What Kicker Was Doing the Week Ending 2009-02-22

• “[To] Pack a big array of touchscreen buttons together…the best pattern might be a hexagonal grid.” http://icanhaz.com/hexbuttons #
• Six Gadget Trends and Their Effects on Social Media: http://tinyurl.com/ajnvyw #
• Amish hackers. Yes, you read that right. http://tinyurl.com/dfqplg #
• Braille interpreter for those who don’t know braille: http://tinyurl.com/aoa7wp #
• PBS’ list of the Top 30 Innovations of the Last 30 Years: http://tinyurl.com/aeskby #
• “We are paying particular attention to style and design; I’m practically obsessed with it.” Why then is this ugly? http://icanhaz.com/droid2 #
• Power going out in buildings and whole blocks around our office in South Park. Magically, we’re still up and running. #
• Designing with RFID: http://tinyurl.com/dyzqnr #
• I love thinking about instructive failure.
  http://tinyurl.com/dndjog #
• Mapping Fire Lanes with a Digital Pen: http:/technology/technology_at_work/archives/2009/02/mapping_fire_li.html #
• WANT: http://www.pixelsumo.com/post/topobo “Topobo is the world’s first construction toy with kinetic memory.” #
• “I really think designers are going to save our asses and turn this economic situation around.” http://icanhaz.com/hustwit #
• the first 100% recyclable kitchen – http://tinyurl.com/bjlq2t #
• Kicker friends in SF – Jody’s art is on display at DGSF! Her show “Abandoned Objects” opens tonight 5pm-7pm and runs through March 14th. #
• Principles –> Brainstorming –> Debating –> Voting –> Crossing things off the whiteboard –> More debating –> 3 possible concepts #
• Awesome advice from Bill Buxton: “Always be bad at something you are passionate about.” http://icanhaz.com/BuxtonBW #
• “What could we do if we are given the ability to export our past into our future…?” http://icanhaz.com/exportingthepast #
• RT @dvice: Tiny Philips Bluetooth music earphones have a gestural interface http://tinyurl.com/cs64ec #

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