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bigassmessage.com
Our boy Bjorn has made this rather awesome messaging service. Best of all it's 100% Chromo Enabled.
Demographic Replicator
Protein friend David Bausola's latest project is taking the social conversation to a whole new level. Props to the Herdmeister for the tipoff.
Puma Phone
One of the more interesting launches at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week is the Puma Phone. It's a white labeled Sagem with a few extra "sporty and fun" features, so we will watch how this one develops with interest.
HTML5 - The Future of Online Video
We've been waiting for this for a while and now can show you a sneak peek of the future of online video. Please be upstanding for HTML5.
What's all the fuss about? No flash, no plugins, no buffering issues, no worries. Yes, this is what Steve has been waiting for and one of the main reasons why you find any Adobe products on your iPhone. Props once again to cousin Ciaran for the linkage.
Top 3 Twitter Marketing Apps
As Twitter defines itself as the marketing platform du jour, I thought it would be a good idea to bring together a "top 3" selection of the best. These "apps" all aim to help companies understand what's going on with their "customers conversations" and how they can best utilise this new 140 character beast.
- Shoreditch locals, Tweetdeck isn't new, but certainly remaining fresh with regular feature updates and a super loyal community. As a standalone app developed in Adobe Flex, it allows for greater functionality and the recent iPhone version allows you to take it with you.
- CoTweet started making some noise mid-last year. It is now out of beta and running supreme in the "enterprise" market, aimed squaring at larger organisations with multiple Twitter teams. Tweet assigning, redirecting and commenting is incredibly useful and the Outlook-style UI makes for very easy use.
UK Datarock!
Protein idol, Tim Berners-Lee opened up the UK Governement's data.gov.uk site to the public yesterday. It might not seen like big news to most of you, but we've been tracking the site for some time as it marks a big step in creating a truly open source public data service.
While taking a page from the US with the launch of its own public data hub, the UK data portal offers almost three times the number of data sets available on the US site.
Speaking at the launch, TBL explained, "Data underpins our economy and our society - data about how much is being spent and where, data about how schools, hospitals and police are performing, data about where things are and data about the weather. Yet until recently not many non-technical people concerned themselves with data and how it could be used better."
Future of Text
With the excitement building around Apple’s announcement of a tablet device rumored to be called the iSlate – I hope in 2010 we’ll see digital magazines and books step into the transmedia fold. The integration between apps, APIs, and a strong movement towards standardizing “activity streams” across social services present fertile ground for transmedia storytelling. Character extensions, augmented reality, supporting materials, back stories, experience hyperlinking that ties into online / offline events not to mention real-time interactions between readers all are fuel for rich transmedia experiences.
An Intro to HTML5
We’ve been experimenting with HTML5 and applying it to some interactive storytelling concepts. The following is an intro to HTML5.
GEAR: USB audio converter
Looking for easy ways to digitize your vinyl or use your laptop as a recording device?
Behringer UFO202 U-Phono High-Quality USB Audio Interface with Built-In Phono Preamp
PRICE: $30
