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A great link here to a zoomable annotated look at all things large and small. A little US focused but quite fascinating to put lots of things in context – and apparently you can’t see the Great Wall of China from space! Enjoy:

http://www.onemorelevel.com/game/scale_of_the_universe_2012

This is what motorsports is all about; emotion, team work, bravery, skill, excitement, pride, raw competition.

How many instances and events can you remember?? …

It has come to my attention in recent months that London house prices seem to continue to have a mind of their own. A good friend of mine is an expert in the field of residential basement development in the city. He was explaining to me the significant value that “going down” can realise for a home owner. It is not all rosy in the world of residential basement development though, as these constructions often cause issues with neighbours and planning authorities; neither appropriately prepared for the potential structural issues or procedural in accuracy’s. He has written an article on the subject on his new blog. I recommend if your in the market for this kind of residential basement development you read what he has to say and give him a call – he has become somewhat of an expert in the subject.

This is a great piece on coding for kids, with a link to a youTube video of a 12 year old lad talking about his app development experience. It is a great lesson in presentation technique and is that how we are going to see the iPad used in future – as virtual notes?

So coding is the new value add skill. There remains a question in my mind however about what to apply these skills towards. That combination of coding skills and real need is, I feel, important – one goes hand-in-hand with the other. It is therefore important to remember this and also that there is a real world out there too.

Inspiring stuff.

Here is some Monday fun. An interesting TED talk about how babies think. Enjoy:

Digital scene setting – its 2007, Vista is launched, iPhone recently launched, Microsoft biggest technology business in world, Social Media = myspace … so …

Jobs comments at about 8mins 20sec … ooo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCvLTlQWT6A&NR=1

and what is Jobs not saying at about 1mins 35sec (iPad??):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2aLYBC5onk&NR=1

Jobs describing a life, not legacy – about 7mins:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGH-1L-0zo4&NR=1

Finally, a piece of advice – why they are successful Jobs 1 min 40 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQwhbazr5ug&NR=1

Jobs on Success =

1) Passion and love for what your doing.
Why?
Because it is really hard.
Otherwise any rational person will give up.
‘Successful’ ones, loved what they did so they can persevere.
The ones that didn’t love it quit, because they are sane!

2) Be a great talent scout.
Built an org that can eventually build itself.
Hire great people.

Seems about right …

Steve Jobs has really only become an influential figure in my life, within the last couple of years. Getting access to his products, especially my iPhone, have made me a happier person. How is that possible? – I don’t know, but I am not alone.

He will be missed by many and it is a sad way for him to leave us.

Here is an inspirational talk he gave in 2005. Very inspiring for me and I hope for you too – its emotional but that is actually a good thing.

Enjoy:

Ok … so its not quite but totally awesome, never the less:

Here is a great post on what the US debt looks like. Some surprising things are how little $1m looks and the nice fact that if you’d spent $1m per day since Jesus was born, you’d still not have spend £1 trillion yet !!

Enjoy …