Author Archives: dnw

Motion control “in-air pointing” with the Loop

While touted as a “mouse for your TV,” the Loop combines motion control with the familiarity feel of a mouse packaged in to an ergonomically friendly circular design. Control the Loop pointer using four buttons and scroll wheel. Further more though is the motion control. Freespace motion control technology allows “in-air pointing” – by movingContinueContinue reading “Motion control “in-air pointing” with the Loop”

iMainGo iPod Speakers for AAC

A recent comment discussing uses of the iPodTouch/iPhone as a Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device brought to light this little accessory for iPods that could enable output of sound while maintaining the small, light portability. [iMainGo iPod Speakers for AAC]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-05

RT @UniversitySA: News: Accessible learning in a virtual world – http://is.gd/1hta1 – Not sure what date this refers to..mighta missed it. # Fantastic example of multimedia cc licensed mashup by my buddy royblumenthal – http://is.gd/1htpw # $20k Prize from Telstra for best orig paper on innovative use of telecommunications tech for pwd – http://is.gd/1hDB4 #telstraContinueContinue reading “Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-05”

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-28

and so it goes … another ph battle with the centrelink plebs…. # wishing I could actually swipe my cursor on my mac across the coverflow section in iTunes and have it move like on theiPhone … # @fang RT @KevinRuddPM: Forum on Gov 2.0 LIVE NOW join in #publicsphere http://122.99.92.254/ http://www.katelundy.com.au/live/ #KevinPM Team #ContinueContinue reading “Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-28”

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-21

……and so, THREE DAYS later, Telstra get the wires repaired and we’re back! I wonder if it would’ve taken 3 days if wasn’t a weekend. # @lordfolland Still utter !FAIL! in reply to lordfolland # I seem hooked on women without whiskey # @fang its all @kentnewsome’s fault in reply to fang # Adelaide ThinkersContinueContinue reading “Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-21”

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-14

Looks Interesting: Liberate your iTunes media with DoubleTwist: http://www.doubletwist.com/dt/Home/Index.dt # Just finished watching the movie “August Rush”. Words fail me. # Destiny is a powerful thing, love moreso. # refollowing @cheapamazon – god knows why, costs bloody fortune to get any books from there landed here in oz # @delin good travels. see you onContinueContinue reading “Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-14”

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-07

watching google i/o video about wave http://is.gd/KTyn # don tapscott on TWiT – live.twit.tv # RT @allanmoran: yeah for @Internode Unmetered SBS content http://tinyurl.com/n5egce #internode # RT @fanbloodytastic: am liking the idea of Qantas’ http://allofaus.com.au campaign … # just-home-its-cold-out-there… # @fang neato in reply to fang # up n at em at last # callingContinueContinue reading “Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-07”

Munging Evernote as a blog publishing engine

Update: If you are interested in this post, you may also like to read a later one I wrote that uses the wp plugin “Everpress”. I’ve been, and always am, looking for ways to streamline the process of getting the things I see online or come across on my computer out into the Intertubes -ContinueContinue reading “Munging Evernote as a blog publishing engine”

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-31

head in too many places # on hold to centrelink. on skype-out, call recorder running. # @fang Just skipped vista here on mac/bootcamp and went to win7 in reply to fang # Just realised, my ideal quick flow/blogging solution would most likely currently be solved if Evernote had a “Blog This” button 🙂 #evernote #ContinueContinue reading “Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-31”

virtual co-presence

Update: Some sentences rearranged to better express what I wanted to convey. Bold added.      Last year a blog post by Mark Pesce titled “Those Wacky Kids” contained this paragraph:   Mizuko Ito, a Japanese researcher, studied teenagers in Japan a few years ago, and found that these kids – from the moment theyContinueContinue reading “virtual co-presence”

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-24

<– lifts the rock. nup, not there. # @mickyj youwon’t win. in reply to mickyj # @mickyj without a fight! in reply to mickyj # @fang anything here for your gruen conspiracy theory? http://is.gd/AXnB # @fang from qik “Sorry, we couldn’t find the video you were looking for.” in reply to fang # tired. thatContinueContinue reading “Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-24”

My chicken’s on the internet – poem

My boy was around, showed me this kids poetry site. One of the poems was the following. Hope you like it as much as I did. Here’s him reading it My Chicken’s On the Internet My chicken’s on the Internet. She surfs the web all day. I’ve tried to stop her browsing but, soContinue readingContinue reading “My chicken’s on the internet – poem”

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-17

@fang Thnx for pipe. Need hand stuff tech there call me. in reply to fang # @edwardharran That’s funny .. “Slow retreat” .. “hurry tickets will go quick” in reply to edwardharran # night all. esp those gathered in Syd for #cua09 .. I’ll be watching from home. have a good one. # @fang Lolz.ContinueContinue reading “Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-17”

Audio from #cua09 – Mike Seyfang

Download audio The Social Web (Web 2.0 and beyond) A brief tour of social networking tools with a view to developing strategies, plans and techniques for participating in online conversation with your stakeholders. Building on the ClueTrain assertion that “markets are conversations”, and taking cues from face to face conversation in “real life” we willContinueContinue reading “Audio from #cua09 – Mike Seyfang”

watching #cua09

watching #cua09.png Originally uploaded by dnwallace I’ve been watching the info coming out of Sydney from the ConnectingUp Conference (or, not coming out, with the connection probs they’ve been having). This image shows the state of my screen as I was following stuff. Interestingly I heard Mike talk about me spending a lot of timeContinueContinue reading “watching #cua09”

Keynote audio from #cua09 – Allen Gunn

Mike (@fang) prompted meto get some audio from his qik recording of the ConnectingUp 2009 Conference. This is from Allen Gunn, (Gunner) Executive Director of Aspiration. Download audio Note: this is audio taken from a qik video taken with a mobile phone and stitched together with whatever source available so is not complete … audioContinueContinue reading “Keynote audio from #cua09 – Allen Gunn”

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-10

@cshirky Something was wrong with that short url mate re Scientific publishing 1.0 is broken: # @lu_lu That particular number not some strange link to the Lou Reed song by any chance…. in reply to lu_lu # is lurking solemnly listening to @kentnewsome ‘s stream http://tinyurl.com/rancho-radio – very mellow day. looking for energy & inspirationContinueContinue reading “Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-10”

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-03

Lifekludger New post: More medical applications for mobile technology http://cli.gs/7Q9V27 # Lifekludger New post: Writing sentences with a red ball http://cli.gs/EDWSvT # @kentnewsome Mate.. you free for podcast later today? in reply to kentnewsome # @kristinalford Is that actually possible? 🙂 in reply to kristinalford # @kentnewsome np mate. catch you soon. in reply toContinueContinue reading “Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-03”

The Bottle Cap Tripod Revisited

 Back here and here in 2006 I wrote about a bottle cap tripod for your camera. There is now another take on using a bottle as a way to hold your digital camera from Photjojo. This latest one differs in that it fits over the bottle cap rather than replacing it. [The Bottle Cap Tripod atContinueContinue reading “The Bottle Cap Tripod Revisited”

Colour-coded Keyboard & Mouse

This keyboard has color coded keys to teach consonants vs. vowels in order to assist kids become better spellers as well as different colors for the control keys and numbers.. I figure the extra visual feedback offered by the colour coding on this keyboard has to have additional application in areas involving cognition. [Via: ThinkGeekContinueContinue reading “Colour-coded Keyboard & Mouse”

Keyboard Access for Google Maps

Web Axe points to an article where Patrick H. Lauke provides a solution to making Google Maps keyboard accessible by retrofitting keyboard access into google maps. (Obviously JavaScript is still required.) Also, Google Maps provides a text-only option, which is nice for those using assistive devices, mobile devices, low or costly bandwidth, etc. I’ve beenContinueContinue reading “Keyboard Access for Google Maps”

Writing sentences with a red ball

This video shows how you can combine Dasher, a clever text entry program, with RoboRealm, a clever machine vision program to write a sentence using a Red Ball and a WebCam. You do this without touching the PC! This could be used on a Wii, XBox or PS3 to control a browser.   [YouTube -ContinueContinue reading “Writing sentences with a red ball”

More medical applications for mobile technology

Along the lines of an earlier post here on the interfaces emerging between mobile devices and medical technology, Diabetes Device & iPhone. Popgadget reports: AT&T has just launched new technology in partnership with Mednet which monitors heart patients’ health and transmits the results to their cardiologists via Bluetooth. [via – More medical applications for mobile technology] MoreContinueContinue reading “More medical applications for mobile technology”

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-26

lurks in the shadows … watching # in the shadows, sleep alludes… listening to live youtube of #BruceCockburn – Call it Democracy – http://is.gd/ttmt # returns, from whence he wandered, into the stream … # Lifekludger New post: Open-Source Hardware for Prosthetics http://cli.gs/d80uQ8 # Totally sick of no good offline blog editor on Mac ..ContinueContinue reading “Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-26”