September Links

This is a monthly curation of what I’ve seen and thought was interesting hightlight.

➥ Dynamicland debuts for the world. It will become if fully realized, a wonder of the world. A way of living in a possible future. Link

➥ Whatsapp is huge in some countries but there are now 1.3B of users actively using FB Messenger every month. Link

➥ Pocket computers are food for new ideas. BeagleBoard released another ultra-tiny USB-key-fob computer. Link

➥ CNN and NPR now have text-only websites. Know why? Maybe because the web is bloated and users are content oriented.

➥ Google continues his big bet on Hardware. Proving that UX+integration is always better than spec. Link

➥ Audrey Watters writes about the History of the Future of Learning Objects and Intelligent Machines. Link

➥ At least half a million Go programmers are celebrating Go 10th anniversary. Congratulations Rob Pike, Robert Griesemer, and Ken Thompson. Link

➥ In late 2017 we’re starting to see real practical applications of augmented reality for education. Link

➥ Educational Technology: an evidence-based research. Link

➥ In a world of uncertainty how starting thinking public policies as design processes: express, test and cycle. Link

➥ Apple Guide on FaceID Security. Link

➥ For those who lived 199x: Microsoft becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative. Link

➥ Slack raises a huge financing round ($250 million) from SoftBank valuing the company at $5.1B. Also, Slack released some features like multi-language support (French, Germany, and Spanish) and allow bring important emails into the chat tool. Maybe this is an experiment to attack e-mail workflow. Still no plans for pt-br :(

➥ Hooked: how slot machines are designed to be addictive. Link

Cool thing

➥ LaserSocks: The future of computing demands a lot of exploration. Link

➥ Playful worlds of creative math: a design exploration Link