Here's another product in the category of "great technology - terrible product". StrikeAlert builds a pager type device to warn you about nearby lightning strikes - up to 40 miles. Great. That gives you plenty of time to find a big tree for shelter! Now, how obsessed and fearful of being struck by ligthning would someone ...
Yesterday, Nortel released its Emerging Techonology survey results. The report doesn't contain too many insights and is a bit self-serving, but there's a few interesting concerns that apply to UI design. According to Nortel, the top driver (57%) for companies moving to VoIP is reducing the cost of moves, adds, and changes (MACs) Those are the ...
We've had quite a few discussions lately about the intersection of broadcast media and 2.0 media - such as the BlogBurst business case for vetting certain blogs, then feeding them to mainstream media (almost as a nouveau newswire.) Peter Childs and Maggie Fox have had many interesting insights into this awkward intersection. Yesterday was a bit ...
In honour of WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) today's favourite Australian web 2.0 startup: Mock Up My Tattoo. Upload a picture of yourself and the tattoo you're considering, tell them where you want it - and wham! - some dude will eventually photoshop the thing together. Just make sure you use a clean ...
Interesting ecosystem offshoot of the avatar industry. If you've been creating your Second Life or Nintendo mii persona - you might want a non-virtual version. That's a great business case. So here comes Fabjectory - 50 bucks gets you a 3 inch plastic action figure of your online identity. OMG - I'm not even sure what ...
I'm a big fan of George Foreman grills. In a most bizarre mashup, they've introduced an outdoor grill with built in speakers and amp for your ipod. Yeah - of course it's the giPod200! Next version - I'm expecting a Blackberry dock and access to TalkNow / GrillNow! [tags]George-Foreman, iPod, iGrill, TalkNow[/tags]
A few days back, we enabled OpenID on SensoryMetrics using a wonderful bleeding new WordPress plug-in. What does this mean? Well, for one, visitors can still comment without requiring an openID. However, if you sign in with your openID on SensoryMetrics, you will then have access to some of our private information such as our most ...
Well - sure the other guys here at SensoryMetrics talk about PlentyOfFish and other dating site UX innovations... FINALLY there's a site for me! Yes - thanks to web 2.0 I can find doggy love! Here it is... Pet Palio Have you ever wanted to find your pet a match, maybe you wanted your pet to find ...
Last week, another web2.0 launched its public beta: LessAccounting. What is interesting about this "Ruby on Rails" startup is they hype up more of what they don't do than what they actually do... a refreshing change for software types. In fact the company borrows a Michelangelo line as it's motto: "Di meno¨ migliore di pi." Which ...
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