Author: Chris
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Beam me up
.!. It’s not quite the replicators that we were promised in Star Trek, but I for one am planning on building one of these to help me build my flying car. On a serious note this is another step in the direction of social production. As the “diminishing cost” trend that has been driving IT…
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WorldCAD on Geolus
Thanks for the mention Ralph. Geolus continues to be one the moves we’ve made in the past year that continues to excite me. Every time I talk with a customer about it they (a) “get it” in about 5 minutes and (b) come up with at least 3 applications or scenarios that I never thought…
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The artist's view of co-creation
Rod has an interesting take on how the co-creation that artists strive for when producing a play or a film relates to enterprise IT projects. I think the same thing is true of products. The best ones are made with users not just for them. The question I have been batting around for the past…
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Porn for the product developer
Although Engadget editor Peter Rojas‘s site often talks about “gadget porn” when showing off the latest unboxing shots of the newest gadget or pics from every conceivable angle of some unreleased gizmo from a trade show, I think his latest venture with Dave Winer and Jason Calacanis may be the closest thing yet to true…
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The real story behind Vista and CAD formats
.!. Another post on WorldCAD Access that should be in the “Microsoft can do no right” category. There are a few things though that have been mangled in transmission to the writer by the Microsoft reality distortion field (aka Microsoft PR) so I thought I would set them straight. Microsoft is joyfully adding “open” CAD…
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A nice holiday idea for geeks everywhere
I have a few old PC’s lying around that I might just do this with. How about you? » Make this an open source Christmas | Open Source | ZDNet.com
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Sony PS3 (& X-box 360) vs. Wii – an interesting study in innovation vectors
In the recent release and media hype of the two newest “next-gen” gaming consoles, the Sony PS3 and the Nintendo Wii, I found an interesting case study in innovation vectors. While we won’t know for a many months who the ultimate winner is (although there are early signs) it is clear there are two paths…
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DIY Christmas
A nice list of free and inexpensive gifts you can DIY from MAKE magazine blog. Some of the gifts I remember most from my youth are the ones my Grandpa made for me. I wonder if any of these will be as remembered by their recipients? MAKE: Blog: The Open source gift guide – Open…
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Straight from real life into South Park
Gingerbread Nazis I bet if the artist would have shown a 1974 Dodge Monaco with two sunglass wearing gingerbread men inside driving through the crowd of gingerbread Nazi’s it would have stayed on display 😉