Spark Episode 75

On this episode of Spark: Self-monitoring, interactive magazines, and a Twittering cat door:

  • Nora mentions Letters from a Stoic by the Roman philosopher Seneca
  • Gus and Penny (who are cats) use a Twittering Cat Door (see their tweets)
  • Nicholas Felton on self-monitoring and Daytum.com (full interview)
  • Nora and Elizabeth review some of the messy desktop contest entries submitted so far
  • Anand Agarwala explains human-computer action, and shows Nora Bumptop (see Anand’s demonstration at TED)
  • Nora wonders if online petitions and Facebook groups can change anything
  • Tim Devin publishes i left this here for you to read (contribute to Spark’s entry)

http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2009/04/episode-75-april-22-25-2009/

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  1. Spark Episode 75

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    http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2011/12/spark-166-december-18-21-2011/

    —Huffduffed by adactio one year ago

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    http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2012/03/spark-177-march-25-2012/

    —Huffduffed by iamdanw one year ago

  3. Spark 166 – December 18 & 21, 2011 | Spark

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    http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2011/12/spark-166-december-18-21-2011/

    —Huffduffed by iChris one year ago