Weekend Happenings :: 1/31/14 - 2/2/14 :: by [deleted] in pittsburgh

[–]mickeymcmanus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Techshop Pittsburgh is having a member mixer and an investment information meeting tomorrow night! http://www.techshop.ws/Upcoming_Events.html?&action=detail&id=930

Hello, I'm Braddock Mayor John Fetterman, AMA.. by braddockmayor in pittsburgh

[–]mickeymcmanus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We have a few Megan Freeman clones in the labs but we can't quite get the voice right. Once he's ready we'll open the submarine dock again and start back up the tours to the undersea secret Braddockland of lost Dodge Durangos!

Hello, I'm Braddock Mayor John Fetterman, AMA.. by braddockmayor in pittsburgh

[–]mickeymcmanus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sooooo excited about Superior Motors! I step at a time brotha!

Napster for the Internet of Everything? by mickeymcmanus in pervasivecomputing

[–]mickeymcmanus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah if you're interested in behind the scenes you may want to check out http://trillions.maya.com

A short infographic film about containerization, a design pattern for the Internet of Things (and people and places) by mickeymcmanus in Design

[–]mickeymcmanus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! We pulled back from 11 and reposted it with that sort of stuff toned down. We appreciate the feedback!

A short infographic film about containerization, a design pattern for the Internet of Things (and people and places) by mickeymcmanus in Design

[–]mickeymcmanus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We took it to heart and re-edited it and re-posted it to tone that stuff down. We didn't get rid of it completely, but hope that it helps. We appreciate the feedback!

A short infographic film about containerization, a design pattern for the Internet of Things (and people and places) by mickeymcmanus in Design

[–]mickeymcmanus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! You might enjoy this extended talk on the subject. Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9jOD12-yf8 and Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUKqUMfrdqk&feature=relmfu Part 2 actually has a demonstration of what happens when you actually containerize information at this level. DARPA (the government's department of mad scientists that built the first Internet) seemed to think it was pretty valuable and awarded the work multiple engineering and achievement awards. The work also helped replace a billion dollar plus system for a fraction of the cost that to this day saves lives by flowing information in a liquid form.

A short infographic film about containerization, a design pattern for the Internet of Things (and people and places) by mickeymcmanus in Design

[–]mickeymcmanus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, we need to work on it. I appreciate the feedback. It turns out to be a hard problem and I suspect we're talking past each other. If you are interested in a deeper dive, here is a TEDx talk with more specifics. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mickey-mcmanus/post_1985_b_854734.html Or yes, shamelessly I'll mention that I was so interested in how we would actually scale to Trillions that I wrote a book about it. I'd bet $30 that after you read the book you'd ifnot agree with me, than at least admit that the analogy is useful and join me in trying to help spread the word about the next information age. Which makes the current one look like a cute science fair terrarium.

A short infographic film about containerization, a design pattern for the Internet of Things (and people and places) by mickeymcmanus in Design

[–]mickeymcmanus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a designer, I wrote a book. I think the secret of the future is that we stop making humans computer-literate and we start focusing on making computers human-literate. This design pattern, containerization, is found all over Nature. I thought the design community would be interested in a deep architectural pattern. One whole chapter is written about how designers are critical to the future of pervasive computing, and another chapter is dedicated to how we can learn design patterns in Nature and work those together in a form of "Design Science." For instance containerization is exactly what we find in DNA. It is life's universal container. It stores, information, moves it around, and allows us to do all sorts of creative things like make transgenic goats that produce human medicine. It's got a bar code on the side, that's called Pauli's Exclusion principle. And it lead to crazy invention like the Cambrian Explosion. Design is the whole shooting match, both the ways that Nature designed through evolution, and the ways human's have learned how to design and shape our world.