In remembrance
by Janet Green on September 11, 2009
in Miscellany
Welcome, Blogopolis Blueprint Readers!
by Janet Green on May 7, 2009
in Miscellany
I’ve got a guest-post up today on Blogopolis Blueprint asking the (hopefully) provocative question, “Has Blogging Lost Its Soul?” and I wanted to take a moment to welcome those readers to my little network of blogs! I write about a variety of topics, and I invite you to take a look:Devices? We don't need no stinking devices
by Janet Green on March 13, 2009
in Miscellany
Remember how I said I wanted to call the true medium of “social media” an invisible magic cloud? Apparently that’s not such a far-fetched description. And, here – with something called Sixth Sense technology- is what the cloud is doing at the cutting edge. Just imagine, all the information available to you by every device you can imagine, but without the devices.
I encourage you to take 8 minutes out of your life to see what the future looks like, as shown in the February, 2009 video embedded below. Go ahead, I’ll wait.
Jesus Diaz at Gizmodo sums it up: “…Sixth Sense recognizes the objects around you, displaying information automatically and letting you access it in any way you want, in the simplest way possible.” For example, on the palm of your hand where virtual numbers appear that you touch with your finger and press a virtual call button to phone a friend. Or, on the clothing of the person you’re talking to, where words and phrases related to that person are projected so you know the most recent topics they’ve been blogging about.
Astounding implications aside (will the “word cloud” on your t-shirt respect your privacy?), watching the above video is a lot like having watched the moon landing in 1969 – it’s just about beyond imagination.
