Innovation fun

Mary sent me an email forward of "Piano Stairs" from thefuntheory.com. I enjoyed it so much that I followed it back to the original site and found two more videos of fun and fantastic innovative ideas to get people to change their behavior for the better. What great ideas! I know the blog has been movie-heavy this week, but I couldn't resist sharing:



There is a contest for the next big, fun idea with a prize of 2500 Euro. The three videos on the site are simple things. What simple invention could you create that would motivate people change their behavior (whatever small behavior) for the better? Although I'd intended to make the weekly suggestions for Daily Dose of Amazing more artsy, this definitely qualifies! Hooray for innovation!

Daily Dose of Amazing

If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch, getting your Daily Dose of Amazing is pretty darn easy. As if the phone and all its gizmos weren't cool enough, now there is a new App that art lovers should download immediately...and I mean now. It's called "Yours, Vincent", and it's the iPhone App created for the recent release of all of Van Gogh's letters (mostly to his brother Theo) and sketches, freshly translated and compiled into a 2,500 word, 6 volume artist autobiography. To celebrate the release, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam will have a special exhibit of their entire permanent collection, as well as over 100 letters on display. I read about the book, website (vangoghletters.org) and app in the latest issue of The Economist. The App is awesome. I downloaded it today, and once again was floored by the capabilities of the iPhone. Video clips, images of the letters, sketches, translations and readings of the artist's words...it's a serious stunner.
Enjoy the latest Daily Dose of Amazing. I hope to find something new and wonderful to share every week. This App will definitely keep me busy until then. Beautiful!