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Star Trek facing off Star Wars? Last year, that happened in Singapore in a cleverly orchestrated joint blood donation campaign. Just check out at their sick bay photos…But that’s not all. I did a quick search on Youtube and also discovered this gem…Aside: I’ve been busy with my dissertation writing so light blogging for now. ...
Take this with a grain of salt, but “BDA China, a Beijing-based consulting and research firm has announced that there are 220 million Web surfers in China, a number which surpasses the 217 million in the United States and makes the country the largest Internet-connected population in the world” (via Mashable). For the past few months, ...
Henry Jenkins is the director, Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT. In this viral-info-snack he discusses the power of media in a 21 century trans-mediated world. A world where converging technologies and cultures give rise to a new media landscape.Thanks to the ever wise Cross-Media Specialist @ChristyDena, I checked out Henry Jenkin’s short video on ...
Magnetosphere revisited (audio by Tosca) from flight404 on Vimeo.This September 9th, Apple is rumored to announce a redesigned iPod nano, iTunes 8.0 and iPhone firmware 2.1. While plenty of new features are expected for iTunes, one of the neatest things to look out for is a “stunning new music visualizer,” which TUAW contributors believe to ...
Pimping his spanking new Nokia n96, Singapore’s “non-political” blogger MrBrown now rolls deep with Qik. You can find him at http://qik.com/mrbrown, while I’m at http://qik.com/kevinlim. Since being inspired by PM Lee’s use of Qik at his National Day rally, MrBrown has also documented his bike ride shortcut to work.As I’ve mentioned before, …
Welcome back to Part 3 of “Would you hire a social media strategist?”. We’re halfway through, and I hope it’s been useful to you as it has been for me.Episode GuidePart 1 introduced the initial survey questions. Part 2 featured responses to my cross-industry survey on hiring a social media strategist. This is Part 3, ...
“The following event is real but the names have been changed to protect the innocent”While some of us struggle to manage our online relationships, no one does it better than teenage girls who spend a lot of their online time on social networking sites. They’ve learned to micro-manage their lives with a level of detail ...
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) has an awesome overview and comparison chart of the current Mac applications for screencasting, which refers to the recording the computer screen, typically for educational use. Among the tools reviewed, we have Copernicus, Jing, Screenium, iShowU, ScreenFlick, Screen Mimic, SnapzPro and Screenflow. I’ve personally bought Screenflow …
Last evening Shady and I went down to the 2nd Buffalo Tweetup, partly because we were meeting a new twitter / developer friend there, Joseph Hsu. Organized at the Pearl Street Grill & Brewery, I got to meet Keith Burtis at the Tweetup again, who lets me know how far he’s gone with his woodturning ...
Back in February 2006, I started a Furious Firefox Tabs contest which was semi-popular in the blogosphere and had a mention on Wired’s MonkeyBites. On August 2007, I wrote an elaborate argument for designing better web browser history, based on how humans navigate the web, specifically using the “berrypicking” search method. In summary, I believe ...
Seesmic compilation image by John LarkinLast night’s Seesmic conversation was a blast! With forty video replies, here’s an excerpt of John Larkin’s detailed account of what happened…Well, Kevin’s post stirred me into action and I sought out the old email invitation, copied the key and signed up. I sought out Kevin’s Seesmic profile and …
I’m quite done with Part 2 of “So… Would you hire a social media strategist” (see Part 1). Right now I’m just getting approvals for the quotes I’ll be using before publishing. While waiting for my upcoming interview report, why not follow up on a few interesting links interviewees have sent in?Thanks to Christy Dena, ...
UPDATE: I’m reposting this without the neat Flickr notes rollover script as it interferes with my blog template. Click through the image to see the items on my workbench.Here at my Hypothetical Operation HQ, there are plenty of reasons to stay, and very little to leave. If Buffalo’s bitter cold outside won’t stop you, employees ...
My favorite Google Street View: A Canine Disagreement Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of a lengthy Skype conversation with the RamblingLibrarian (Ivan Chew / Librarian) and LeafMonkey (November / Environmental Geographer) on everything from Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, to human hacking via spoken / written language (i.e. triggers in code), to the trafficking of …
This month’s StartupSchwag surprise comes from BrightKite.com, a location-based social network. Lovely t-shirt and sticker. You can find me there at http://www.brightkite.com/people/kevinSimilar Posts:Plurk & Zivity t-shirts in StartupSchwag 10StartupSchwag #11: Wearing my FriendFeed t-shirtChitChat: Things you see in the First Class cabin…Which t-shirt would …
So you’ve probably heard of the U.S. government’s incredible $700 billion bailout plan…If not, my buddy Chris Barr pointed out a neat play-by-play of this year’s biggest financial mess. Indeed, this massive bailout has made many of us realize the socialistic impression it signals for America.While we get lost in the confusion of political bureaucracy, ...
One of the most compelling reasons why I blog is so that I get to meet interesting people like Jonathan Chong. While in Buffalo for a mutual friend’s wedding, we met up over dinner where I forced had him share his experience as an ex-writer for the infamous Singapore socio-political (or dissident) blog, Singabloodypore.Lots of ...
Watch this 17min clip on Blip.tv or download the iPhone version (.m4v / 120mb).Watch previous episodes on Blip.tv or subscribe to theorycast via iTunes.In this episode of theorycast, I chat with Zivity model MixieMoxie to learn from her experience and to understand the motivations and economics behind Zivity, as well as the earlier competitor, SuicideGirls.comIn ...
Spotted by my friend Leon Brown, now I know I’m not alone looking like a cybernetic mofo. Here’s a side by side comparison with a Japanese researcher on the left: We both use Logitech cameras, but to different ends.According to The Register (Hardware), the left photo shows a prototype device aimed at replacing remote controls:Kazuhiro ...
See the entire CIT2008 photoset here…I was recently sponsored by the university libraries to attend the CIT 2008 conference held at Genesee Community College in Batavia. From Wednesday to Friday, various faculty and staff converge to present their experiences with various instructional technology to further learning and education. First thing that hit me when we ...
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