Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Global Interest in Australian Seabin Invention
An Australian invention aimed to reduce marine pollution is set to go global after becoming a viral sensation, attracting more than 120 million views online. Inventors and water-enthusiasts, Pete Ceglinski and Andrew Turton quit their jobs to come up with a sustainable solution, and succeeded by designing an automated rubbish bin with an electric pump…
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Four Twitter Executives Depart
On Sunday, four head executives of social media platform, Twitter have exited the company. A major investor in Twitter confirmed that Alex Roetter (head of engineering), Katie Stanton (head of media), Kevin Weil (head of product) and Jason Toff (head of Vine) have left. Co-founder Jack Dorsey returned as CEO in October 2015 and the…
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7 Tips For A More Productive Workplace
Set Objectives Let your employees know what needs to be achieved by setting objectives. Deadlines work as long as they are realistic. Use a program like Teamwork to allocate tasks so your employees can gain a sense of achievement each time they tick a task off that list. Workable Workspace Provide a space that employees…
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Robots Will Steal 5 Million Jobs by 2020
The World Economic Forum (WEF) have reported that more than 5 million jobs around the world will be lost over the next four years. More specifically, 7.1 million jobs will be lost and 2 million gained due to technological changes. Amongst these developments include robotics, genetics, artificial intelligence and 3D printing. The “Future of Jobs”…
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Toys That Teach The Basics Of Coding
Adults involved in digital platforms are scrambling to learn the inscrutable language of coding, taking night and online courses, feeling like an old dog unable to learn new tricks. In the mean time, the next generation of children will have the resources to master coding from early childhood with a new range of toys that teach the…
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Google Paid Apple $1 Billion to be Default Search Engine
There have been various rumours about how much Google pays Apple to be the default search bar on the iPhone. A transcript of court proceedings from Oracle Corp’s copyright lawsuit against Google revealed that Apple received $1 billion from Google. Since 2010, Oracle has claimed their Java technology was borrowed to build Android phones without…
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In-N-Out Burger Popup in Sydney
In-N-Out is a famous californian hamburger chain and it opened its first popup store in Sydney today. Due to the popularity of the chain however it was less of a “In-N-Out” and more of a “Stand-N-Wait” It turns out that the famous popup store sold out even before it opened. In response to the popularity,…
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Worst Passwords of 2015
Many of us hate passwords, especially forgetting them because the sign up process made you pick a password with 2 uppercase characters, exactly 4 lowercase characters (no more, no less) 3 numerals, 6 special c@$e characters and 1 hieroglyph. Who can remember all that? All this is silly, if it is brute forcing you are…
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Twitter – Currently Experiencing Technical Difficulty
Twitter’s dark days of the fail whale returned in a flashback style fashion with most if not all regions experiencing outages on Tuesday. The market responded as expected with stocks closing down nearly 7% at $16.69. The stock was at one stage trading at $16.43 which was a new low for the stock. Twitter was…
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5 Australian startups to watch in 2016
2015 was Atlassian’s year. Who will own 2016? 2015 saw Australia’s most successful technology startup, Atlassian, going public. The federal government introduced its “ideas boom”. There is a renewed sense that Aussie startups have a chance of making it big. The new year brings new challenges, but there is more excitement in the local startup…
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