Gaming Can Make a Better World – Jane McGonigal – TED

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Jane McGonigal would like to see us all play more online games.
How much more? 7 times more! That would take the current world total of 3 billion hours of online gaming a week to 21 billion hours a week.
Why do this? She thinks gaming can save the world. And she makes a compelling case! Imagine if all that energy were directed to solving real world challenges.
Other interesting stats include …
Children will spend 10,000 hours (a magic number) gaming by the age of 21.
Low energy, low bandwidth gaming is developing in third world countries.
World of Warcraft has created the largest wiki on a single topic.
She’s right when she says, “We make the future.”

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Sneak Peek – Puppet Warp

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Russell Brown offers a sneak peak of Photoshop CS5’s new Puppet Warp feature. Initially, you might think you’re not interested in using a tool that can create such dramatic distortions. But give that a second thought. What would you do with a tool that can also create very subtle distortions that aren’t obvious but nonetheless compelling – straighten a bowed horizon, make one object lean towards another, reshape a face, etc.
Tune in tomorrow April 12 at 8am PDT for Adobe’s CS5 online announcement. Register now.