Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Microsoft, Google, Yahoo to Buy Facebook?

I know that Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have social networks of sorts but since I don't belong to them I almost don't believe them ;-) How is that for a nice serious introduction. Or perhaps to put it another way, if they want me to join their network then I guess the easiest way is to just buy facebook.

Facebook is a platform - to some degree an organizing system. It is a little tricky because the organizing system of facebook runs on multiple operating systems - the Web being the proxy operating system I suppose. Also, is not everything really an organizing system in the first place. From a wrecking yard to a dresser in your home we are surrounded by organizing systems. All tucking things into a hierarchy. Our computer filing system is also an organizing system. So what does facebook do that is more than a filing system. It lets other people see what we have filed. It lets us share in games which is really a story along with stored data. Anyway - all this stuff is a little well, off topic maybe - but probably more important in the end - see http://www.nodism.org for more discussion.

So... the question might be, who will be most scared of losing out to the next potential leader of the organizing system - and the answer might be whoever buys facebook. In a more positive light... the question is who believes facebook is doing a very decent job and wants to spend a few billion for it. Sound crazy, but if you had a few extra billion, it might be the easiest way to 10 years of smooth sailing. Who do you think people will say will buy facebook and who do you say will buy facebook. Please vote in the predict-a-poll:




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Friday, September 14, 2007

iPod Touch, iWatch, iRing, iPaper, iDot, iFuture?

How will we progress using apple's iTechnology trademarks...

The iWatch, iRing and iDot would be useful if it involved a projection or a hologram making the display bigger than its area.

I've had a thought of instead of implants, using onplants. This would be items glued to the skin with a gel that might last for a week or two and would seem less invasive than implants. It could help with technology like an iDot or a microcomputer (soon a nanocomuter) being fixed to the wrist or back of finger. Or for a phone, something glued into the outer ear area and then the microphone or nanophone glued like a beauty mark. I know what would be good for this but I am keeping it secret for a bit.

The iPaper is an obvious winner if there is not holotechnology yet as it has a larger screen - this would be OLED rollup. So without further delay - what do you think 2020 will be like? Take the Tapoll predict-a-poll and predict how other people will answer the poll at the same time you vote!

Dan





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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Facebook More Pages Served than MySpace

This Tapoll predict-a-poll asks whether facebook will out-perform MySpace with respect to pages served within a year's time.

For those of you who have not been on facebook in a while - if that is possible - I mean, once you are on you tend to get hooked - unless you recognize this and purposefully stop. But for those of you who have not been on in a while, they have added "Applications" which are like widgets, components, extra features, etc. These are really taking off now with hundreds of thousands of takers getting horoscopes, trip logs, free gifts, flickr pics, super pokes, etc. The pages are starting to appear more customized and all of a sudden there is 20 times if not more to do. This has its pros and cons but I expect for the masses, it is a pro.

What do you think? And what do you predict other people will think...



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Sunday, May 6, 2007

Will Microsoft Buy Yahoo - Tapoll Predict-a-poll

There are talks that Microsoft will buy Yahoo. What do you think? Please take the Tapoll predict-a-poll below and predict what people will vote at the same time as you vote.

Some background reading:

Microsoft-Yahoo: Not if but when, analysts say
Microsoft-Yahoo talks no longer active
Google stays strong in face of possible Yahoo-Microsoft deal



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Saturday, March 31, 2007

Think OLED Technology on Anything

I just was shooting some Focuso Photographs and at night they make really cool glowing spots. Please see the Focuso.org site for an example and a contest!

In naming the pictures, I started imagining that they were everyday items in the year 2020 and had been affected by OLED technology. It was an eye opening experience! Please take a look: See Pictures. Either click the icons to see the titles or roll over the icons and there should be a title tip. For example the picture below is called 2020 Money.

This Tapoll predict-a-poll asks which of the more obvious things will be affected most by OLED technology - add a 2020 if you want but it will probably be more like a 2010 when all this breaks.

In our Sheridan Interactive Multimedia program in Oakville, we are preparing the students for OLED Walls with Big Interactive projects using touchscreen and gesture technology.



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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Will the iPhone Make it?

Apple as you most likely know is coming out with the iPhone - see http://iphone.org. If features some cool interface concepts like multitouch, gyrointerface, orientation swapping and great navigation!

Kind of a lopsided one but I don't want to spoil the result - there are some dissenters out there... are you one? Cast your prediction and vote - just click on the little round things below - it is much easier than pie.



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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Second Life Tapoll Predict-a-Poll on the Virtual Reality Site

Second Life has been going strong as we are finally getting somewhere in the 3D community virtual environment world. Second Life

Thank you independent poll provider!



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Saturday, March 3, 2007

Who Makes the Best Software - Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, IBM?

This is a fun one... Who produces the best software. Now there are different kinds of software and there are legacy issues which might affect opinion. Also, not everyone knows or uses software from all the listed makers: Adobe, Microsoft, Google, IBM, and Yahoo. But... we'll see what the results are in this Tapoll predict-a-poll!



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Multitouch Interface - Pan Zoom Rotate

Multitouch is an exciting interface principle explored by Bill Buxton amongst others in the 80s. Now fantastic videos are surfacing showing working models. Dan Zen would like to point out that while multitouch is indeed impressive, part of the WOW factor is just the panning, zooming and rotating. These can be accomplished on a number of Dan Zen tools using a hot key and dragzooming for instance. This has enough of the necessary functionality to still make a WOW. See Zen Picture with Pan Zoom and Zen Mix with shift and ctrl zoom and pan options.



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Will the Apple iPhone Make It?

The iPhone looks great! The multitouch interface is very exciting and has been examples of other Tapoll polls - see multitouch undter topics. The vertical horizontal auto adjustment is cool as is the proximity to the ear. http://www.iphone.org



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Will Google's Office Suite Rival Microsoft's

The rivalry between Google and Microsoft heats up. It is interesting to watch how Google's "reputation" is changing as well as they go from an underdog to the mega company. This area would be interesting to conduct some polls in too.



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