20 posts tagged “tech”

With the recent Meme of listing the top 10 People you recommend to follow on FriendFeed, I decided to select 10 people who I follow on FriendFeed that have contributed the most interesting posts. Before you hop down through the list, don't forget to Subscribe to my FriendFeed.

Without further ado here are are my picks for the top 10 people worth following on FriendFeed for December:

• Leo Laporte - is the Chief TWiT of the TWiT Netcast Network. Hosting several different Netcast Shows of largely Tech content every week. I list him first, since his explanation of FriendFeed on recent episodes of TWiT and Net@Night is what first motivated me to join FriendFeed.
• FFundercats - Mark Wilson from Ontario, Canada, Josh Haley from Texas, USA, and John Worthington from Brisbane, Australia make up the trio of FFundercats. They produce a weekly podcast discussing the top posts on FriendFeed, interview some of the top users on FriendFeed, and generally provide a funny and entertaining show. Yes technically that is 3 people, but this trio have such good chemistry FriendFeed might as well make a Subscribe to 1-get-2 Free button! =)
  
• David Weinberger - The name might not sound familiar to you but one of his books probably is, he is a co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto, and technically he should be called Dr. David Weinberger. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy and is a Professor at a school you may have heard of, Harvard University. He doesn't comment all that much on FriendFeed directly, but all of his blog posts and tweets provide lots of interesting content that is pulled into his FriendFeed account, this is what makes him worth following.
• Ethan Bloch - I first came across Ethan on (the now defunct Pownce) and his excellent video show WSYK (What Should You Know), recently he has been producing videos discussing the economic downturn and stock market that he apparently follows very closely (atleast much closer than I do).
• Tina (AKA Stupid Blogger) - Tina posts lots of funny and technically interesting links and photos. I first heard of hear on FFundercats Episode 3.
• Rahsheen - Rahsheen is very active on FriendFeed, posting interesting links to technical and funny stuff. I first heard Rahsheen on FFundercats Episode 2.
• JD Lasica - he is one of the founders of OurMedia.org the site that works with Archive.org and where audio, video, and photos can be uploaded at no cost, he is continuously active in the Social Media industry.
• Morton Fox - I first came across Morton's Flickr photo account, where he posts photos of food he eats almost daily. I really enjoyed his food photos since I tend to do the same, taking way too many photos of the food I eat. It turns out he's very active on various places around the web, that I found out after finding him on FriendFeed.
• Silpol - Silpol and I happen to work for the same employer (Nokia) though we've never met, he tends to work on the Maemo side of things running onthe Nokia Internet Tablets. He is very active on the web, posting on a variety of topics, including some photos that are borderline NSFW.
• Soup - While Soup doesn't post as frequently as some of the other FriendFeeders on the list, the links and photos that are posted are quality, always interesting articles or funny photos/videos.

Here is Barack Obama's plans for making improvements related to technology.
Watch the video

Video from some of the development team that worked on Google Chrome.

In the Season 4 of 4400 an episode titled Ghost in the Machine has several funny scenes that is well worth watching. The whole episode revolves around a Bill Gates-like character that is running a microsoft-like company that sells the most commonly used OS in the world and that is being attacked by a virus (ie. the Ghost in the Machine). Here's one of the funny scenes where you can see the actor does a good job portraying a Bill Gates-like persona and even blames Steve Jobs as one of the possible causes of his troubles.

Students at the University of Kitakyushu have developed a robot fish that can swim underwater, take photos and survey what it sees. It looks very realistic, except for the eyes. (Watch the video)

Lenovo's U8 IdeaPad is an interesting concept device that combines: touchscreen internet tablet, phone, office productivity, entertainment, imaging, messaging, etc. But the keypad layout seems a bit awkward to me.
Watch the promotional video to see how it looks.

The Nokia N95, N82, and N95 8GB have received DLNA Certification as Mobile Digital Media Servers! Search on DLNA.org to view more details of what's involved and what other devices are DLNA Certified.

N95 and N82 DLNA Compatible

http://www.dlna.org/home

DLNA certification ensures a device has been tested and proven compatible with various CE, PC and mobile devices designed according to the DLNA Interoperability Guidelines. Products certified by DLNA will bear a logo that will give consumers peace of mind that the device they are purchasing has undergone rigorous testing and conforms to the Interoperability Guidelines.

Seems like a nice unconference, and it's free too! Too bad I'm not anywhere near Mountain View, Cali.

Mashup Camp

http://www.mashupcamp.com/

The date (March 17-20, 2008) and location (Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA) are set for Mashup Camp 6. If you've never been to one of our unconferences before, check out this video from our other event, Startup Camp (RealPlayer, Quicktime/MP4). Still interested? Go to Step #2..

Cable TV channel G4 reviews the Nokia N82 on the Gadget Pron segment.

Nvidia demoed their new mobile graphics processor, named the Nvidia APX 2500, in a prototype device at MWC in Spain. It looks cool and demonstrates what is possible when graphics chips are embedded in mobile devices. Too bad it seems to only work with windoze mobile currently.

Check out the demo of the Nvidia APX 2500 below