Côte&Ciel – Isar Rucksack Eco Yarn
Nöjda medarbetare inte nog (SvD)
Enligt författarna finns det inget samband mellan hur nöjd medarbetaren är och hur nöjd kunden är. Tänka sig att ingen tänkt på detta tidigare..
Vår studie visar att måttet Nöjd medarbetar-index (NMI) är konstant över tid, oavsett vilken myndighet medarbetaren jobbar på eller hur myndigheten presterar gentemot sina kunder. Medarbetare på Arbetsförmedlingen, som enligt Svenskt Kvalitetsindex har lägst kundnöjdhet, är lika nöjda som medarbetarna på Skatteverket, som har högst kundnöjdhet.
Läs hela inlägget här: Nöjda medarbetare inte nog | Brännpunkt | SvD.
Lifelogger – adventure/kids camera
Well, found this today. Kind of an alternative to Google Glass, a video recorder on your head (but no screen). Looks a bit silly, like those bluetooth headsets people sometimes forget to take off. But with small kids, I realize that having both arms free could make them relax and play more naturally in front of the camera. And, also, I love gadgets, so maybe I will be backing this one. $200 coming up!
Lifelogger- POV video camera and processing software! by Lifelogger Technologies Corp. — Kickstarter.
Friday bits and pieces 16 May 2014
For this week I have rounded up a few links that I enjoy and hopefully some of you will find these interesting.
- Jenslabs – Swedish guy building a lot of interesting technical things
- Arduino Zero – a new board jointly developed by Arduino and Atmel
- Matthias Wandel – a technical woodworker, building his own bandsaw, dust collector etc. Father of the Pantorouter. Amazing guy!
- Jimmy DiResta – a multi-talented maker/artist in New York. I am very impressed. Highly recommended.
Have a good weekend!
/Olof
100 TED talks in 5 minutes
Interesting article. 70 hours of TED talks condensed down to 100 incredible things you need to know about productivity, becoming a better human, people, technology and earth (and beyond).
Well worth spending a few minutes on.
You Can Easily Learn 100 TED Talks Lessons In 5 Minutes Which Most People Need 70 Hours For
How Evernote makes my life easier
Evernote is a great way of organizing your life. It is a free cloud synced notebook available from your computer, smartphone and tablet. You are able to save and share text, pictures, web pages, PDFs and more.
My main uses for Evernote are:
Storing receipts and warranty info
I scan the receipts using my printer/scanner and it sends the scan as an email to my personal Evernote email address. When starting Evernote next time (or force sync it immediately) I get the receipt in my notebook. Evernote automatically recognizes scanned text (OCR) thus I am able to search for a receipt containing specific text (maybe the OCR part only is available when using the paid premium version).
Web clippings, articles, recipes
When I find interesting products, articles or recipes when surfing I can clip the page (or part of the page) using an add-on to my browser. This easily copies the information and puts it in Evernote.
Taking screenshots of presentations when attending web conferences
When attending web conferences, Evernote is a super easy way of copying the currently viewed slide to either Evernote, clipboard or to a file.
Everything you store in Evernote can be shared with others or only be available to you. Also, for example, when attending confidential company meetings you most likely are not permitted to upload those slides outside the company, instead you can put them in a locally stored part of Evernote, only available on your current work computer.
Yes, I would like to recommend Evernote. It is a great way of storing and organizing all the information you want to keep for later easy retrieval.
Get started today, organize your life in the cloud!
Vad är viktigast 2014, stickad halsduk eller egen hemsida?
Intressant blogginlägg om skolan och dess förberedelser av eleverna inför framtiden. Personligen så har jag haft nytta av både träslöjden och syslöjden och hoppas verkligen att den består. Samtidigt är det viktigt att skolan ser till att eleverna är förberedda för arbetsmarknadens behov. “På min tid” fick man lära sig programmera hemma på kammaren. Så vill vi väl inte ha det idag?
http://internetworld.idg.se/2.1006/1.561050/stickad-halsduk-eller-egen-hemsida
SRF Shield – Instant wireless networking for Arduino
This looks interesting, SRF Shield – Instant wireless networking for Arduino. After struggling with the NRF24L01+ for a while, this might be easier? Anyone tried these? Currently a Kickstarter project.
Arduino The Documentary
Interesting documentary about the birth of Arduino, meet the people behind the popular open-source electronics prototyping platform.
Octopus TA17-03 Current sensor with Arduino Uno
I bought the Octopus TA17-03 non-invasive current sensor a while back. Now when trying it out I did not get it to work. I connected it to an Arduino Uno and used the EmonLib. No current at all were measured. I had not tinkered with electronics for a couple of years, I was a bit rusty. But after a bit of fiddling and discussion with friends I realized the problem. Of course you cannot run both wires through the sensor, only one. If running both Live and Neutral through it, then they cancel each other out, thus no current is registered.
So now it works. Still not calibrated, but at least I can detect if there is a current flowing or not. Let me know if you would like the sketch and diagram.