Vision of Earth has begun to offer mp3 downloads of some of our content. These mp3 downloads can be considered podcasts of the same content.
Category: Productivity Tools
How can we accomplish more with less time/effort/money?
31 Ways to Reduce Paper Usage
Why should we care about our paper usage? For me the key points are that it is an expensive, impermanent storage medium that is made primarily out of those wondrous things we call trees.
Software tools that we use to collaborate across the world
How do we keep in touch? How do we collaborate over such distances? This post is a description of the major software tools we use to do this.
RSA Animate on what motivates us
The first time I saw the RSA Animate video on motivation, I was impressed and fascinated. This was the first video I had ever seen done in this style. I was absolutely transfixed for the whole ten minutes, riveted by the literal ‘illustration’ of ideas. The combination of a well-delivered speech with excellent contextual visual representation blew me away.
Software used to create Vision of Earth
Vision of Earth is a WordPress blog. We started out using the Tarski theme for WordPress. Earlier this year we converted the Arras Theme when we did a full update and redesign of the site. We decided to go with more of a website approach than a blog approach to design. Instead of the most recent post and a menu, as in a blog style, we have a large part of the page dedicated to our best and most foundational works.
New Server for Vision of Earth
Due to some server troubles, we were down for several days earlier in the month. Our webmaster took this opportunity to look into our hosting options. The new solution that he has implemented is a virtual machine hosted on servers directly connected to an Internet backbone in Freemont, California. It is our expectation that this […]
Vision of Earth’s New Forum
Forum for contribution and discussion UPDATE: The forum has been removed from the site. We now have a new forum. You can get there at any time by clicking the “Forum” link near the top of the page. The forum in its current state was designed by Ben with the help of the rather impressive […]
New Look for Vision of Earth!
We have gone a long time without an update. Ben and Alana have been working hard.