Bruce Sterling from Innovationsforum on Vimeo.

Notes on this video

• in terms of stuff on the internet not having to take up too much of your attention
• it’s a bit like with blogs / a lot of effort is done to make it look simple and work simply
• someone else to investigate - adam greenfield - apparently he came up with the term, moblog.

Ira Glass, on the other hand. He’s a good storyteller.

I’ve been tracking Sterling’s writing for many years, though I can’t work out where from. It might have been Wired

Bruce says he’s a visionary. He might not sound realistic - that’s because he’s a visionary!

Some exciting keywords from Bruce Sterling’s talk:

• Digital manufacturing
• Fabricating

Bruce Sterling from Innovationsforum on Vimeo.

Nanowrimo, the National Novel Writing month, happens every November. Aspiring writers are challenged to write a novel in just 1 month, blogging and collaborating online with other Nanowrimers to get the job done.

I’ve been trying to do it for the past, umm, 5 years or so. Usually I simply lack the commitment and focus to keep it going for the full 30 days. This year, I’m hoping to use the month to get some writing done, any writing, just get it out. That’s MY plan. That’s MY novel - just a lot of words, a lot of articles.

I need to write 50,000 words in 30 days, which works out as about 1,600 words a day. Every day. It’s a Saturday, so if I can write more than 2,000 words, it will set me up with a buffer for those days when I don’t get time to write my full quota.

My tools of choice are:
1 - Evernote. I’m writing into Evernote.
2 - Ecto. I’ll publish my completed works into Ecto.

Ok, time to count it. How many words is this? 176.

It’s a warm day October day, 28C on the car thermometor.

I’m trying a new technique for writing today. Writing while I drive. Before you worry that I’m tap tap tapping away whilst navigating through the streets, no fear dear reader, I am but a passenger.

iTunes is hooked up to the stereo system in the car, she is the one driving, and I’m sitting in Evernote here, writing away.

Driving can be relaxing, especially like on a Sunday, today, and without a wireless network connection on this particular computer, I don’t have the distractions which usually hinder the focus and writing process.

I’ve tried writing in the car before, using pen and paper, but I find the pens slips and it is just impossible to write. Using the keyboard allows me to write even as the car shudders and stops.

My battery meter tells me there are 2 hours to go, I know that isn’t accurate, it will run out long before then. Something I’ll need to consider is whether I can actually hook up the laptop power adaptor in the car. There’s likely a laptop car adaptor, however I imagine it’s not a cheap accessory, and there might be a cheaper alternative.

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There is often more money in making a product that you sell to businesses. Businesses have more money than consumers, or rather businesses are the layer above consumers, and hence are more likely to do well.

“One of my passions throughout my whole career is consumer products; making things my mom would use.

“That need wasn’t satisfied doing robotics. that was behind the scenes factory stuff.” - Andy Rubin

[From BBC NEWS | Technology | Google bets on Android future]

Ruben has found a way, though it’s a bit hacky:

[From Create tables in Evernote » Ruben’s blog]

Of course, couldn’t the same be said of Google Android?

But Geoff Blaber, an analyst with CCS Insight, questioned how open the platform will be.

“Can the new entity really be open when Nokia has such a vested interest? This may be the stated goal, but in practice it might be more difficult to achieve. We’ll have to scrutinise the fine print of the intellectual property rights and articles of association,” he said.

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