I don’t know why I’d need one, but that’s not the point now is it? Microsoft is showing off their Surface Computer. Watch the video – the synchronization between the camera and the phone is pretty sweet.
I just added Twitter Tools to my wordpress plugin arsenal. All of the short posts are as a result of that addition, as well as the "What I’m Doing" in the upper sidebar. Twitter allows SMS posts (140 characters or less) to your blog, your Twitter account, your phone, your Twitter friend’s phones, your IM app of choice, etc. You can also update your "tweets" via all of those previously mentioned routes as well. It’s an excessively nerdy way to stay in touch or to deliver life platitudes from the safety of your own home. Maybe you could think of it as Instant Messaging to no one and everyone at the same time, with an archive, for all the world to see, for all time, or at least as long as Twitter stays around. Speaking of, look how far-reaching this nascent experience has already become – Twittervision – and now Twittervision in 3D.
This place could get even more ridiculous when and if I get an iPhone. Updates every second! One word poems! Haikus composed over days! Links to Flickr pics taken with said hoped-for phone! Musings on nc waterfront property! Even more randomly placed ads! Excessive and impulsive use of multiple exclamation points!!!
Twitter is to blogging what that ADD kid was to your high school science class.
Addictive much? Possibly, depending on your level of acceptable and anonymous voyeurism. Sounds worse than it is. Flickrvision presents realtime Flickr photos as they’re geotagged to Google maps. If that didn’t make sense, just see Flickrvision in action. Weddings, car crashes, feet, family photos, hangover cures, pets…you name it, you’ll most likely see it. When will we get to the point where there’s a site like Flickrvision, but for video, where you can zoom in on any city and see someone’s live broadcast? It’s coming. You know it is. How long watching Flickrvision until you recognize someone?
I’m more and more impressed with what people can mashup. Thank goodness for open APIs and an increasingly colloborative online community.
I almost forgot to mention Twittervision. It’s just as enthralling. Although you’ll most likely just get updates on a person’s daily humdrum activities, sometimes words of wisdom, ancient koans, and thoughtful haiku are waiting to be read.
So this dude created some software to control loops on his Mac by using a Wii Remote. Impressive. And he released the software to anyone…with a Mac. Which I don’t have.
[via the Wunderfool]
I talked about Joost in a previous post. I lamented the fact that I had not been offered a beta invite. Today, apparently, was my day. They expanded their beta test and I received my invite. It’s akin to pay-per-view tv via the Internet, except you don’t have to pay for it. The quality’s better than I expected. The content selection is still limited, but there are a few channels of worthwhile viewing (National Geographic Channel and Comedy Central, IMO). I haven’t delved into too much yet, but you can chat with other viewers while you’re all watching the same show. There are other net-centric features like that built into the software as well. If you’d like an invite, leave a comment. I’m not sure how many I have to give out, so first commented, first served. Once again, reading too quickly has caused me to err. There’s an "Invite a Friend" option within Joost, but there’s also a small line with "Number of Invites to Give: 0." My apologies! But if and when I get invites to send, send them I will.
[Do you need a house marker?]
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