Gamification

The Gamified World

Stargate iPhone 3G wallpaper

Monkey iPhone 3 Wallpaper

For all the Monkey fans out there (also known as Monkey Magic) the classic cult TV show. This one is dedicated to Masako Natsume (Tripitaka).

How to make a custom, unique iPad case

If you don't want a boring, mass produced, over priced iPad case - why not make your own!  If you have the equipment - a sewing machine, thread, cardboard, and some material, you (or a friend) can make a beautiful, custom, unique (one of a kind) iPad cover.

Check out this camo iPad case made from an old hoodie top and old t-shirt. It's awesome!
This was the first iPad case made by the beautiful Anne :)



See the full photo set on Flickr...

The Future is NUI (natural user interface)

We are now entering the third stage of  Human / Computer interaction. This is called NUI (natural user  interface). The first two stages were CLI (command line interface) and GUI (graphical user interface).

Within the next few years, everything will go towards NUI  (this is already happening, see iPhone, iPad, Microsoft Surface etc). Most of our computer interaction will be  touchscreen and voice control. Of course keyboards, mice etc will still  exist, but they will not be the dominant way of interacting with your  device (computer, tablet, smart phone, tv, or whatever).

There  are videos all over the web, and statistics everywhere already proving  this. Just take a look at the "vision" projections from any computer,  software or device manufacturer and you will see that this is not an  option, it is happening.

Some examples...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoyfTciK4jg&playnext_from=TL&videos=kmqyijM6tVU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-gTobCJHs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvtxupQmRSA&feature=PlayList&p=DC88D59DC711D462&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFQWc79TYcU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ78ySv1WpU&playnext_from=TL&videos=KzhnLs9PFQg

http://www.vimeo.com/1347289

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7508842.stm

http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/user-experience/form-factors/tablet

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000034-264.html?tag=nl.e415

http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090228/microsoft-office-labs-vision-2019-video/

http://ax.itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/steve-jobs-bill-gates-at-d5/id256972720

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sTgLYH8qWs&feature=player_embedded

http://www.flypmedia.com/issues/20/#8/2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6YTQJVzwlI&feature=digest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KRQm8o7fe8&feature=related

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/08/sony-vaio-j-joins-the-touchscreen-all-in-one-ranks/

http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/33642/MSI-unveils-tablet-PC

http://www.islate.org/index.php/2010/06/02/asus-eee-pad-ep101tc-ep121-e-reader-tablets/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7801657/Samsung-announces-Galaxy-Tab-tablet-computer.html

http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Computex_2010_LG_shows_off_UX10_Tablet/551-111554-893.html

Spam!

Is TV an evil, brain wasting, time vortex? Yes.

Why do we pay for TV channels that spew forth thousands of ads a day and turn our brains into mush? For each one hour show we watch, at least 30 minutes of that is advertizing time. This would never be acceptable on a website, the site would not get any repeat users. So why are we paying to watch so many repeated ads, and not even targeted ads! just general dumb ads for products that we have no interest in.

TV as we know it, is coming to an end. Many people (including myself) are, or have already switched to watching video online. No ads, and its free (we have no option to pay yet in Ireland - as iTunes TV, Hulu, Netflix etc don't work here).

Now for those of you who may be saying "ah but you can't really watch tv on a computer screen", well you don't have to. Just buy a small computer like the mac mini, or dell inspiron zino, or hook your laptop up to your tv using a hdmi cable or similar. Then go to sites like TV3, RTE Player, 4OD, TVshack, and of course theres always Google Video Search, YouTube and Vimeo, and there are more options are becoming available every month, like Google TV.

And for those who see little or no value in tv shows, there is a wealth of educational video available online at Vimeo, Google Video Search, and iTune U (University).

So, would you rather spend hours a day paying to watch repeating brain damaging ads? or learning something new for free?