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Archive for June, 2007

Web apps that network socially

June 30th, 2007 Jobe Roberts No comments
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Flixster.com is a movie database / social networking mashup. I wouldn't be surprised to see a site like this get swallowed by Amazon or the like. Flixster is a wonderful environment with a very targeted purpose - sharing your opinion about movies with your social network. Can you remember when we had to choose between buying ...

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Cisco to build networks that respond to Presence 2.0

June 28th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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Fresh off the USPTO press - Cisco published a patent application this morning titled System and method for changing network behavior based on presence information. A system and method for changing network behavior based on presence information includes detecting one or more presence indicators. The one or more presence indicators indicate presence information. An electronic persistent ...

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iPhoney: iPhone simulator lets you test your website

June 28th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 3 comments
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ok... we'll stop writing about iPhone...soon. SM friend Peter Krug points us to iPhoney - a browser simulation tool from Markham Ontario based MarketCircle. The simulator is free and open-source. It only runs on Mac OS X 10.4.7 and up. What can you do with it? Test your iPhone-enabled Web 2.0 applications ...

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iPhone Virtual Keyboard – Cool? / Uncool?

June 27th, 2007 Jobe Roberts 2 comments
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Just listening to this long painful iPhone keyboard video from Apple [update: video has been removed by Apple], I really feel that there's no way I'm giving up my trusty keyboard! "If you're good enough, you can master two thumbs!" Why would I give up eight fingers? Would it be because I'm not going to ...

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The Usability of Ghost Tracking Equipment

June 27th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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Of course usability is not just important for software and old Chrysler automobiles...it's also critical for ghost tracking equipment! Suppose it's late at night and you're alone in some drafty deserted mansion - you don't want to be fumbling around with the user guide for your handy 3-axis digital gaussmeter! Worse yet you ...

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Plymouth’s Push-Button Driving: Advertising “usability”

June 27th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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While product usability is all the rage right now, it's rare that you'll see it mentionned in mainstream media ad campaigns. I'm not sure why. Back in the glory days of magazine ads and the consumer revolution of the 40-50s, ease of use was often touted as a key differentiator - especially when ...

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Digital Dust Removal

June 26th, 2007 Jobe Roberts 4 comments
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Ok, for all you crafty developers out there, here's a great product opportunity - after the fact digital camera sensor dust clean. Let's say you have some dust on your camera's CMOS sensor. Of course, we all know how to clean the sensor having read articles like this one. However, what if you've just come ...

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The Future of LinkedIn Apps

June 26th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 2 comments
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If the Facebook open API is any indication, LinkedIn's announced app platform should generate a lot of interest from developers. Granted, most of the Facebook apps are a bit "juvenile" - although I can appreciate the satisfaction of biting your old boss and turning him / her into a brain eating zombie! What ...

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Facebook App’o'da’day: Zombies

June 25th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 1 comment
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At last count there's over 1000 entries in Facebook's app directory since it launched it's platform. So out of a thousand there's bound to be good ones, right? Here's my favourite (at least this minute.) Zombie. It's a game of sorts - you just go out and bite your ...

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