A story about social media
Today I was fortunate to spend 30 minutes talking to the Social Media Leadership Forum. I themed my talk around how we create, consume and analyse content online. Here’s a breakdown of the technologies I talked about. Bing Twitter Maps…
Microsoft Technology, a trip through recent history and a glimpse of the future
Here’s some links from the talk I gave today. Out of context of the presentation and without the narrative, they are still fun to explore. World Wide Telescope – http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/ pptPlex – http://www.officelabs.com/projects/pptPlex/Pages/default.aspx Seadragon example – http://www.nli.ie/discover/ Photosynth – http://photosynth.net/…
Robot Fish ‘Charlie’. This is James Bond, need to know time via The CIA (sshhh)
The CIA have launched YouTube and Flickr accounts showing off historical videos and pictures. ‘The idea behind these improvements is to make more information about the agency available to more people, more easily,’ Director Panetta said in a statement. ‘The…
I’ve fallen in love with a robot (via @MissRobotics)
Something in me thinks this isn't real, but that's probably because it's so special and, well, magical. I could show it to my kids and they'd probably just shrug and say 'well, that's just the way things work these days,…
Social flying revolution by @planely
I’m not sure that i get this, but then I don’t get Facebook either. However, I do use Facebook (occasionally) and I’m going to use this on the next few flights I’ll be on. something tells me this will be…
Chem4Word – something for the chemist in you. Chemistry Add-in for Word
Wondering what alternative storytelling use this could have:
It was possible to send a postcard to a friend in the morning arranging to meet in the park in the afternoon
Crazy different world. Well, it was 100 years ago. Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous
The most expensive remote control in the world? Using a Microsoft Surface unit to fly an AR Drone.
The guy at the back of the office has clearly seen this too many times. Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous
Touching, waving at and talking to the future with Microsoft
A film from Channel 4 shot in Redmond showing off the Microsoft home of the future, the new Surface unit (cunningly titled Surface 2) and a brief glimpse at LightSpace. Is this how we'll be interacting in the future? …
Cars of Tomorrow – making tyre changing an exhilarating experience
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