Entries Tagged as ‘web 2.0’

September 8, 2009

Acrossair iPhone 3GS Augmented Reality browser

One of many Augmented reality iPhone apps that are in the pipeline. I really think that AR represents the future of mobile location-based services.
I want contact lenses with this ability so I don’t miss a drop of metadata that might whizz by!

April 17, 2009

Kutcher wins – the video

Further to my last post, Ashton Kutcher has won the race to a million followers. In true web2.0 style he live streamed his victory experience on ustream. 

more about “Kutcher wins – the video“, posted with vodpod

KutcherVSCnn.com is the app that delivered the news. He also raised a lot of money for a very good [...]

April 16, 2009

Ashton Kutcher vs CNN – should I care who wins?

Should I care who wins the race to 1,000,000 twitter followers? If Ashton beats CNN is that a triumph of social media over the corporations?

April 1, 2009

Sing when you’re tweeting

There comes a time in every young man’s life when he realises he’s not actually that young anymore. It happened to me when I discovered Radio 4, that long-time favourite of middle-aged, middle-class, middle England. Specifically I like the today show and the comedy.
Those of you who don’t subscribe to the Friday Night Comedy podcast [...]

March 26, 2009

The 5 pillars of Social Media

Seth Godin, in a bit of a D.H. Lawrence moment has attempted to define the 5 pillars of social media success. What makes a successful social web app? Why do people choose to visit online social sites?
He boils it down to these 5 points:

Who likes me?
Is everything okay?
How can I become more popular?
What’s new?
I’m bored, let’s [...]

March 3, 2009

Life ain’t all beer and #skittles

I woke up yesterday morning to find twitter all a buzz about the new Skittles homepage.  I’m not usually one to add to the echo chamber but I thought I’d give my two pence worth.
For those of you who, unlike me, have a life instead of monitoring twitter trends, Skittles have revamped their site and [...]

January 19, 2009

Is Xbox live a wasted social opportunity?

Xbox live are missing a huge opportunity by not allowing the community to socially share their content.