Tuesday, I was at Blogging:A Real Conversation, run by NMK. I’m still writing a post to try and summarise my thoughts coming out of the conference; meanwhile, Lloyd Davies has pulled together a wiki as a central place for blog posts, audio and photos.
More Google stuff
They’ve been busy. Google have released 2 further applications this week. The first is Google video. THois has been coming for a while, as they have been requesting video submissions. Now they release a search method for them. Each video appears to have documented metadata and transcripts (as far as possible) which are searchable. To […]
Earth maps
I’ve been playing with NASA’s WorldWind for a while. It uses the LandSat images and Radar Topography to give you 3D images of the big features. The information is good, you can switch views with ease, but performance has always been a problem for me. I fail to finish most sessions as server connection usually […]
Traffic Cameras
The AA today have released a road atlas detailing around 3000 speed cameras and known positions for up to 3000 mobile cameras. They are releasing this information for ‘safety purposes’ as the cameras are ‘usually’ placed in accident blackspots. But Transport 2000 have a problem with this, in that it will allow people to speed […]
PU
Or Political Uncorrectness. In amongst stories about graffiti artists turned fashion designers and Porn Stars mkving into clothes modelling Adrants have a story about a new T-shirt company whose designs will probably shock anyone with an politically-correct streak. Read the Adrants story first – then go to the site.
P2P loses
The US Supreme Court vote unaminously against Grokster and Streamcast with a ruling that means P2P software developers can be held liable for users actions. Via The Register, CNN, BBC and loads of other places.
UK Audible
I see Audible have launched a UK site.
Pride
As I left NYC this morning, the city had got barricades all down 5th Avenue in preparation for all the viewers for today’s Gay Pride parade (lots of pictures of the event over on Fickr). Yesterday, there was a smaller event, a lesbian march which appeared to be a far more serious affair. Except for […]
Survey results
Some preliminary results for the MIT survey have been posted here – or they wil be once the demand issue is sorted out. See what happens when things let loose…
Survey
MIT are runnning a survey of bloggers and blogging and are looking for a large sample. If you have a spare 15 mins, here’s the link:
The Shape of things to come?
What Microsoft could do with RSS support…
Doing It
The Register has a good piece about getting things done by just getting things done. By ‘Doctor John’, it details working in IT support for foreign language teachers in Inner Mongolia. An well written account of working sonewhere where rules can be broken, if they exist at all,
Wiki trials
Last week LA Times stopped an experiment that had only been running for a few days – a wiki driven online editorial page which was meant to give its readers a voice and allow the paper to have some real community driven content. But the site quickly got vandalised and the paper pulled it down […]
Tourists and Security
In my effort to be a tourist I decided I would go up the Empire State Building. Having heard nightmare stories about the queues, I decided I would be there nice and early, so I got to the doors at 8.05 (I’m only one block away from it) to find around 100 people already in […]
Wireless in Manhattan
Sitting here in a friend’s apartment smack bang in the centre of Manhattan I find 6 open wireless networks,all for the taking. Beats anywhere I’ve been in London.
RSS everywhere
Via Niall Kennedy (and lot’s of other places but he’s the one I read first), Microsoft announce RSS support in Longhorn. Not exactly a secret, following Dave Winer’s post the other day, plus Scoble’s hints at the London Geek Dinner. Go watch the video.
Google Map – UK Satellite
Love this. Google Maps UK now has satellite imagery. So here’s where I live; I’d do one of where I grew up, but it is not of a high enough resoltion for the Midlands area.
Time Zones
I’m definitely in the wrong timezone. The day started with a 7.30am work call. I’m not too bad on doing late calls with the US when I’m in the UK but early calls with the UK is just difficult. I;ve then spent 4 hours with an agency in an assessment, to see if they are […]
Puns
With the death of the Philipine’s Cardinal Jaime Sin, there has been some interesting comments about his name. The best one I’ve seen is here, but I’m goig to paraphrase it anyway… A certain Irish cleric had obviously had a crisis of faith earlier in his vocation and had had an affair which resulted in […]
USA Today
Hey Richard, I arrived. I’m sure IM or mobile would have been a lot more efficient that this though!!!