Sweemo – eBay for experiences

Scenario planning – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – in-depth description of it as a science; I’m mostly interested in how you visualize the futures you foresee…

V&A Building Trail – Victoria and Albert Museum – the museum has several “trails”, meant to guide you through the huge collection. Here’s another good one.

Aerial — tailored emotional experience – interesting design consultancy…focuses on designing emotional experiences. And it’s based in London, so there’s lots here to explore…

Oakland Museum of California – while we’re visiting every single museum in London, I never knew there was one in Oakland. The current exhibit, Birth of the Cool, looks…cool.

Cool bike racing cartoon on YouTube – the final sprint is very stylized…but looks just like they feel in real life! More here.

The Tri-bot is an omnidirectional, three-wheeled toy robot controlled with a tilt-sensing wand. This seems more interesting to hack into than robotic dogs…

“Ultimately we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it toward others. The more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.” – Etty Hillesum

“Long time no see” is an expression created by Chinese dock workers trying to speak English; it’s now used commonly by native English speakers – Wikipedia

“An estimated 300 million Chinese — roughly equivalent to the total US population — read and write English but don’t get enough quality spoken practice. The likely consequence of all this? In the future, more and more spoken English will sound increasingly like Chinese.” – WIRED