Yesterday, Jen and I went to the Brooklyn Museum to see the Killer Heels exhibition. But also to see some of the rest of the Museum. Source: Wikipedia Neither of us had been there before, so had no idea what to expect. First, I have to say that I was a little confused at first, then impressed. Walking up to the building, I'm staring at this strange ultra-modern entrance where in any other museum, I'd expect to see a grand stairway....
Xerox Alto Mouse (1973) The computer mouse has been a basic part of computing for about 20 years now (25 if you were a Mac early-adopter, and even longer if you are a Xerox Alto power-user). Up until recently, innovations with mouses have been about adding more buttons, and scroll wheels. Now, with Smart-Phones becoming more and more popular, things like multi-touch and gestures are being added too....
I've been working at the office on Times Square (xSq) for a little less than 2 months now. Times Square is one of the street level places that is recognizable as obviously being in New York, and not some other city. As such, people who come to visit New York, at least for the first few times, feel that they must visit this space. To someone who needs to go through Times Square multiple times per day, tourists are painful, literally....
Because of the places I've worked, and the jobs I have had while at those places, I've been able to travel to other countries. While in these places, I've had countless hours of conversations with people from those places, most of whom have never traveled outside of their own countries. These conversations, frequently, are about America. Today's blog started with me reading something that someone in the UK posted online after a rock concert....