Author: ericblue

Recent Blog Updates: CAPTCHA and SpeedLinking

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve made some updates in the last couple days that I wanted to share. Fighting Spam Spam… the bane of my existence! Comment and Trackback spam has increased pretty drastically in the last few months. I’ve decided to enable a CAPTCHA on all comments. SpeedLinking I’ve taken a hint from the Integral Options Cafe, and…
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Speedlink: 2007-06-12

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Mind Mapping Software Weblog Promising new web-based mind mapping app: Mind42 Tags: mindmap touchgraph amazon browser – data visualization & visual design – information aesthetics Touchgraph… it seems the visual information design & interactive features have been dramatically enhanced since their first google browser version about 2 years ago. Tags: infoviz, software, touchgraph Mind…
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Hack Your Brain: Make Your Own Mind Machine

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMake Magazine recently featured on article on how to create your own mind machine. “This weekend, learn how to hack your brain by making Mitch Altman’s Brain Machine! It flashes LEDs into your eyes and beeps sounds into your ears to make your brain waves sync up into beta, alpha, theta, and delta brainwaves! Mitch…
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WikiMindMap

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChuck Frey recently posted about an interesting application called WikiMindMap that represents Wikipedia entries in a mindmap format. WikiMindMap is a tool to browse easily and efficiently in Wiki content, inspired by the mindmap technique. Wiki pages in large public wiki’s, such as wikipedia, have become rich and complex documents. Thus, it is not allways…
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Best Friends Trip – 2007

Reading Time: 3 minutesLast week was very memorable. Chantelle and I went on a week-long vacation, starting off in Las Vegas, staying in Sedona, and finally arriving at Kanab, Utah. The main purpose of the trip was to visit the Best Friends animal sanctuary in Kanab. Best Friends is the nation’s largest animal shelter for homeless animals, and…
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Microsoft Surface

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrom Popular Mechanics: Microsoft has quietly been developing the first completely new computing platform since the PC — a project that was given the internal code name Milan. This past March, when the project was still operating on the down low, I became the first reporter invited inside these offices. My hosts politely threatened legal…
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3rd Party Digg Tools – Can you Digg it?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBrian Shaler hosts a fantastic collection of Digg visualization tools at http://brian.shaler.name/digg/. Some of these tools include the Wheel of Upcoming Stories, the Digg RADAR, and DiggTaggr Data Visualization.

Hiking in Sedona, AZ

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m still working on wrapping up my photo album from the trip. But, thought I would share a photoset that I uploaded to FlickR. These pictures are taken primarily at the Airport mesa and Bell Rock trails. http://www.flickr.com/photos/56683314@N00/sets/72157600284885041/show/ The panaramic is a beautiful 360 degree picture at the top of the airport mesa.

My Travels This Week

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis week is going to be jam packed. I’m leaving this evening to go on vacation to Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Some of the notable places I’m stopping at are Las Vegas, Sedona, the Grand Canyon, and Zion National Park. I’ll have sporadic net access, but I’ll try to post some pics.

Recommended Mind Mapping Blogs and Resources

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMindjet just published a list of recommended blogs focusing on mind mapping. I’m happy to say that my blog made it on the list, and some of my more popular mind mapping articles were featured. I also discovered some new blogs that I wasn’t aware of. If you’re interested in mind mapping, please do check…
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