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Archive for May, 2008
Through to the semi-final!
Last night we (Satchel Blue) qualified as one of the bands to go through to the next round of Surface Unsigned 2008. Thanks to everyone who turned up on the night and to everyone who voted for us by text. We do have an audio copy of our performance taken from the sound desk so [...]
Surface Unsigned – Round 2
Tomorrow night we (Satchel Blue) are playing in Round 2 of the Surface Unsigned competition for 2008 – although noticing that my favourite band in our Round 1 heat, Olly Dabblers, haven’t made it past Round 2 then I’m not holding out much hope. If you fancy supporting us, or just coming along to see [...]
where2.0 links
After taking some holiday last week and walking the Great Glen Way in Scotland I’m now back in civilization and enjoying the comfort of sitting down once more. I’ll post an overall review of thoughts from the where2.0 conference in the next day or so but, in the meantime, check out the following information on [...]
where2.0 – Wed 14th May (3.30pm – 5pm)
The last session of the 2008 where2.0 conference, introduced by Tim O’Reilly.InSTEDD: Humanitarian Collaboration TalesRobert Kirkpatrick (InSTEDD), Eduardo Jezierski (InSTEDD) “InSTEDD functions as an ‘innovation lab’ for developing novel approaches to challenges in the field.“ Their approach is to partner with as many other services and technologies as appropriate. “We learn by failing fast and [...]
where2.0 – Wed 14th May (1.15pm – 3pm)
The internet is alive again and it’s afternoon on Day 2. Google Maps = Google on MapsLior Ron (Google, Inc.) Apparently we are about to hear about 9 new launches in the next 9 minutes. As the title suggests, the basic idea here is that Google Maps are all about everything you can do with [...]
where2.0 – Wed 14th May (11am – 12mid)
Going Places on Flickr: The Significance of Geographical Information in PhotosDan Catt (Yahoo!, Inc. ) Dan outlines the challenge for Flickr around selecting location. How does Flickr take a lat/long coordinate pair and decide exactly where a photo has been taken? This is about reverse geo-coding. “Places have meaning… we (Flickr) should be able to [...]
where2.0 – Wed 14th May (9am – 10.15am)
Day 2 begins at 9am with… Disaster Tech: What is Working and What is ComingJesse Robbins (O’Reilly Radar), Mikel Maron (Mapufacture) How innovative tools can make the bridge between consumer tools and saving lives. “It’s difficult to innovate, but there is a way…“. The key seems to be a step-by-step iterative pattern. Within this space:1. [...]
Where2.0 Blog Links
The Map Room has pointed out a couple of other blogs from where2.0.
where2.0 – Tue 13th May (4.15pm – 6pm)
Heading towards the end of Day 1…Mirror World: Using MMOs for Real World Mapping – Wagner James Au(MMO = Massively Multiplayer Online Game) Examples of Google Earth and Second Live mash-ups which merge the virtual world and the real world, including real-time weather data on the globe, real-time LA airport arrivals/departures, and a project Digital [...]
where2.0 – Tue 13th May (1.30pm – 3.30pm)
Ride the Fire Eagle: Open Location for AllTom Coates (Yahoo! Brickhouse) Fire Eagle is there to allow users to:- share their location online- control their data and privacy- easily build location services “Fire Eagle helps sites and services to respond to a users location“ Yahoo Internet Location Platform – if fire eagle is the lens, [...]
where2.0 – Tue 13th May (11am – 12mid)
11:00am: Best Practices for Location-based Services: Privacy, User Control, Carrier Relations, Advertising, and Moreby Sam Altman (Loopt – a social mapping tool to connect, share and explore in the real world) “GPS is the number one requested feature on a phone in the US, more than a camera.“ Location challenges today (what we want) can [...]
where2.0 – Tue 13th May (9am – 10.15am)
Day one proper kicks off with brief opening remarks from Brady Forrest (O’Reilly Media, Inc.) – ‘Where2.0 has now hit the mainstream‘. —– Then Adrian Holovaty the creator of EveryBlock: A News Feed for Your Block. It’s all about finding news relevant to you because you live there – stories that a journalist would never [...]
Watch where2.0 via live web stream
From O’Reilly Radar… If you can’t make it to Where 2.0 you can watch it live-ish via two different video streams. For tonight’s Ignite and Launchpad event you can watch via UStream.TV. This stream will get audio directly from the soundboard. Seero, a geo-broadcasting portal that is focused on events is going to be live-streaming [...]
Searching the Geoweb: Exposing Your Geo Data to Search Engines (Monday 1.30pm – 3pm)
Mano Marks and Lior Ron from Google Maps API team talking about geo search in this afternoon’s session – Searching the Geoweb: Exposing Your Geo Data to Search Engines. “43,566,346 geotagged photos on Flickr” – now that’s precise! Although presumably it was also incorrect as soon as it had been typed. The point being that [...]
Geo-ify Your Web Site (10.30am – 12)
Mikel Maron is up after the coffee break to talk about Illuminated Hacks. However, my battery reckons it has 14 minutes of life left and I appear to be sitting far away from any potential power supply… damn and oops. …We’re back with power. An interesting talk from Mikel on a number of different hacks [...]
Geo-ify Your Web Site (8.30am – 10am)
Monday morning and I’m signed up for a session called Geo-ify your web site. What does this mean? Good question. Some interesting stuff from Andrew Turner about microformats and embedding location tagging within the html of web content. Then onto Mapstraction and its use in providing efficient and effective access to a variety of mapping [...]
Where 2.0 Conference, 2008
The 4th (i think!) annual where2.0 conference organised by O’Reilly kicks off tomorrow and I consider myself lucky enough to be attending. (UPDATE – All my blog posts from the conference can be viewed here) It’s a break from my usual objective to avoid anything remotely work/business related on my blog but I’m hoping that [...]
