How do you think they achieved this?
The Backwards Brain Bicycle
This video gives a practical example of growth mindset and demonstrates neural plasticity.
Do you think you could ride the bike?
Don’t Fear The Internet Video Series
Don’t Fear The Internet is a video series designed to introduce you to the basics of the internet and website programming.
Video #1 is at the bottom of the page – they are listed in order of release date rather than the order you should probably view them.
This video series was created by designer/typographer Jessica Hische and her web developer husband Russ Maschmeyer who are both well respected in their fields of expertise.
Highly recommended for quality of content and correctness of coding practices 🙂
The first secret of design is … noticing
As human beings, we get used to “the way things are” really fast. But for designers, the way things are is an opportunity … Could things be better? How? In this funny, breezy talk, the man behind the iPod and the Nest thermostat shares some of his tips for noticing — and driving — change.
How Do Robots ‘See’ the World?
The world has gone mad for robots with articles talking almost every day about the coming of the robot revolution. But is all the hype, excitement and sometimes fear justified? Is the robot revolution really coming?
The answer is probably that in some areas of our lives we will see more robots soon. But realistically, we are not going to see dozens of robots out and about in our streets or wandering around our offices in the very near future.
This article on The Conversation explores the feasibility of robotics in several fields.
Careers NZ – Mana Rapuara Aotearoa
It’s always a good idea to see how the ICT industry changes and what jobs are in demand.
It pays to be practical and set a goal for where you’d like to be in 5 years. 10 years?
Have a look at some of the different career paths in ICT and what they pay.
“The Icehouse” On the Hunt for Young NZ Talent
There was an article in the NZ Herald on Christmas day:
Kiwi students and start-ups matched in new summer internship programme.
This summer, between 15 and 30 students will conduct summer internships at The Icehouse and portfolio companies it and Ice Angels have invested in.
Matching the best and brightest students with New Zealand start-ups is the aim of a new internship programme being launched this summer by business incubator The Icehouse, angel investment group ICE Angels, and education consultancy Crimson Consulting.
The Technology Leaders of Tomorrow programme will see between 15 and 30 students from the Crimson network conduct summer internships at The Icehouse and portfolio companies it and Ice Angels have invested in.
Aparna Rao: High-tech art (with a sense of humor)
Artist and TED Fellow Aparna Rao re-imagines the familiar in surprising, often humorous ways. With her collaborator Soren Pors, Rao creates high-tech art installations — a typewriter that sends emails, a camera that tracks you through the room only to make you invisible on screen — that put a playful spin on ordinary objects and interactions.
Public Libraries of NZ Games Workshop
Here’s something to do over the summer holidays. Public Libraries of New Zealand are hosting a game design workshop with the goal being to design and code a game in a day.
In Nelson they’re from the 26th-29th of Jan 2016. Register online here.
Why not make video games for girls?
At TED in 1998, Brenda Laurel asks: Why are all the top-selling video games aimed at boys? She spent two years researching the world of girls (and shares amazing interviews and photos) to create a game that girls would love.