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Want to win 150 thriller novels, signed by the authors? That’s the concept of a new website called (strangely enough) www.150thrillers.com. Put together by International Thriller Writers, Inc., the contest is free and gets you signed up for their free monthly ITW newsletter.
If you enjoy a good thriller (and I certainly do!), then you might as well enter the contest. Check it out today!
Chuck
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Don’t know if you’re familiar with the popular online “world” called Second Life, but it’s a pretty big deal, with millions of “residents” and lots of real dollars flowing through this virtual world. Now, Darren Barefoot, a Vancouver-based writer and technologist, has created a satire site called “Get a First Life“. Here’s a screenshot:
I particularly like the comments about “using your actual genitals.”
I just ran across a great post from Robert Scoble’s scobeleizer blog. In this post, he talks about a recent “photowalk” he and a few others did to a train museum in Sacramento.
“Photowalking” is where you get a bunch of people together and head out to some site of interest with your digital cameras and take a bunch of pictures. Then, you head to a shared photo site, like www.flickr.com, and upload all your pictures with the same tags. That way, people can find all of the related pictures.
With the way that people are getting more and more isolated in today’s society, photowalking is a great way to connect to others in the real world, instead of just online.
I’ll have to think of some kind of photowalk I can arrange when the weather gets a bit warmer (or one that is indoors).
Later,
Chuck
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I just read this post on Seth Godin’s blog. It’s all about Web 4, or at least Seth’s vision of what Web 4 could be. Now I’ve been talking about Web 2.0 over the past few months with some of my friends and family. But Web 4 goes beyond the social networking aspects of Web 2.0 and brings the Internet and converged service to a whole new level.
Imagine (if you will) a world where your phone knows where you are, and has the intelligence (or at least the ability) to tell you that there is a sale on your favorite brand of coffee at the little boutique you are about to pass. Or, that one of your friends is at the movie theater you are about to walk in to. Or, your search engine learns about your habits, and introduces you to other people with similar tastes.
Bits and pieces of this are already happening. And it’s just a matter of time before a lot more of the puzzle is ready to go. The pace of technological innovation is accelerating, and a lot of it is due to people opening up and sharing information so that others can build on their work, instead of keeping all the innovation to themselves.
Check out Seth’s blog, and be prepared to have a rather pleasant awakening.
Later,
Chuck
I just found this video of a new touchscreen interface. Without a doubt, this is the coolest thing I have seen in quite some time. Check out the video at the Fast Company web site by clicking on this link.
This is where human/computer interaction is going, and I for one am ready for it.
I just found this Director on YouTube who is creating a whole series of “Mr. Deity” video shorts that are pretty funny. You can check out my favorite episode right here:
Hope you enjoy!
Chuck
A little while ago, I received a call at work from a telemarketer trying to sell me something. The problem… I couldn’t understand a damn thing he said. You can check out the call - with my video additions - at YouTube:
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