Concept Maps
September 11, 2006
Dubberly Design Office have some excellent examples of concept maps, including explaining how DNS works, what is a brand, and how organizations track customers to retain them longer. They were developed using Adobe Illustrator.
Diamonds no longer a girl’s best friend
August 15, 2006
An Oxygen Network study of the 15-49 age range, "Girls Gone Wired", has shown that in the US that technology is a girl’s best friend. Here are some more details from the study:
- On average women own 6.6 technology devices, compared to men owning 6.9 devices.
- 77% of women surveyed prefered a new plasma TV to a diamond necklace.
- 56% of the women would prefer a plasma TV to a Florida vacation.
- 86% of women would prefer a new digital video camera to a pair of designer shoes.
- 80% of the women felt comfortable with technology, with 46% doing their own computer trouble-shooting.
No longer should women be ignored in the technology world!
Australian farmers using internet cattle monitoring
July 10, 2006
Farmers in Australia are beginning to use remote monitoring of farm gates and cattle, with security alerts sent to their phones whenever anyone goes through those gates.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/24/australian_net_cattle_monitoring/

