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.

The Autosock is an alternative to tire chains but lighter, simpler, and more compact.

The Scramble meal planning site – takes a holistic view of shopping, cooking, and eating…could make meals much easier to plan for many.

“It’s the late fifties or early sixties, and Doug [Engelbart]’s chatting with Marvin Minsky, one of the fathers of Artificial intelligence. Marvin talks about Al and Doug says, “You’re going to do all that for the computers? What are you going to do for the people?” – Jaron Lanier

“Deep Time Purpose of Science, Technology, Art, Culture – To provide adventures of sufficient seductive beauty to seduce humanity away from mass-suicide” – Jaron Lanier. Now that sounds like a worthwhile design task.