I think the increasing shortening of people’s digital attention span, and the trends towards reading and writing quick blurbs and instant nuggets of wisdom (of which I am plenty guilty myself) will sooner or later spawn a trend back towards deeper reading and writing, just like the success of the console game GuitarHero has resultedContinueContinue reading “MediaFuturist: The abbreviation of everything”
Category Archives: Thoughts
2gether08 | JP recaps Cluetrain: we are human amidst the tech
JP identified five themes from Cluetrain: people are human beingspeople work in communities, and community extends beyond the walls of the firmhypelinks subvert hierarchies … and so conversations can go laterally, not just up and down the ladder of controlconversations are richer with the new tools available, and firms have less capacity to control theirContinueContinue reading “2gether08 | JP recaps Cluetrain: we are human amidst the tech”
Avatar Facebook Wall Discussion
Interesting discussion on my wall on Facebook around Avatar movie. Wanted to capture it. (Even if I did miss spell avatar on the hashtag) (Faces have been blurred and names blocked to respect commenters privacy – walled gardens and all) Dave avatar-fb-wall.jpg Originally uploaded by dnwallace
Do RIM’s optical trackpads offer Accessible Alternative to “Skin” Touch?
It seems RIM’s ‘optical pad’ technology could offer hope for the “touch barrier” that exists with the requirement for skin to touch the capacitive type pads that dominate todays gadgets. Thinking about how your phone’s touchscreen operates, you might assume that the so-called optical pads that have been making appearances on recent BlackBerrys (among otherContinueContinue reading “Do RIM’s optical trackpads offer Accessible Alternative to “Skin” Touch?”
Supernova snippet – JP Rangaswami
Capillary Tubes not Fire Hoses Audio of JP Rangaswami speaking at Supernova 09 on 4 characteristics publish/subscribe environment. realtime personal [capillary tubes not firehoses] interactive augmented JP Supernova 09 [mp3] via – Supernova Day 2 Afternoon – Real Time Flow Panel part 1
Me, We and the Network – shout-out
On of my ‘Network’ friends, Nancy White, from Full Circle Associates in the States, has been out here in Australia doing some presentations. Here’s a snippet where my ‘We’ friend Mike Seyfang and I get a shout-out in her Keynote at the Learning Technologies 2009 Conference held this week in Qld. It makes me thinkContinueContinue reading “Me, We and the Network – shout-out”
Telstra Bigpond withdrawing from Second Life
A friend of mine sent me the following notice sent to BigPond Residents in Second Life: POND ESTATES CLOSURE 16 DECEMBER 2009 Dear Residents, Vendors and Guests, Telstra BigPond would like to thank you for participating in Second Life through BigPond. Our creative experience with Second Life has been very rewarding for both BigPond andContinueContinue reading “Telstra Bigpond withdrawing from Second Life”
Pew Report: Social Isolation and New Technology
Interesting things in this report (PDF) about the effects of technology on social isolation. (http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/18–Social-Isolation-and-New-Technology.aspx) A lot of what it says I can attest to in my own experience, especially in relation to technology providing a platform and mechanism for "core discussion networks" to become more diverse. This also sets off alarms in my head attestingContinueContinue reading “Pew Report: Social Isolation and New Technology”
You can’t have inclusion without openness
You can’t have inclusion without openness. That may seem obvious to some. But it’s true power hit me like a ton of bricks when it popped into my head. More-so as I’ve been hung-up and writing on this openness thing for ages, on many levels, not being able to articulate the importance my gut wasContinueContinue reading “You can’t have inclusion without openness”
Story of ‘good will’ highlights Lifekludger concept – Santa Cruz Sentinel
This story from the Santa Cruz Sentinel shows the power of connection and what can be achieved when a Maker (Jon Bjornstad, a Santa Cruz freelance computer programmer) is backed by a Giver (Roy and Ana Cook of Saratoga) to help a Liver (Karadole, a paralyzed woman who lives in Croatia) – with the endContinueContinue reading “Story of ‘good will’ highlights Lifekludger concept – Santa Cruz Sentinel”
Bare Conductive Ink
Skin safe conductive ink. Mmm…thinking this stuff must be good for something. Maybe it’s conductive properties combined with it being non-toxic could have some application for getting around the touch barrier. [Bare Conductive]
The Social Internet as Social Assistive Device
The social web offers a means of engagement that trascends the technology and transforms lives. Strangely or not, I tend not to see myself as disabled. Maybe that’s why I tend to focus on sharing more about what I’m doing than who I am or what I think about disability specific things – whatever thoseContinueContinue reading “The Social Internet as Social Assistive Device”
The Social Internet as Social Assistive Device
The social web offers a means of engagement that trascends the technology and transforms lives. Strangely or not, I tend not to see myself as disabled. Maybe that’s why I tend to focus on sharing more about what I’m doing than who I am or what I think about disability specific things – whatever thoseContinueContinue reading “The Social Internet as Social Assistive Device”
Lifekludger Wiki
In a few months the Lifekludger blog will have been going for four years. What started as a desire to share my thoughts about how I use technology as a person who lives with disability quickly turned into a platform to espouse the vision of Lifekludger. My hope is that by sharing ideas on howContinueContinue reading “Lifekludger Wiki”
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”
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”
Open-Source Hardware for Prosthetics
Scientific American has an article about the Open Prosthetics Project. The Open Prosthetics Project has applied the “open source” model to the design of inexpensive prosthetic hands and arms that a small demand can still support. The designs are free for anyone to use. This is an exiting project to me as it’s an example of whatContinueContinue reading “Open-Source Hardware for Prosthetics”
Tweenbots: displaying our humanness
Tweenbots http://blip.tv/play/AejAL5OoUw Something about this is neat. The act of helping is so ingrained and helping robots reveals something inherent about our humanness. Were these ppl helping to be a part of something? Or because they knew there must be human behind it? Unorganised crowd sourcing. Fascinating. Dave [via David Weinberger]
Will Apple’s 10-inch touchscreens still need skin?
Reuters reported last month on Apple ordering larger touch screens: Taiwan touchscreen specialist Wintek already makes small screens for Apple iPhones, and has received orders for the larger ones that are roughly the same size as those used in mini PCs – [http://www.wintek.com.tw/] I bet you’ll still need skin! Source [Apple orders 10-inch touchscreens forContinueContinue reading “Will Apple’s 10-inch touchscreens still need skin?”
Preserving Digital Identity in my Will
I made a decision yesterday while travelling home – I’m going to make allowance in my will towards the ongoing existence of my digital identity. Now, don’t panic, I’m not ill and don’t intend on dying anytime soon. But it will happen. And it so happens that with recent changes in living arrangements I’ve beenContinueContinue reading “Preserving Digital Identity in my Will”
No Lost Generation
Had to post this as it’s just great. Lost Generation Hat tip to Laurel
Adelaide Tweetup at Kappys
Went to my first Tweetup today. Was held at Kappys in Flinders St. Was great meeting some of the Adelaide twitter folk (oh, and @silkcharm, who is an ex-Adelaide girl). Some I already followed and now have some new ones. Here’s some pics: (more here) UPDATE: @silkcharm has posted a qik video: http://qik.com/swfs/qikPlayer4.swf Dave
Microcosms, Second Life and the Giant Zero of Distributed Media
a twitter msg sent by me from within sl Second Life offers a grid that is a microcosm of the connectedness that the Internet, operating as a pervasive, worldwide grid, promises. Second Life offers a peek into possibilities of what the world might look and feel like when the internet-as-grid connects all facets of howContinueContinue reading “Microcosms, Second Life and the Giant Zero of Distributed Media”
Ray Ozzie knows about Mouthsticks … do you?
Wired recently ran an article about Microsoft CEO Ray Ozzie. One incident in particular introduced Ozzie to the magic that comes when people connect via computer. He had taken a part-time assignment helping a professor finish writing some courseware. The prof lived on the other side of town, so Ozzie collaborated with him remotely. OzzieContinueContinue reading “Ray Ozzie knows about Mouthsticks … do you?”
ControllerMate 4.3.9 – Use joystick, gamepad, trackball in place of keyboard. (Shareware)
For those who use a mac, this little piece of shareware could be handy for custom control input. From MacUpdate blog: ControllerMate 4.3.9 – Use joystick, gamepad, trackball in place of keyboard. (Shareware): ControllerMate 4.3.9 ControllerMate is a controller programming tool that allows custom functionality to be added to standard HID devices (joysticks, trackballs, gamepads,ContinueContinue reading “ControllerMate 4.3.9 – Use joystick, gamepad, trackball in place of keyboard. (Shareware)”
