I am a sucker for analog. Especially tangible analog. got this from Gizmag. here’s a video: and here are some more niceties: and one of my favorite analog technologies (of the modern day) is a crystal radio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_radio

Aside from our default favorites like Flickr, Google images, Bing images, Corbis and Ghetti getting quick nice images to communicate in our presentations is a pain. While making a successful mood-board, not only do the themes/products reflected in the images have to be correct, but the Image itself needs to be coherent with the mood [...]

Listening to IxDA talks last few days. (through the link on the Interactiondesign.se) This one struck a particular chord with me after having problems with my HP laptop (here. This talk gets particularly interesting towards the end with examples of Canon, Kindle and Ipod. Tom Igoe-Open Source Design: Camel or Unicorn? from Interaction Design Association [...]