May 15, 2008

Live show on Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Richard Blakeley was a guest on the Pop17 Live show. It runs every Thursday at 3pm from the Mogulus studio in New York City. He talked about Boinkology’s beta testing with Tumblr today and did some commentary on other stories too. David Karp’s Tumblr will soon launch a feature that let’s anyone publish blog posts to other tumblr blogs that enable the feature. This could be the future of blogging. User Generated Content blogs may generate more revenue in the future.

The 1.8 billion dollar aquisition of Cnet by CBS shows that curated content is worth a lot. I am surprised Cnet sold for more than YouTube’s 1.65 billion dollar buy out by Google. Richard Blakeley says that the domain news.com is part of the reason for Cnet’s evaluation. The domain Cnet.com has more traffic than news.com. If CBS ever wants to do something else with the domain news.com the sky’s the limit!
(Via Teurasporsaat.)
(Via Teurasporsaat.)
From the Lego Shop.
From the Lego Shop.
(Image via FFFFound.)
(Image via FFFFound.)
May 14, 2008
Via Boing Boing: Josh Levin of Slate writes about the world’s strange obsession with computer solitaire.
 The game’s continued pre-eminence is a remarkable feat—it’s something akin to living in a universe in which Pong were the most-popular title for PlayStation 3. One reason solitaire endures is its predictability. The gameplay and aesthetic have remained remarkably stable; a visitor from the year 1990 could play the latest Windows version without a glitch, at least if he could figure out how to use the Start menu. It also remains one of the very few computer programs, game or nongame, that old people can predictably navigate. Brad Fregger, the developer of Solitaire Royale, the first commercial solitaire game for the Macintosh and the PC, told me that his 89-year-old mother still calls regularly to brag about her high scores.
The game has also maintained a strong foothold in the modern-day cubicle. Despite the easy availability of other cheap amusements, five minutes of dragging cards around on the screen remains a speedy route to mental health and a mild form of workplace disobedience. (Just don’t do it when Mayor Bloomberg is around.) Since solitaire doesn’t take up the whole screen, it’s easy to click over and play a hand or two when you get tired of data entry, then quickly toggle back over to your database program when your manager happens to walk by. This sort of multitasking, the ability to minimize and hide applications, is the most essential feature of the Windows OS. And solitaire taught us how to use it.

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Linus Ekenstam, blogged, “there have been reports on rumors that the phone could come with GPS, Video Conferencing and now also Mobile TV Functionality!?! GPS and video conferencing (with front-sided camera) have both been rumored for the next generation iPhone, but the addition of mobile television is new. So could we also see possibilities to record from your Mobile TV to your SDD hard drive? With a 32 GB version that would be something. A small version of a TiVo, we have had video calls here for a long time now, and the quality has been so-so so if apple could turns this into a hit, i would for sure get myself an iPhone and start video calling. If they can release the phone in Sweden!!” I’m excited about the iphone chat and video conferencing!

Linus Ekenstam, blogged, “there have been reports on rumors that the phone could come with GPS, Video Conferencing and now also Mobile TV Functionality!?!

GPS and video conferencing (with front-sided camera) have both been rumored for the next generation iPhone, but the addition of mobile television is new.

So could we also see possibilities to record from your Mobile TV to your SDD hard drive? With a 32 GB version that would be something. A small version of a TiVo, we have had video calls here for a long time now, and the quality has been so-so so if apple could turns this into a hit, i would for sure get myself an iPhone and start video calling. If they can release the phone in Sweden!!”

I’m excited about the iphone chat and video conferencing!

The video blogging meet up was a blast! Jake and Amir gave a presentation about their website and how they got going. 
Tonight, artists Sue de Beer, Matthew Higgs, and Matthew Ronay showed off their favorite findings from their click-and-stream studies. In a follow-up Q&A with organizer Rachel Greene, they talked about how YouTube influences their own work.  This meet up reminds me of a live video show on Mogulus. You can play clips you like from YouTube and talk about them with a live audience. An event like this is fun for the artist type who wants to make real connections around meaningful content. YouTube is a gold mind for artists willing to look for interesting things.   I didn’t get to go to that meet up. I went to a video blogging meet up instead and live streamed it on Justin.tv.  

Tonight, artists Sue de Beer, Matthew Higgs, and Matthew Ronay showed off their favorite findings from their click-and-stream studies. In a follow-up Q&A with organizer Rachel Greene, they talked about how YouTube influences their own work. 

This meet up reminds me of a live video show on Mogulus. You can play clips you like from YouTube and talk about them with a live audience. An event like this is fun for the artist type who wants to make real connections around meaningful content. YouTube is a gold mind for artists willing to look for interesting things.  

I didn’t get to go to that meet up. I went to a video blogging meet up instead and live streamed it on Justin.tv.  

May 13, 2008
You guys probably already visit Waxy links daily since it’s one of the best link blogs out there. That’s where I found this short film that’s being hosted on Vimeo and distributed with a Creative Commons license. Visit Blublu for more information.