Posts by Dann Berg | Dann Berg - Part 12
Hands-On Raspberry Pi Review
Check out my hands-on review of the Raspberry Pi for Laptop Magazine. Here’s a teaser: After numerous delays and unexpected compliance testing, the Raspberry Pi Foundation is finally shipping the first batch of highly anticipated Raspberry Pi computers. This computer-on-a-board is coveted for its low price ($35) and small size, roughly that of a deck […]
Hallucinating in the Quiet Room
A room so quiet no one can stand it for more than 45 minutes, for The Times Herald, by Bill Ward: Besides being able to hear one’s own heart, stomach and even inner ear, or the sounds emitted by a cellphone’s display, first-timers in the quiet room find their other senses discombobulated by “cross-modal” perceptual […]
Clicking Banner Ads
Steve Hanov: In recent years, hundreds of the brightest minds of modern civilization have been hard at work not curing cancer. Instead, they have been refining techniques for getting you and me to click on banner ads. This is a problem.
“Siri is a Success,” He Said.
Eric Jackson, writing for Forbes: If you took one thing from Cook’s entire talk on Tuesday, it’s that this guy’s a good poker player. He’s very…. controlled. Every word – as well as every detail in Apple’s supply chain – is measured. Seriously, read the Forbes article and check out how many different ways Tim […]
Visual Re-Imagining of the Weather
I’m really into super simple applications that rely on intuitive visual clues to convey information. Using color to represent the weather, as in this iPhone app, really sets a mood along with providing weather information. Another great example of intuitive design is the popular Clear To-Do list app. I don’t actually use Clear on a […]
This.
Rob Gonda: …after 3 years all [Google Glass has] managed to do is to take pictures and video, a bit disappointing since you can buy a much better Spy camera eyeglasses for $100. This.