Category Archives: Awesome
Panoramas gone wrong
Thanks to the Verge and Reddit user MalletsDarker for bringing a chuckle to my Friday. I wouldn’t call this Mountain Giant “Sasquatch,” but it definitely is a rare sighting. Image technology does offer us many beautiful moments, and occasionally, some funny distorted ones too. And sometimes, they give us superpowers. He’s just invisible, that’s all […]
ALL TIME GREATEST AIRPLANE SEAT – Emirates First Class Suite
Casey is milking his social super powers – and rightly so. Here he gets to test out the best first class cabin in the industry and let us all experience once again, what none of us ever will. Thanks for letting us escape. Who knew Youtube could make free trips like this possible just because […]
When the Getting is Good: Using Amazon Prime to Help the Homeless
Ever wonder how you can use your insta-purchase Amazon app for something more necessary than a new gadget you saw on Instagram? How about sending some socks to someone who really needs them, like a homeless person on the streets near where you live? Rob Bliss, this story’s “good samaritan,” hacked how to deliver kindness […]
Juan Llanos Explains How DIgital Currency Will End Poverty
Digital currencies, based on blockchain are doing much more than the flashy bitcoin and ICO stories tell. Companies like Bazista will allow any one to trade anywhere, without the friction of currency conversions. Juan Llanos spoke at TEDxMidAtlantic about the high costs involved in doing business between African nations and internationally: Watch it now. About […]
The Dutch built a water bridge appears to break laws of physics
Michelin wants to reinvent the wheel for the driverless age
Let’s make peace by taking action
I hold that peace can be more than the absence of war. Dr. Steven R Covey taught the 7 Habits of Hightly Effective People with HABIT #5 being Seek first to understand, then be understood I have come to see it as my habit #1. The less I try to push my message, give my […]
Google developed a school curriculum to help kids fight trolls and hackers
Be Internet Awesome To make the most of the Internet, kids need to be prepared to make smart decisions. Be Internet Awesome teaches kids the fundamentals of digital safety and citizenship so they can explore the online world with confidence. Developed in collaboration with online safety experts, Be Internet Awesome provides tools for kids, […]
Can we ever find peace?
A few years back, I heard someone talk about our need to promote peace in the world and how we need more peace. It suddenly struck me as odd… how we talk about the absence of war as something to seek more of. I would love to see less war and fighting, fewer squabble in […]