Here is a great visual from Top Trends, trying to predict development over the next 15+ years
Timeline of Emerging Science & Technology from Top Trends
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Author Archives: Luc Beaulieu
Smartphones: when bigger is too big!
In general, the only people who still think they want a 4-inch iPhone are those who do not yet own a 4.7-inch iPhone 6 or 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus.
When the iPhone launch in 2007, its 3.5 inches screen was considered large. Things changed quite a lot since then. Have you ever since someone having a conversation with a large phablet to its head? Ridiculous is a overstatement!
I am Charlie / Je suis Charlie
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2015: The International Year of Light
This velocity is so nearly that of light, that it seems we have strong reason to conclude that light itself (including radiant heat, and other radiations if any) is an electromagnetic disturbance in the form of waves propagated through the electromagnetic field according to electromagnetic laws.
James Clerck Maxwell, A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field (1864), §20
“Get me off you F&?%$ mailing list” scientific paper by Mazières and Kohler
If you are like me, you are probably receiving at least a few “invitations” per week to submit you latest and greatest research to an open access journal…that you have never heard of before. The fees are small and the editorial board is supposed to be at the forefront of the field.
Scholarly Open Access blog ran an eye opening, albeit extreme, story of two UCLA researcher that simply had enough and made the proof that some of these are simply bonus journals. The whole paper is based on a single sentence “Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List” for 10 pages (PDF here). The figures of the paper are quite ingenious and the editor acceptance letter and review letter have made me laugh for a good 5 minutes non stop 😉
Scholarly Open Access keeps a list of potential predatory editors and journals. Have a look.
Cultured Code Things free on iPad/iPhone, 30% off on Mac
Things Blog is announcing a give away for the latest version of Things for iPhone and iPad and a good amount off the Mac version. Been using Things for a long time (the very first beta in fact!). An excellent and very easy to use task management tool.
Ruminating... 