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Interesting video interview of Seth Godin on his new book “Linchpin” released today
David Meerman Scott interviews Seth Godin from David Meerman Scott on Vimeo.
Appiphilia: Augmented reality iPhone apps for finding subways and Twitter neighbors | Technology | Los Angeles Times
Appiphilia: Augmented reality iPhone apps for finding subways and Twitter neighbors | Technology | Los Angeles Times.
When Apple announced the addition of a compass to the iPhone 3GS, shortsighted onlookers responded with a yawn. Yay, we can find magnetic north.
But iPhone app developers quickly saw an opportunity, and a new breed of “augmented reality” apps [...]
Prezi - The zooming presentation editor
Create a map of your ideas, images, videos, then show overview, zoom to details, amaze, convince, take the day. And it is very simple to use.
Prezi - The zooming presentation editor.
Facebook Duplicates Twitter, Launches Status Text Updates
Earlier today Facebook turned on a feature to let users receive text updates from public profiles, the same way that Twitter users can receive mobile updates from specified profiles. It’s a small change but for brands it adds a lot of potential. Mobile broadcasting is a huge feature for companies that are looking to reach [...]
Ed Ulbrich shows how Benjamin Button got his face | Video on TED.com
I haven’t seen the movie “…Benjamin Button” but this looks absolutely fascinating. I wonder what the “next level” is? I saw previews of Beowulf and it looked fake in too many places to not be distracting. I don’t recall whether the movie was very successful.
What about the uncanny valley? Are we there yet? Can we [...]
GrandCentral: The New Way to Use Your Phones
GrandCentral doesn’t replace your phones; we just link them together and help them do more. How do we do that? We give people One Number…for LifeTM - a number that’s not tied to a phone or a location - but tied to you.
With GrandCentral, you can be reached with a single number, answer a call at [...]
Spray Snacks? Aerosol Pancakes…Yummy!
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Sometimes something comes along that, whilst not strictly speaking a gadget, has all the hallmarks of something that needs to be shared with the world, for the greater good. These Batter Blasters are a perfect example. Making food is rewarding, but messy. Better for your health, but time consuming. Putting pancake batter in an aerosol [...]
Great audio app
This is a great app to use with Skype. Skype only lacks a recording device to record your conversations. With Audio Hijack Pro, you can record strictly from applications. It’s a great tool. - Anthony
VISIT: Audio Hijack
Event Registration Online
Eventbrite is the best way to publish, promote and sell-outyour next event. This service will save you time, money, andkeep you organized to ensure your event is a success.
Increase attendance
Collect credit card payments online
Begin selling in minutes
Track sales and more
Event Registration Online – Learn More About Eventbrite
Creative or Crazy? 31 Wheel Roller Suit
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Analysis: Google’s Android Phone and the Four Carriers
The opening volley of official announcements from Google and the Open Handset Alliance bring good news for people sick of the carrier choke hold. Of course, it’s easy to spot who gets an Android device first: T-Mobile and Sprint. And it’s easy to understand why underdogs like them would be the first two carriers to [...]
Should the iPhone be worried?
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30 Bad Tech Predictions
Submitted by Ken Gurley
1. “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” — Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), maker of big business mainframe computers, arguing against the PC in 1977.
2. “We will never make a 32 bit operating system.” — Bill Gates
3. “Lee DeForest has [...]
Invention Of the Year: The iPhone - TIME MAGAZINE
By Lev Grossman
Most high-tech companies don’t take design seriously. They treat it as an afterthought. Window-dressing. But one of Jobs’ basic insights about technology is that good design is actually as important as good technology. All the cool features in the world won’t do you any good unless you can figure out how to use [...]
Mock Dock - iPhone App Launcher
Mock Dock makes your iPhone apps look more like native apps.
VISIT: Mock Dock
Toodledo :: A to-do list to organize your tasks
Having a single place where all your to-dos are permanently stored and easily accessible will allow you to relax, knowing that you won’t forget anything. Toodledo’s hotlist, email and sms reminders, and sortable online to-do list will help you remember to complete tasks on-time.
For those of us who are procrastinators, Toodledo has a special tool [...]
SOFTWARE: Yep. Like iPhoto for your PDFs.
Photos have iPhoto. Music has iTunes. But when it comes to PDFs, you’re on your own. That is, until now. Now there is Yep and there’s no looking back.
VISIT: Yep
A New World Order: MySpace Is Glam, Facebook Is Geek | Print Article | Newsweek.com
By Brian Braiker
NEWSWEEK
Updated: 3:52 PM ET Nov 3, 2007
Do you Facebook or MySpace? Increasingly, membership in one social network does not necessarily rule out the appeal of belonging to the other. Of course, each company wants you to visit their site more often than the other, if not exclusively. But both sites have been taking steps [...]
WEBAPP: oh, don’t forget…
Schedule text messages - text messages queued up with ohdontforget.com will bedelivered at the date; time specified, unless you specify”now”, which will send the message instantly
Creative uses - remind anyone about an event at a specific day & timequeue up birthday reminders for the next several monthshave your to-do items sent to you throughout the [...]
Jott: Think it. Jott it. Do it.
Think it. Jott it. Do it. Cool web app for recording notes and communicating with a team.
VISIT: Jott
Doodle: Free Online Surveys
Schedule an event…… such as a board meeting, business lunch, conference call, family reunion, movie night, or any other group event.
Make a choice…… among movies, menus, travel destinations, or among any other selection.
VISIT: Doodle
Pecha Kucha: Get to the PowerPoint in 20 Slides Then Sit the H*** Down
Let us now bullet-point our praise for Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein, two Tokyo-based architects who have turned PowerPoint, that fixture of cubicle life, into both art form and competitive sport. Their innovation, dubbed pecha-kucha (Japanese for “chatter”), applies a simple set of rules to presentations: exactly 20 slides displayed for 20 seconds each. That’s [...]
Wakerupper.com - Free Wake-up Calls and Telephone Reminders
Wakerupper is the web’s easiest telephone reminder tool. Schedule reminder calls on the web or by phone. It couldn’t be simpler.
VISIT: Wakerupper.com - Free Wake-up Calls and Telephone Reminders
Web 2.0 … The Machine is Using Us
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PocketMod: The Free Disposable Personal Organizer
The PocketMod is a new way to keep yourself organized. Lets face it, PDAs are too expensive and cumbersome, and organizers are bulky and hard to carry around. Nothing beats a folded up piece of paper. That is until now. With the PocketMod, you can carry around the days notes, keep them organized in any [...]
TextMemo - Send Free Text Messages
Need a reminder for something? No Problem! Just schedule a TextMemo, and TextMemos.com will send a free text message reminder to your phone to remind you.
VISIT: TextMemo
GrandCentral: The New Way to Use Your Phones
GrandCentral doesn’t replace your phones; we just link them together and help them do more. How do we do that? We give people One Number…for LifeTM - a number that’s not tied to a phone or a location - but tied to you.
With GrandCentral, you can be reached with a single number, answer a call at any [...]
Get Organized
Mobile Mashup - Create scheduled reminders with your voice using Jott and PingMe
READ: zetetic : Mobile Mashup
SOFTWARE: Growl
Growl is a notification system for Mac OS X: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications. Notifications are a way for your applications to provide you with new information, without you having to switch from the application you’re already in.
VISIT: Growl
Cutting-Edge, Mission-Critical Analysis: Steps to Avoiding Overused Gobbledygook
by David Meerman Scott | October 24, 2006
Oh jeez, not another flexible, scalable, groundbreaking, industry-standard, cutting-edge product from a market-leading, well positioned company! Ugh. I think I’m gonna puke!
Just as teenagers use catch phrases, certain words and phrases crop up again and again in Web sites and news releases—so much so that the gobbledygook [...]
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