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I’m down for a bit of that Minority Report action

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:45:57 +0000

g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.

and

oblong’s tamper system 1801011309 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.

Augmented reality is getting pretty cool, and quite functional too

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:05:46 +0000

and

Projections onto buildings are cool

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:46:07 +0000

The first time i saw something like this was on the closing night of Rundfunk.fm at Landesmuseum here in Zurich, where they made the walls of the museum around the entire courtyard come alive with an amazing projection mapped exactly onto the shape of the building.

Now i’ve found a post on Rogier’s blog which shows an equally cool projection in Hamburg.

I wish Rundfunk had a video of their projection on their website.

Social media is not the mustard on top

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:05:13 +0000

If you are a consumer facing brand, then make sure you listen to what Gary V is saying in this video : social media is not just the mustard on top

Thread uses FB connect to great effect

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:34:08 +0000

Ever wondered how you can still create a successful social network considering that Facebook entirely dominate’s the space ? Well the answer is to integrate with Facebook and leverage its login system and large audience to your advantage as social dating website Thread has done. Thread CEO Brian Phillips explains just how it works in this video found on Vator.tv:

HTML5 is going to rock!

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:03:52 +0000

Found this video over on Building43. Very cool.

Facebook opens up status searches

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:38:27 +0000

Remember a few months ago when I said that Facebook opening up status search would happen and it would be HUGE for consumer marketing. Well yesterday it happened, and now the status updates of anyone who has not changed the default ‘public’ setting are available for all to find.

This is such a big deal for marketing I’m still trying to grasp the implications. Most certainly when people realize that their status updates are now public information there’s going to be an uproar, because Facebook was built on the premise that you’re only sharing with your close friends. So it will be interesting to see if FB backpeddals on this one - although I doubt it cause this is basically the only business model that makes sense for FB. It’s not only a play to compete with Twitter, but actually a move to dominate the internet search space overall and create the real Google killer. If anyone can do it, Facebook, with its 300 million users, can.

Vision is about muddling through

admin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:18:40 +0000

As a start-up business, it’s rarely the case that what you set out to do initially is what the company ends up being successful on. The true visionary leaders are the ones who are able to ‘muddle through’, changing their ideas and company focus as necessary to fit the market demands. This post on VatorNews features legendary entrepreneur & venture capitalist Vinod Khosla elegantly explaining this simple truth

and here is a recent example of a start-up CEO, Loic LeMur from video start-up Seesmic, showing that he is a visionary leader too

Augmenting our reality with geo-tagged data

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:17:52 +0000

Layar has just announced their European version of an augmented reality application. Check out the awesome demo.

This follows in the footsteps of the original augmented reality application, Sekai Camera created by Tonchidot presented at TechCrunch50.

Dog Owners : Please Use Dog Tooth Guards !

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:21:16 +0000

Last week i was bitten by a rather large dog. No, it was not provoked, i was just jogging by the lake where lots of people walk & jog. Yes, it was painful and very scary. But i really only have one thing to say about it, and that is that if you are a owner of a medium to large size dog, no matter what race the dog is (the one that bit me looked really friendly), then for the love of your dog and all the people around it, please use this simple but effective tooth-guard on your dog.
I understand he’s your best friend and all, and i’m not saying ‘no dogs in cities’ or ‘muzzled dogs only’, what i’m suggesting is a very fair compromise; medium to large size dogs should wear tooth-guards whenever outside their home. Until something like this becomes law, which will probably take a few more serious or lethal attacks, i would highly appreciate if all you lovely dog owners out there could take the initiative on this one. Thanks so much.