Law of Usability

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If any technology is to be used by the general population. It can’t be more complex than an ATM.

Picnic Rhythm Poem

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Poem by yours truly – appears as part of Helena Zhang’s A Similar But Different Quality collection of poems. PICNIC RHYTHM public class picnic_rhythm extends c#rhythm { static void Main(string[] args) { danger danger danger danger cup! danger cup! danger danger danger cup! danger cup! danger (>) danger (>) danger (>) danger (>) cup (mf) … Read more

Art and Sport: The Transcendental Problem Solving State

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Quick Thought. Art and Sport. (wondering this while watching Australian Open) The fascination people have with both art and sport, at a higher level may be really the same thing (for instance how in physics, light and radio waves, or the weak and the strong nuclear force unite etc etc). It can be said, they … Read more

Reflexivity – Relationship of Economic actions to Probablistic effects in QED

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George Soros coined the term Reflexivity in the sense which i referring to it. Essentially meaning things are in a constant feedback loop (and more Mandebrotian, than Gaussian). My hunch is that the problem of modelling/predictive problems of Finance/Economics & Quantum Electrodynamics of particles is essentially the same phenomenom. Much like the apple that falls … Read more

facts of life: random

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I’ve finally caught up on some reading. Some of the more interesting by-products of today’s deep thoughts and reading are listed below: drone subs: at any given second, we can see drone planes whizzing around, but there must be enumerable drone subs combing the bottom of the sea too. both commercial and military. Looking for … Read more

VEVO App hits #1.

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Less than a week into its debut. The VEVO App hit #1 Yesterday and is also the iTunes App of the Week. Availlable here.

Netflix Off-the-beaten track recommends: Unstrung; Art & Copy; Hubble’s Rescue; Sin Nombre

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Out of the thousands of videos on Netflix, off the beaten path, i found these and would recommend them to you.  They more or less revolve around my passions: tennis, space, art/business, real-life (ie. the other side of the tracks). Honorary mention should go to Glass (about philip glass), Derrida (about jacques derrida), Word Wars … Read more

Sovereign Debt Comparison

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I love this chart, which shows the sovereign debt of countries (proportional to their size). Basically corruption and misspending is rampant with the countries in trouble.

Europe Blog

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Hello, here is my old european blog from 2006 blogger account days.  thought to post it here so that the 2 are now 1. hasta luego

Valencia I – Saturday, October 21, 2006

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I have not even left Spain, and i miss it here already…. for whatever reason, this morning, i thought of the time in 2003 coming back from Hong Kong on the plane in NY, and saw all these American parents who had gone to Chinese orphanages to adopt little girls.. When i was coming back … Read more

Berlin – I , II, and III Berlin III – Monday, October 09, 2006

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The day before I left Berlin, I went to Potsdamerplatz to visit the Musik Instrument Museum. Potzdamerplatz represents the latest and greatest in Berlin, and Berliners have many reasons to be proud of it. There is so much amazing architecture in Berlin. Mostly modern. The headquarters of Sony, Deutsche Bahn and Mercedes-Benz, as well as … Read more

Grüsse von München – Saturday, August 26, 2006

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Dear people, safe and sound. i arrived Josef Strauss Airport in München on Freitag Morgen, and have been here in Munich ever since. – heard Juan Tonamara (sp?) in polish, while walking across the street, and i think this had just made a tumultous 7 hour flight worthwhile… – I am staying right now at … Read more

arbritrage opportunity in books

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For those seriously willing to pursue, there is a mispricing of u.s./cdn marked assets such as books. This leads to a beautiful arbitrage play, for anyone serious enough to do it. If I could source a buyer of canadian books, i would do it in a heartbeat..

ughem…

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For anyone who read my post on why wine was a good investment – June 5, 2009: http://www.alwinian.net/2009/06/05/wine-better-than-bonds/ The Star has posted some pretty similar findings in their investments over the decade review. Ughemm.Ughemm.. http://www.thestar.com/business/investing/article/743128–it-was-a-decade-of-volatility-for-investors

Here is the double usb mouse concept

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That i’ve been holding onto for a long time. It would be simple to implement, with two usb mice. The problem is in the software, as the O/S needs to be reconfigured to either accept 2 input streams or to have the mice logically mapped from a single stream. Many applications would seem to be … Read more

Fourtrack

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-Just installed this on my iPhone. FourTrack.  Makes it easy to multitrack record, while waiting for the subway (see post re: city hall). A very fun and handy app. -I’m offering free webhosting to any non-profit/charity that requires it, so feel free to contact me. -Some new strategic coming for “Upcoming in Interactive – Winter” … Read more

Musik fun

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Almost done moving… 3 moves in 3 months. This will be my new room in August. My friend Peemo (at PeterMohideen.com) put these up from his new shiny Ipod3GS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hkP7-RlOR0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_AA44bMkYE Enjoy :)

Upcoming in Interactive

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Hello All, I ‘ve just published an article called “Upcoming in Interactive” which details 7 disruptive trends and technologies at Bloor Media Group. the website is site www.bloormedia.com , the article post is here.  Thanks! http://bloormedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bloor_media_upcoming_in_interactive_report_6-17-09.pdf

Building Public Space Under the Gardiner Express

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Here was my letter to Toronto Mayor David Miller in response to Les Klein’s idea to build a green roof over top of the Gardiner: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/putting-the-garden-back-in-the-gardiner/article1188258/ Dear Mayor David Miller, I am a great fan of yours and love our city very much. I think you have done an excellent job. Thank you so much … Read more

Using vectors to measure organization’s efficacy

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Why are some organizations efficient and others not? It occurred that possibly the best way of analyzing and finding inefficiencies in an organization is to use vectors. Like electricity, macro-economics and swimming, aggregate/net action is really the most important thing. Measurement of energy versus application is easily seen with vector relationships. If bureacracy brings you … Read more

A view of the future, from August 2006. Jeff Han discusses Multi-touch Interactions

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A view of the future, from August 2006. Jeff Han discusses multi-touch. I’m sure you’ve all seen this, and I’m making my case from the back of the pack; I’m making a case in my bloor media article that multi-touch interaction libraries have reached a downstream point, such that they will become ubiquitous, just like … Read more