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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 watch this [...] 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 what’s [...] 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 the [...] 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 failing often.“ A virtual [...] 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 Google on [...] 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 give them (a [...] 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. Disaster happens2. Three [...] The Map Room has pointed out a couple of other blogs from where2.0. 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 Urban, [...] |
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