Archive for December, 2009

Dear AR Community, “We Don’t Walk Anymore”

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Pardon my take on an old Todd Rundgren song, but this past week I saw a lot discussion within Augmented Reality tweet-streams about the possibility of Apple making a head mounted display (HMD) that really looked dated. Five years ago, or so, Oakley began manufacturing a sunglasses/audio playback device, called Thump. I wrote them […]

When Hyper-Consumerism collides with Super-Criticism

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Yesterday, Christmas Day, I read about Jason Calacanis‘ excitement about Blippy, a new social way for people to share what you’re buying with others. YIKES. I signed up for the beta waiting list of course, but started to think about the ramification of monitoring everything that I buy over time. Everything from […]

Radio Silence – Building Resilient Local Media Centers

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

Here we are on the cusp of 2010 – less than three weeks away. Yet this week my attention was drawn to the fact that both the House and the Senate may be passing an expansion of the Low-Power FM (LPFM) Radio Service Act (Local Community Radio Act, HR1147 and S592) before returning home […]

Love for my new Motorola Droid

Friday, December 11th, 2009

A friend of mine just sent me a text message, asking about my satisfaction with the new Motorola Droid that I just picked up a few weeks back. My satisfaction with this little device, and continued excitement still today, can’t be emphasized enough. The last time I was this excited about a digital device […]