I can’t wait til we’re all, “Remember that time when Ben Folds played a concert in Charlotte on Chatroulette and made up songs on the spot about a whole bunch of internet strangers.”
And hey, did you notice that “Charlotte” and “Chatroulette” are basically the same word?
Bobby and I were talking the other day, and we decided there needs to be an augmented reality app (I’m getting tired of hearing about them, too) dedicated to “liking” things in real life. Because sometimes I don’t feel like I need to really review things, I just want to say, “Yes, props, I like this. I like Lulu’s and their free pizza. And I would like to acknowledge that and let other people know.”
I realize that Yelp kind of does this supposedly (my poor little cracked iPhone 2G has no idea), but I want it to be simpler so that I’m just walking around and when I see something, I can pull out my phone and look through the camera and just tap it once and like it, or double tap it and dislike it. And then when other people come by and wonder if they should go in, they can just look through the app/camera and it shows 40 thumbs up and 10 down. And then the menu would have 5 thumbs up on the pesto grilled cheese and 50 down on the pickle snowcone (which should consequently probably be taken off the menu).
And in the future, maybe that guy sitting at the bar with his laptop on Saturday night would have 1 thumbs up until he gets to the foosball table and has 43 thumbs up because he’s an amazing teammate. (In which case he’s on my side and Lauren can be on David’s.)
OK GUYS? NOW MAKE THIS FOR ME. © REBLECHA&FINGERFOOD ‘09
Why had I never heard of “Design Management” before tonight? I’m researching graduate programs in Interaction Design and came across an article about designers’ salaries in 2009, and wow. What’s up, Career Objectives? Coroflot tells me that, while Interaction Design is pretty fabulous, Design Management is where it’s at. (That use of a preposition at the end of a sentence is my way of saying “Goodbye” to the prospect of getting a Masters in Journalism. And thank God, because we all know it wasn’t going to get me anywhere the way that field is headed.) Not to mention I find the idea of Design Management really interesting.
Mobile devices with cameras. Using augmented reality. And facial recognition technology. And online databases. To identify people, places, things. All around you. To show you not only who that random guy on the bus is, but also his facebook, last.fm, twitter, phone number?
I find this:
Augmented ID by TAT: Mobile Devices Become Clairvoyant – PSFK.
Download The Pirate Bay … From The Pirate Bay.
What a cool, simple way of giving a 21.3 GB finger to the Swedish government.
I think it’s really awesome to have a government initiative to keep up with technology and societal trends – basically just to evolve along with us. I love that it puts a value on people with contemporary skills, although there are those who would probably create these applications regardless. Either way I think it’s totally amazing and am excited to see what comes out of it.
brandflakesforbreakfast: nyc: play with our data and make cool tools.
USPS Priority Mail – Virtual Box Simulator.
USPS is so great. I’m always having issues with buying unnecessarily large boxes or re-thinking what I send to whom because I have a terrible sense of size. So this augmented reality box-size-estimating thing would be an excellent tool for me if only I had a printer here.
Seriously, how awesome?
(via/created by the DC AKQA guys at Squidder)
brandflakesforbreakfast: vw tweet analyzer.
Even though this tells me I should drive a Rabbit (cute), I really miss my Jetta (Sven). But I think this is a really cool way to integrate social networking into something as universally obnoxious and intrusive as a banner. I went out of my way to actually get to use it (3 steps from my Google Reader!). I have no idea what Red Square Agency is, but they totally have the right idea putting Twitter into an ad space and making it interactive in a social way. A+
This is kind of old news, but it’s absolutely insane to see happening. He’s just thinking something, and it appears on screen (and then is posted to Twitter, naturally).
Twitter Telepathy: Researchers Turn Thoughts Into Tweets | Wired Science | Wired.com.