December 2014 – Page 2 – Richard's blog

Low fossil fuel prices and the Environmental cost

Dec 13, 2014

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteI am happy to pay less for petrol when I fill the car or scooter but I am worried for renewable energy sources and how this will affect their adoption. After listening to David Hone I see the debate from a different perspective. I want oil prices to stay high so…

Jackie Chan and Martial arts.

Dec 12, 2014

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in Video, vimeo

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJackie Chan – How to Do Action Comedy from Tony Zhou on Vimeo.

Ingress First Saturday

Dec 7, 2014

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in ingress, mobile

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSaturday I went to Lausanne to play Ingress with over 100 individuals.Â The purpose of this meetup was to level up lower level players. I would have preferred a more strategic game as we were so many players. I need to find people who want to play strategically. Ingress is a virtual…

Threaded conversations and community

Dec 7, 2014

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in Real Time Web, social media, Social Media Deontology, social media living room, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom the 1970s to 2007 we had threaded conversations through bulletin boards, forums, groups and other centralising discussion points. For a brief window of about two years conversations became so captivating that people wanted to meet in person as strong friendships were established. By 2009-2010 the threaded and personal conversations between web…

Playing Ingress

Dec 4, 2014

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in ingress, social networking, youtube

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA virtual game you play in the real world. People will meet in Lausanne on this Saturday to play.

The Joy Comes In The Pursuit

Dec 3, 2014

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in ingress, social media, tech related, Video, youtube

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe joy comes in the pursuit

Ingress on Saturday in Lausanne from 1000 onwards.

Dec 2, 2014

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in ingress, Switzerland, youtube

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA taste

Pico Iyer: The art of stillness

Dec 1, 2014

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in TED, travel

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe need to take time to think. We need to avoid external stimuli and spend time with our thoughts. We desire to move and to achieve which drives the economy forward at the cost of forgetting to give ourselves times. The talk explores time and space. It also explores the popular…

Month: December 2014