act:ualise | technology

Hands down the coolest thing I have seen in weeks. Who will deliver this first, Apple or Google? Either way, can we have the 21st century now please… i’m seeing a dusty film forming on my mouse at this moment.
(Original article, by @fastcompany)

The hype that surrounded Wolfram Alpha bore similarities to the Segway hype machine of 7 years ago: not for the first time was the media abuzz with promises of a revolution in some small part of our lives, that hackneyed ‘paradigm shift’; the ‘game changer’.
Some weeks later, the news that their traffic levels have plummeted [...]

I have recently been attempting to get my head around Open Flash Chart to, at the very least, get an equivalent ‘Hello World’ version running before I run off customising it. Should be simple right? Well yes, once you get around a real showstopping gotcha which isn’t documented out there.
The starting point, this tutorial example. [...]