December 2007
There are, in fact, three sources from which software can infer context:
*...
– From Magic Ink: Information Software and the Graphical Interface
The mobile phone is the perfect platform for inferring the user’s environment. It’s carried with the user and should know location, time of day, who else is present (via bluetooth) and if the user is travelling (rapid...
operators’ attempts to lock people into 18 or 24 month contracts will mean...
– Mobile and wireless predictions for 2008
modern agriculture drains 70 percent of the world’s available freshwater...
– “Doomsday” Vault Will End Crop Extinction, Expert Says
We have a very serious issue with librarians
– Pat Schroeder’s New Chapter
It seems publishers aren’t too happy that libraries lend books to people for free
ToP Shop, NFC →
The only online store I can find that sells the nokia 3220 NFC shell
BodyMedia SenseWear →
An armband that tracks your bodies activities. Just in case you wanted to add energy expenditure and the like to your lifestream
Sony Datatiles
via Everyware (Book, Highly recommended)
Mobile Web is another Next Big Thing on slow boil
– 10 Future Web Trends
High Performance Ajax Applications
it’s not personal attention that makes the Apple Stores work. It’s...
– Fast Forward for December 29th, 2007
Stardoll: 500,000 items of virtual clothing sold per DAY
– via Sumon
If, at the end of each workday, they spent a minute scrolling through the...
– A Head For Detail
knowing that everything is being logged might actually turn us into different...
– A Head For Detail
Bell figures that in a few years, even a cheap cell phone will have enough space...
– A Head For Detail
had previously become known by inventing the word “radio” for what...
– Dymaxion
once you’ve become an expert in a particular subject, it’s hard to imagine not...
– Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike
If you spend a little time searching before you post, you can probably find your...
– Top 10 Tips for New Bloggers From Original Blogger Jorn Barger
Depersonalising mobile →
Snorting a Brain Chemical Could Replace Sleep →
via Why Europe?
Five Short Video Game Industry Keynotes →
Using TWUIK to create UI for a On Device Portal application in 2 weeks
Facebook Off
How video games can show us how to engage →
Good point, even if the gen-y nonsense irritates me
To be bored is to be disengaged from the world
– Bored?
A 2005 study of 92 Scottish teenagers, for example, found that boredom was among...
– Bored?
36 Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR... →
Viewport width: Size matters, but not in the way... →
Computer Science classes are not vocational training
– Why Comp Sci Grads Can’t Hack
Is one cell phone enough? →
Video Will Not Follow Music Disruption Model →
Reality mining is all about paying attention to patterns in life and using that...
– What Your Phone Knows About You