing for the games including moving people from their homes and businesses without much if any warning. There’s probably still a lot of rough stuff going on over there. This cartoon may help [...]

July 8, 2007

David Pogue Wants an iPhone


June 29, 2007

Manhattan iPhone line

Just to record the moment in history… here is a nice story about the iPhone line in Manhattan.  It’s 5 hours until launch as I write this.