January 2009

Awesome tea infuser – you really need a clear cup, but this is great.

What Technology Wants – Kevin Kelly is getting closer to his 4-year goal of finding “the meaning of tech”. He also connects what technology wants to what humans do; energy efficiency, clean water, and intelligence are all shared goals.

New Metrics for Today’s Social Entrepreneurs – various ways of measuring social and environmental, as well as financial, returns on investment, following the idea of blended value.

Peak-end rule – I refer to this often; people remember the peak and the ending state of experiences the most. So get those right!

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” – Albert Einstein

How to prepare a kiwi – favorite tshirt I saw in New Zealand.

Amazing slideshow of a one-room home where the walls change to make different spaces.

Left New Zealand tonight, got home this morning. Weird.