21 posts tagged “technology”

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

VisionAire is from a company called Obscura Digital they have created a multi touch interactive display solution. Watch the video for a demo

Video of Michael Wesch the professor that created the famous The Machine is Us/ing Us video on Web 2.0 presenting his Study of Youtube to The Library of Congress. Excellent video, great presentation, well worth watching!

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)

Great video showing the evolution of Mobile Phones from 1985 - Today. You'll see some familiar mobiles and some that you've never seen before.

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.

It's been a year since the launch of Justin.TV -- a site featuring "lifecasters" -- people who broadcast their lives on the internet via live video 24/7. What's your take on the "lifecasting" phenomenon? Do you find it engaging to tune into other people's lives on the web?

With the continually increasing amount of digital video cameras and broadband internet Lifecasting is only going to get bigger. Don't forget there are several new services that allow you to Lifecast right from the camera of your mobile phone. Three off the top of my head are Qik, Flixwagon, and Seesmic.

I don't regularly watch Justin.TV or other Lifecasters but I occasionally watch them. I find it most interesting when the lifecaster attends a conference or event that I myself am interested in. It's like getting a first person view of the conference when you're not able to be there.

Photos by Chris Jordan of discarded mobile waste and other electronic waste, the byproduct of mass consumption societies. His work is exhibited widely in the US and Europe, and has been featured in print media, blogs, documentary films, on radio, and tv programs worldwide. Watch the video for Chris'  talk on the subject.

I was surprised to find out that there is a company named Crescent Hydropolis that is working on taking underwater hotels from a concept design to reality. One of the first places where work on building a hotel resort underwater has been approved is in the Chinese city of Qingdao.
First things that came to mind, Haven't they seen the video game BioShock?! or Jaws!? the Lost City of Atlantis? I'm sure there are other movies and stories where things went terribly wrong involving people living underwater, just those 3 were the first to come to mind. Seems like atleast in the movies when people are put underwater bad things tend to happen..

But after the initial surprise passed, I thought realistically if they can pull this off and create Underwater Hotels that are safe it would be an amazing technological advancement. After a few years of hotel visitors safely visiting underwater hotels I might even consider staying in one to see what it's like to "sleep with the fishes".

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