Here's some (way shakycam) video of Danny O'Brien's OpenTech presentation, "Living on the Edge," an extremely provocative and interesting talk about how we might restructure the Internet so that our personal and important moments aren't hosted by YouTube, Flickr, and Blogger, but rather on our own machines.
Living on the Edge: Danny O'Brien's talk about moving our personal info off Web 2.0 and onto our computers
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The Quantum X is the world's first upright water filtration vacuum
For most of the past century, vacuums were pretty much just vacuums. They suctioned dirt and other debris up off the floor, then passed it through a cloth or paper-based filter that would trap and collect all the dirt. But, a few decades ago, the water filtration vacuum showed up – and changed the game.… READ THE REST
If you've got a brilliant iPhone app idea, this training can help you build it yourself
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