Brendan Mitchell blog

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

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  • Connection, Communication, Consolidation, Convergence, Context

    Last week I was presenting my thoughts & ideas on future tech & trends with a client, so I thought I’d share them here… but let’s look at where we’ve come from, where we are now & where we appear to be heading. Connection: Advent of the internet; Arpanet (1969), email (1972), internet mainstream (circa…

  • 3 Bee Printing

    This is a genius idea… I love bees (I’ve been planning on installing a bee hive in my garden), so when I saw this video promoting Dewars Highlander Honey Whisky I just had to post it here.  

  • Now That’s A Touch Screen!

    When you think “Touch Screen”, you’d imagine a screen you touch, but what if you could use it to touch something else? Normally you use augmented reality by utilising real world objects to manipulate virtual objects, but here it is in reverse!

  • Can I Ask You For Something?

    I just stumbled upon this video by Amanda Palmer, it’s worth 15mins of your time. She outlines her experiences on the relationship of an artist and a fan, and how she overcame her initial feelings of guilt when “Asking” for help. It all boils down to two way engagement and building trust. Rather serendipitously Seth Godin…

  • The Beauty of Mathematics

    I love mathematics (don’t ask, I generally keep that quiet)I love visualisation, and I love this video!Don’t worry you don’t have to like or know anything about maths to love this(you need to watch it full screen to appreciate it) “Mathematics. Rightly viewed, possesses not only truth but beauty. A beauty cold and austere, without…

  • Information Visualization Definition

    Data: a record of related quantities Information: organised data Information Visualisation: schematically represented information But that only defines what it is, not it’s purpose & why? Purpose: “to clearly communicate information, stimulating viewer engagement & attention” Why?: To gain knowledge (meaningfully interpreted information) There’s a balancing act a creative must perform between form & function, plus they’re influenced…

  • Virgin on The Ridiculous

    I’m guessing (hoping) this is a way to get press coverage and get people talking, rather than Virgin’s new way of doing safety videos, although I could be wrong. Although as I’ve posted before, Air New Zealand and Cebu Pacific have their own unique ways for inflight safety demonstrations   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtyfiPIHsIg

  • It’s The Way I Roll

    What do you get when you take a musician, his band, a friend with a cool central London rooftop pad, a couple of digital cameras, and a very (VERY) hot sunny afternoon? Answer: a photo-shoot and two music videos! Tech has totally changed the photography & video landscapes, it’s a far cry from the 20…

  • Second Sight

    With more and more of us having a mobile or tablet device within arms reach no matter where we are, you’d think that would give advertisers more opportunities to grab our attention, but the opposite maybe true. With DVR’s we pause live TV and watch it when we want, and more often that not we…

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