Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
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Twilio – Voice Application Platform
I’m not sure how long it’s been around for, but I just came across an exciting new service called Twilio.
I think it’s easiest to think of it as glue between a voice call and a server-side application. So I call up an assigned, and my called is ‘handled’ by a script written in TwiML (Twilio’s [...] -
Review(?): Ocarina iPhone app
Even though it’s been out for more than a year now, I’ve resisted the urge to buy an iPhone (this hasn’t been easy), but I recently had the opportunity to borrow one from work for a couple of weeks to get a better, longitudinal feel for how it works as an everyday phone (as opposed [...] -
Violet’s “Mir:ror” is an RFID reader for your stuff.
Violet, the maker of the Nabaztag internet bunny, will soon be releasing a new product, dubbed “Mir:ror”
The premise behind it is brilliantly simple: There is a tray-like RFID reader which you attach to your computer via USB port. And included with the reader are a couple of RFID tags, which you [...]
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Review: Kinoma Play Mobile Media Browser
I’ve had the chance to spend some time fiddling with the new Kinoma Play Mobile Media Browser, and I’m pretty blown away. This product delivers on the promise of being a mobile media powerhouse to the maximum extent that any device with a 2.5″ screen clunking along on a 2.5G network can deliver a “powerful” [...]
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Web 2.0: Good Looking and a Great Personality
Can software make you laugh?
Yes! But for several different reasons.
Sometimes I laugh at software because of how ridiculous it makes it to perform even the most trivial of tasks. There’s an HR portal we have at work, and I always say that if I sat down for a week, with a library stocked full of every HCI [...] -
LifeComm – All Vital Signs Positive for Health-Based MVNO Service?
Qualcomm is backing a health-based MVNO called LifeComm which will is set to be launched some time in September (link to post on Engadget Mobile).
There’s tons of exciting work being done using mobiles to tackle health-related problems in thedeveloping world (Technology, Health and Development is a great resource for news on this), but there are plenty of people [...] -
Using Twitter to Support Making Eco-Conscious Decisions
Kermit the frog once said “It’s not easy being green.”
While he was, of course, referring to having green skin, the same adage holds true today, though the meaning of green has changed since then. If the zeitgeist of our time is not “being green,” then I don’t know what it is. More than ever, individuals [...] -
Our Parents Wrote Letters
A friend of mine, Jake, recently brought up a very interesting point about our parents and their use of cell phones, specifically in the context of contacting us (their children). He hypothesized that perhaps the reason that our parents seem to call us more than we would like, is that they have no idea what [...]
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FotoViewr: Gorgeous embeddable photo galleries in less than ten seconds
Fotoviewr is an online service that lets you create gorgeous 3d photo galleries from your Flickr photos in about ten seconds flat. In literally eight mouse clicks (and a couple keystrokes), you go from not having any photos on your blog or web page (or having lame two dimensional photos that don’t even obey the [...]
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Weezer Video – “Pork and Beans”
I’m not a die-hard Weezer fan, but I must say that they are a creative and clever bunch. Their new video, called ‘Pork and Beans’ features cameos by several YouTube celebrities (both human, such as Taye Zonday, and otherwise, such as this dramatic looking little prarie dog).
Besides the excellent self-referentialness of watching a music video about [...]
