31 August 2001

Lego Trouble Sympathetic but troubling article on Fast Company about Lego's struggle to remain relevant to children. "Lego has a history that most companies only dream about. Yet its efforts to grow with the times haven't worked out. Here's a story - a fable, really - of a noble company and its difficult encounters with a fickle, fast-moving world." (Via BoingBoing) Person 2 Person goes to War O'Reilly interview with the chief scientist in charge of US Army simulation and training technology. "Well, for example, you could annotate a window and say, "There was a sniper here yesterday." If the next day somebody's wearing the system, he would know, "Watch out, there was a sniper here yesterday," or, "This is where we left the ammunition," and so on." (also via BoingBoing) 2:43:38 PM