5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

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    • 5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. It's the Fucking Word of the Day http://bit.ly/9dBtYF

    2. This YouTube compilation of close calls (serious close calls) makes me feel all funny inside http://bit.ly/9PoCR6

    3. I guess having the office color scheme resemble a rainbow is cool http://bit.ly/aBfmwy

    4. This gesture remote control may be the future, but I want it now http://bit.ly/a92bHA

    5. This helmet video camera adds mapping tech for mountain bikers (for example) to video and map their rides http://gizmo.do/bZNrS1

     

    You call the shots. No really, tell me where to shoot. Srsly.

    So, there is a special webcam/travel/iphone episode coming up and we are taking requests for shots. What we are missing from Stephen McFadden's fantastic camerawork perhaps we can make up for with a variety of locations and some of his great editing.

    So, help challenge me. And be as specific as you want to be. It's a bit like a real-life foursquare but with shots rather than badges (we don't need no badges!). 

    We'll be in the airports of Tampa, NY LaGuardia, JFK and LAX. And aroundManhattan, West Los Angeles and Burbank. And I am certainly gonna try and record some on one of the many planes.

     

    You can either comment here or follow the link (http://goo.gl/maps/2y4v ) to the collaborative google map where you can edit some of the red pins or add new pins for locations you want us to get.

     

    Thanks! And I look forward to your great ideas.

    Ryan @ 5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

     

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. "Habits of Mind". This guy had me at "pattern sniffing" http://bit.ly/9YqF97

    2. Design + Maker culture + clever style = incredibly cool stuff http://bit.ly/9pWOyO

    3. Google Reader is one of the key tools for not drowning in the river of information. Here are 5 great tips for using it (and a bonus is to check out www.feedly.com to add some extra brains and style to Google's feed reader)  http://bit.ly/cIboEG 

    4. Everyday, a different galactic photo, intergalatic, astronomical, er... space? space photos. A different one every day http://bit.ly/aw6RVe

    5. Ooooooh! A collection of some the covers and spreads of Ray Gun Magazine (http://bit.ly/afoSgo) from one of its great art directors http://bit.ly/8ZvXPV

     

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. Keanu Reeves is sad, humble and accidentally (?!) awesome http://bzfd.it/bGJhTI

    2. Other people's conceptualization and visualizations of time (photos this time!) are an endless fascination of mine http://bit.ly/b8dhVE

    3. This dude made a LED suit that he can control with his iPhone http://bit.ly/c1GLHX

    4. Billabong has put together a stunning bit of storytelling about surfing http://bit.ly/bgVhEt

    5. I would try to explain these vintage Manners Poster for the Tokyo Subway, but I lack the words http://bit.ly/aEb6gU

     

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. Why do all the best stories about Twitter's usefulness involve jails in far off places? http://bit.ly/akXYvZ

    2. The making of the Hades landscape from Blade Runner http://bit.ly/aRbfpz

    3. Google Scribe is an interesting display of auto-suggest technology, but doesn't do anything yet, except acting kinda like a techno-auto-writing exercise http://bit.ly/ayeZ4v

    4. The mind-scan touchless interface is coming to the iphone, etc http://bit.ly/auAwFF

    5. The Poetry Foundation's Poem of the Day podcast is pretty great http://bit.ly/cAn3i0

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. The other side (the woman's side) of the story in Cee Lo's hit "Fuck You" http://bit.ly/9Nv95t

    2. Stewart Brand turns his wonderfully analytic mind to the birth, life and death of cities http://bit.ly/cTseSB

    3. The collaborative photo stories here rival perhaps Boston.com's The Big Picture http://bit.ly/cuXSiP

    4. This visual study guide for Cognitive Bias is super fascinating http://scr.bi/bgpWzK

    5. A country by country comparison of what soldiers in the field eat http://bit.ly/bTkEfD

     

     

    5 things I learned this week (and don't want to forget) - Episode 3

     

    1. Fidel Castro has a blog http://bit.ly/9UIpud

    2. The subtle but nefarious ways websites make you do shit you don't want to do http://bit.ly/dpgOx6

    3. These color photos of London in the 1940s again show me how powerful color is in closing distances http://bit.ly/aHWUYu

    4. The Oreo Manhole Cover is my favorite... or perhaps petit déjeuner http://bit.ly/aGUE71

    5. The Beastie Boys stole beats as prodigiously as Girl Talk, yo http://bit.ly/bFQ6Ew

     

     

     

     

     

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. The US Open is the latest sporting event to get live stats visualized in an awesome way http://bit.ly/a2GKHn

    2. This guy re-imagines songs (the pixies, arcade fire, daft punk, etc.) as piano tunes and pairs them with old movies http://bit.ly/adbJas

    3. I didn't even know that Puma made bikes, let alone cargo bikes http://bit.ly/czPZ4Q

    4. Getting the timing right for these bullet-through-drop-of-water high-speed photos is a real trick, I'd imagine http://bit.ly/b67Xwy

    5. I kinda love all these lovely packages http://bit.ly/9FrrNH

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. A possible vision of Rock Band of the future http://bit.ly/c2RQpG

    2. Sony once ruled with its Walkman http://bit.ly/aJiLWE

    3. These color photos of London in the 1940s again show me how powerful color is in closing distances http://bit.ly/aHWUYu

    4. A soccer ball for the kids that have to play amongst razor wire and broken glass http://bit.ly/bjy7VP

    5. The subtle but nefarious ways websites make you do shit you don't want to do http://bit.ly/dpgOx6

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. Fidel Castro has a blog http://bit.ly/9UIpud

    2. Hobbiton of the Shire is now inhabited by sheep http://bit.ly/dlS2AJ

    3. Tape art in public spaces is pretty cool http://bit.ly/d54mji

    4. How have I (and if you know me, you know what I mean here) NEVER discovered these linguist puzzles?! how?! http://bit.ly/chuqWS

    5. The Oreo Manhole Cover is my favorite... or perhaps petit déjeuner http://bit.ly/aGUE71

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. Once you get past the long intro, yes, this CGI of Darth Vader doing Tai Chi is awesome http://bit.ly/cj5xR7

    2. Omniglot ( a favorite language and linguistics site of mine) has an archive of solved mystery puzzles http://bit.ly/dxSnl0

    3. Li Wei's （李 日韦）photos will prolly have you asking how the hell did he do that? Magic http://bit.ly/dsc6NY

    4. The babelizer (cycling a bit of text through different languages of an automated translator) is fun http://bit.ly/aI2eQe

    5. The world's tallest tree is called Hyperion http://bit.ly/9dRfi5

     

    5 things I learned today (and don't want to forget)

    1. The Beastie Boys stole beats as prodigiously as Girl Talk, yo http://bit.ly/bFQ6Ew

    2. I seriously suspect that the heliocentric view of the solar system is the least interesting view ( and Ptolemy was kind of a badass) http://bit.ly/9DrYLh

    3. The tagline for this funny and amazing tumblr blog is: Kurt Vonnegut, meet Brenda Walsh http://bit.ly/cm0s2t

    4. So, perhaps fair ISN'T fair. http://bit.ly/brrzeG

    5. I have always been extremely fascinated in how other people conceptualize and visualize time (and i think conversations about it over beers is one of the best ways to pass the time ever) http://bit.ly/dAaGg2

     

    5 things I learned this week (and don't want to forget) Episode 2

     

    1. Some grad student actually walked across America and sounds like a zombie about it http://bit.ly/90k1rF 
     
    2. Pandora may be king, but there are other ways to get introduced to new music http://bit.ly/csRGRa


    3. Mounting a camera to the back of a surfboard is a super duper great idea (no joke) http://bit.ly/cfjGJy

    4. A full-length, Emmy-award winning collaborative shot-for-shot Fan Film version of Star Wars? yeah. http://bit.ly/9LdFJI

    5. The plays of Shakespeare get an awesome data visualization treatment http://bit.ly/9OOjRL