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A Simple Intro to Google Wave

by Tom Saunter on 05. Oct, 2009 in Web, video

The best summary of Google Wave that I’ve seen, and certainly worth a look if you want to understand the hype: I’m still hoping for an invite, so can’t yet share my feedback on the tool – just know that I am really excited!

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Why Facebook Is Awesome

by Tom Saunter on 25. Aug, 2009 in download, social networks

Recently I’ve been using Facebook a lot more than usual, in order to: Reconnect with old friends Arrange ‘real world’ meetups Plug gaps in my network that I should have filled ages ago Build a page for Digital Cortex (right here!) Organise my contacts into groups Do a bit of peer-analysis (spying) Try some FB [...]

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Web Discoveries for June 24th

by Tom Saunter on 24. Jun, 2009 in del.icio.us

These are my del.icio.us links for June 24th Node | world leader in Location Based Media – Clever, if rather corporate looking site that says it’s authors seem to have their heads screwed on when it comes to mixed reality applications. Atlas Obscura | Wondrous, curious & bizarre locations around the world – All credit [...]

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Mobile Telephone

by Tom Saunter on 22. Jun, 2009 in academic

The Internet and the mobile phone are two mighty forces that have bent contemporary culture and remade it in their form. They offer immediacy, connectivity, and social interaction of a wholly different kind. These are technologies that have brought profound changes to the ways academia consider technoscience and digital communication. Their relationship was of interest [...]

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Crowdsourced Protein Shakes

by Tom Saunter on 22. Jun, 2009 in gaming, innovation

I read about Foldit in Wired US yesterday, a game that takes the foundations laid by SETI@home, which uses thousands of computers’ idle time to decode frequencies from Space, and crowdsources solutions to the protein folding problems that are currently baffling the smartest machines in the world. The difference with Foldit is that it’s not [...]

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