tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302734.post7387450120694934984..comments2023-09-09T18:59:10.173+08:00Comments on big mango: Can the Future be Designed?Cocoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03079637494529705906noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302734.post-45528304556419257222007-04-26T09:43:00.000+08:002007-04-26T09:43:00.000+08:00*chuckles* i know what you mean: life seems to get...*chuckles* <BR/><BR/>i know what you mean: life seems to get harder the older we get. i can laugh now about it. it seems to be one huge roller coaster ride, with many ups and downs, and more to follow going forward, i think.<BR/><BR/>anyway, i joined www.ted.com quite recently. it has been, exciting and inspiring. <BR/><BR/>i mean... take William McDonough. he designed/is building a city... without destroying the ecology. they actually are putting the grass on top of the buildings, ensuring that at least at one time in the day, all the structures will have sunlight. hehehe. <BR/><BR/>that's just one example. <BR/><BR/>you should also see the multi-touch thing. i want to see the instructions on how to build that thing.<BR/><BR/>i've also been listening to Guy Kawasaki. he has a very nice presentation called <A HREF="http://arkangel1a.blogspot.com/2007/04/everyone-care-nobody-cry.html" REL="nofollow">"the art of the start"</A> i have it embedded , click on that link. the video is downloadable from google video. <BR/>he said as a venture capitalist, he isn't looking for the company who says they'll make money. in fact, the successful companies he said are those who are "out to change the world". it's a pretty good presentation and i hope you get to see it. <BR/><BR/>Guy's presentation, and the ones i've been watching/listening that came from TED, has made me pause and rethink a lot of the basic assumptions for "what i want to do next" myself.<BR/><BR/>oh, happy birthday again, hope you enjoy your vacation and let me know more about how vista is for you.Cocoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079637494529705906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302734.post-50350015116243623412007-04-26T01:41:00.000+08:002007-04-26T01:41:00.000+08:00Nice one dude,1 hour after my birthday has passed,...Nice one dude,<BR/>1 hour after my birthday has passed, i can't sleep, i check my e-mail, and here i see your blogpost -"Can the future be designed?" <BR/>It somehow got my attention to read it through(sometimes i just look at bits and pieces of your blog bro, haha, always interesting, but it's just me) <BR/><BR/>Very nice read for my birthday.<BR/>Life has been harder exponentialy through the years. And thinking what my tomorrow would be is getting complicated. I think we need that wider universe now. Wider in the sense that instead of making things complicated, things should now evolve into something new. You quoted that "Our intelligence is measured by the combination of various disciplines and the innovation of our creative spirit." But innovation of what? Something that is already useful? Which in turn only makes it more complicated. I believe that the roadmap to our concept of "Technology, Intelligence, and Innovations" are reaching its maximum capacity.<BR/><BR/>So i think that the "design" that we need for the future is something else... <BR/>I don't know if E.T. has to throw blueprints of new concepts for us, or Mr Terminator having to go back from the future and leave his severed bionic arm for us to study, or Michael Jackson finally confessing that he is an alien and share the technology of his people.<BR/><BR/>A new Grand Design is needed.<BR/>Blah blah...<BR/>I'm dreaming na yata.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com