Links for 19-06-2008
No radio links this week, just three interesting articles on open-source hardware, serendipitous recommendations and how to unleash your creativity.
Open-source hardware | Open sesame | Economist.com
The Economist gives an introduction to open-source hardware featuring devices from openmoko, Chumby, Bug Labs et al.
...My heart's in Accra » The architecture of serendipity
A good post about how about typical recommendation systems on the web aren't about recommendation, but about prediction. They tend to do a good job of making consistent, safe recommendations but should be more open and serendipitous.
How to Unleash Your Creativity: Scientific American
Capturing, challening, broadening, surrounding and "walk out the door for 20 minutes or so and see what happens to your thinking".
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