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While waiting for my book to arrive, Prof. Alex Halavais has just shared the first of his many upcoming lectures from his book, Search Engine Society (hat tip Jason Nolan). As he notes, the common misconception of publications relating to search engines, has been their attribution to the marketing of goods and services through search ...
I’ve beta-tested it, loved it and even bought myself a sponsored edition for just $97 at Macworld Expo 2009. It’s normally $199 from their web site, with the full version being $499.Why do I like BoinxTV so much?Bastian, the video guru at Boinx Software, explains some of the key features of BoinxTV for live video ...
3M and Texas Instruments have all made handheld pico projectors, but Microvision might have just upped the ante with their “laser projection” technology. Jacques Lincoln, Microvision’s Global Product Manager, explains that by using laser instead of LEDs to project light, image projections never needs focusing (as you’ll see in the video), and maintains …
While I got to see a preview of Camtasia for Mac, it’s not ready for public viewing. What I can show you though, is the “Pro edition” of Jing released earlier this month.Katie Lewis of Techsmith demos some of the new features Jing “Pro” offers, which includes:YouTube export and uploadingMPEG-4 export, great for editing and ...
If you’ve been thinking about mindmapping, and want to take it to a “multiplayer” level, definitely give Mindmeister.com a go! Mindmeister’s developer, Til, shows off their gorgeous interface, easy to use controls and open collaborative wiki-like features. Newly announced at Macworld 2009 were the animated revision history (like a wiki but highly …
IPEVO’s marketing executive Caroline introduces me to an LCD picture frame that does more than just show great photos, the IPEVO’s Kaleido R7The Kaleido R7 comes as a 7-inch, 800 x 480 LCD display, with 512MB internal memory as well as an SD card slot. This glossy looking networked picture frame comes in both wired ...
Freshly announced at Macworld 2009, Brenthaven CEO Scott Armstrong gives me the lowdown on their new line of changeable laptop bags called the Switch Messenger Bags. Brenthaven bags are well-known for being tough at protecting your laptop, but are also known to have a professional standard look to them. With the newly patented custom flip ...
One of the SMULE engineers, Spencer, reveals the backstory of how the inventive Zelda flute application, Ocarina, was created for the iPhone. Apparently SMULE produce all kinds of musical apps as they’re using a unique audio coding language for creative yet rapid development. A key member of SMULE is Ge Wang, a PhD student at ...
Pick to see entire photo set or full-screen slideshow. These photographs chronicle my adventures in and out of Macworld 2009, in my quest to make the best of my time in beautiful San Francisco.Besides seeing new products, you’ll notice some of my trips to Qik and CitizenSpace. I’m on a mission to interview a few ...
This week’s going to be exciting, not just for Macworld Expo 2009, but also for the folks who’ve made time off their busy schedules to chat with me while I’m in San Francisco.Steve Mann: the early cyborg - Monday @ 2.30pmTo kick off the week, I had the opportunity to video chat with Steve Mann, ...
This video chat was conducted via Steve Mann’s Eyetap wearable video device, Skype as well as the standard cellphone. I’ll have a full video of this interesting discussion once I make the necessary edits (it was a lenghty discussion after all!). Just moments ago, I remotely communicated with the original cyborg (or glogger as he ...
“Technophile Kevin Lim has found a way to make his private life a public event, broadcasting his experiences live to the Internet”.For those wondering what it’s like capturing chunks of my daily life, here’s a short documentary of the social cyborg experience. You’ll see highlight videos shot through my wearable camera outfit, as well as ...
Click to view photo slideshow…Admittedly, Buffalo can be a lonely place for me. Thankfully I’m in good company with Peter, Florence, Patrick and Sharon celebrating New Year’s Eve at my humble apartment. Lobsters, chocolate cakes and Asti abound! Next week it’s off to San Francisco, where aside from Macworld, I’ll be chatting with interesting …
Welcome Buffalo News readers! You probably dropped by after reading Steve Watson’s article entitled “Video technology creates a few very-public lives“, which offers a gre …
Tech65 100th Episode Cameo from brainopera on VimeoJust a quick shout-out to the Tech65 crew for their upcoming 100th episode. This probably makes them the longest running (or only?) technology podcast in Singapore. Tech65’s home boys (and one girl) include Daniel, DK, Farinelli, Hisham, Jerrick, Naveen, Nicole, NTT and Ryu.If you’re in Singapore, feel free ...
Kevin’s Sweet Potato Casserole from brainopera on VimeoAs the holidays swing around, instead of buying junk, why not make something for your loved ones?What’s that?You don’t even know where the kitchen is? Don’t fret! You’re in good company, thanks to a complete culinary noob such as myself. If Kevin can do it, there’s an 80% ...
Watch for a Buffalo News article this weekend involving the fearsome “Social Cyborg“. Journalist Steve Watson, Photographer Charlie and Videographer Joe spent last Tuesday covering my ongoing project on the consequences of a hyperconnected person, aka the social cyborg. While it was appealing to get absorbed in the technology involved (i.e. wearable networked …
Click photo to supersize…Yup, it’s snowmageddon on Buffalo, and more of northen America. You can almost tell the peaks in snow fall just by looking at this graph of tweets mentioning #snowmageddon. It’s also all over flickr, though I’ve only seen three related Youtube videos uploaded so far.If you are interested, here the view from ...
In the Qik video above, I’ll share a personal update on: A Singaporean Gift, Spending Christmas alone, Dissertation progress, the last Macworld in 2009, the Social Cyborg on Weekend Buffalo News, performing Self-Surgery on bump on inner lip, slow blogging for now.Opening up the care package from Singapore, I find a treat I’ve not tasted ...
All our twitter mobiles… Yes, Trism counts!Last Saturday, we organized a last minute Buffalo Holiday Tweetup at Brennans Bowery Bar. It hailed a decent turnout, including new faces like Matt Hames and John Piercy. Steve Watson was there as well to observe for an article in the Buffalo News.According to Steve Watson, @Wegmans isn’t actually ...
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