A good one for the klids

In doing some technology teaching at my daughters primary school, I discovered the Microsoft Research FUSE Labs fantastic "Kudo Game Labs".

It is free.

I have attached some information.

The link [http://fuse.microsoft.com/page/kodu.aspx] in the attached document, has a stack of information and also the Victorian Governments report on it's impact in the classroom.

I will let you know how I go with teaching it and how much a mess with their heads... :-)

1. See http://mydsondemand.com/gettingstarted_robotics for some thoughts on how you can mash telemetry and "robots" into mydigitalspace onDemand.

Vry useful for manufacturing type solutions - eg get direct information from a production line about orders complete or send a command to a warehouse system to pick an order based on a new customer order being placed or may be a supplier order to a supplier based on a "parts bin" getting to a certain level.

2. Also see http://pusher.com for how you can make your application real-time using Websockets "push" framework.  Great for messaging solutions - eg new order for in-field service person.

Some words on the ibCom application framework and how it relates to User Experience Design (UXD).

http://mydsondemand.com/gettingstarted_uxd

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Don't forget to follow @1blankspace_com - we are following quite quit few User Interface (UI) Designers - so you can pick up on some good conversations and resources.

Just click on our Following link.

Don't forget to keep checking out http://mydsondemand.com - we are constantly updating with new methods and getting started guides.