Showing posts with label personal technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label personal technology. Show all posts

Monday, March 4, 2013

Thumbs up for @projectglass & #ifihadglass! Google Glass celebrates an amazing ten days of news, publicity and buzz-worthy, trending anecdotes as consumers begin talking about Glass in earnest, and what they'd do creatively with a pair if they ONLY had one -a marketer's dream!; Google's dynamic tech product is supposed to roll-out by end of 2013; #ijustine, @ijustine


Google YouTube Channel video: How It Feels [through Glass]. "Want to see how Glass actually feels? It's surprisingly simple. Say "take a picture" to take a picture. Record what you see, hands free. Even share what you see, live. Directions are right in front of you. Speak to send a message, or translate your voice. Get the notifications that matter most. Ask whatever's on your mind and get answers without having to ask. All video footage captured through Glass." Uploaded February 20, 2013. http://youtu.be/v1uyQZNg2vE.
See more at http://www.google.com/glass/start 


TheVerge YouTube Channel video: I used Google Glass -"Joshua Topolsky spends a day with two of Google Glass' creators and goes up close and personal with the company's visionary new computer." Uploaded February 22, 2013. 
http://youtu.be/V6Tsrg_EQMw


otherijustine YouTube Channel video: GOOGLE GLASS AND A PURPLE WATCH! Justine Ezarik -a.k.a. iJustine, one of our favorites- opines on Google Glass. Uploaded February 22, 2013. http://youtu.be/7vVo0jqx4dU
Above, at 3:37 of a video on multiple subjects made two days after her previous video, Justine talks about Google Glass and their just-ended contest to give away 8,000 pairs of these, but there's a catch: http://youtu.be/xHEFzTm6xD0There's no justice if Justine doesn't wind-up with a pair, because you know she'll use them, with viewers the winners.

I'd wanted to post the Google, iJustine and Joshua Toplosky videos last Saturday morning, a few hours after seeing them for the first time, but got distracted and wound-up doing some writing on the computer, cleaning around the house and listening to the "Nashville" soundtrack album. 


In retrospect, I'm glad that I didn't post anything about it because within 48 hours, there was more news about Google Glass, courtesy of Google co-founder Sergey Brin's wife, Ann, who was spotted by a TMZ cameraman wearing a pair before heading into an Oscar party Sunday night.



TMZ YouTube channel video: Google Glass -- Sergey Brin's wife, Ann, demonstrates some of the High-Tech Spectacles for a TMZ cameraman before entering an Oscar Party in LA. Uploaded February 26, 2013. http://youtu.be/xI_YGDMvlNY




Sergey Brin on the touchscreen: 'it's kind of emasculating'
By Russell Brandom on February 27, 2013 01:24 pm
http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/27/4036366/sergey-brin-at-ted-the-cell-phone-is-a-nervous-habit

My last post on Google Glass was September 11, 2012, that featured Sergey brin in a video -
titled, Google's Sergey Brin previewing new 'Google Glasses'; England U-21 goalkeeper Ben Amos wearing Google-cam while balls are kicked at him during practice. The mind reels at the possibilities of this!; Wait until iJustine gets a pair of these!; @iJustine
http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.nl/2012/09/amazing-video-of-england-u-21.html
(Yeah, I know, I wrote Glasses instead of Glass.)

Google Glass - For someone like me, to see it, much less, in-person, is to suddenly find your head swimming in creative and practical ideas and finding yourself thinking and talking about why you want one, nay, need one.


Which is why at an Oscar party in LA that was doubtless full of affluent and famous people, Ann Brin had the one intangible that everyone else in the room wanted as soon as they saw it.


Now that's currency and how you shape influential opinion-makers -make them realize that you have something that they don't have and, for all their money and clout, can't get.

Boom goes the technolgy dynamite!


Just imagine what hard-working investigative reporters -or sleuthy bloggers!or corruption-fighting investigators could do with this technology, without a tell-tale cameraman trailing them to give away the surprise to suspected crooked/sleazy targets of scrutiny.... 

To say nothing of watching a sport or special event LIVE in-person, and being able to effortlessly record or send LIVE the whole scene around you, whenever you want.
Especially doing so at your child or grandchild's ballgame or swim meet or play or at a wedding or...yes, a government meeting about a controversial subject that is sent LIVE back to another location, whether a TV studio or newsroom or a whole self-selecting network of friends or interested people who want to see what's REALLY going on.

I still want a jet pack, but until then, this will do nicely!

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#ifihadglass  https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ifihadglass

@projectglass  https://twitter.com/projectglass
www.google.com/glass


Read Joshua Toplosky's first-hand account of his experience with Google Glass here: 
The Verge

I used Google Glass: the future, but with monthly updates
Up close and personal with Google's visionary new computer
By Joshua Topolsky on February 22, 2013 11:39 am
http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/22/4013406/i-used-google-glass-its-the-future-with-monthly-updates

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Social Media superstar iJustine's antics in December included some things you might've done -gotten holiday photos taken with your siblings- but also some you didn't -dress as a panda for the Grand Opening of an Apple Store. In this case, at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, whose beauty left Justine dumbstruck; @ijustine


otherijustine YouTube Channel video: SEXIEST CHRISTMAS PIX EVER!!!. Uploaded December 25, 2012. http://youtu.be/6dtxA4Mhfr8
Social Media superstar iJustine's antics in December included some things you might've done -gotten holiday photos taken with your siblings- but also some you didn't -dress as a panda for the Grand Opening of an Apple Store. In this case, at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, whose beauty left Justine dumbstruck; @ijustine
Out of LA for a bit and back in snowy Western Pennsylvania with her family for the Christmas holidays, Social Media queen, YouTube sensation and tech and gaming guru iJustine (Justine Ezarik) and her sisters, Jenna and Breeanne, head to the Walmart to get their annual 'Sister Christmas' photos taken, show us how they came out, and then head to Red Lobster and crack wise on each other like sisters do.

In mid-December, Justine dressed as a panda for the Grand Opening of the Apple Store at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, and like her friends, was dumbstruck by the beauty of the store...



otherijustine YouTube Channel video: iJustine (Justine Ezarik) dresses as a panda for the Grand Opening of the Apple Store in Santa Monica. Uploaded December 16, 2012. http://youtu.be/eZJUEKa_YDs

As previously mentioned here, 
http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/third-street-promenade-santa-monica.html
I, too, love that Mall and the whole area that so often has a genuine buzz about it that no place in South Florida regularly does, other than a big sporting event.

Justine's hugely-popular blog: 
http://ijustine.com



Her far-flung Social Networks:

Twitter: @ijustine http://twitter.com/ijustine
Just something to think about: As of 11 p.m. December 28th, 2012, 587,381 people like iJustine. As a comparison, The Miami Herald, at that same time and date, is liked by 40,773 people, while popular Swedish blogger, businesswoman and personality Isabella Löwengrip, a.k.a. Blondinbella, http://blondinbella.se/, is liked by 21,484.

Instagram and video : search for ijustine



Justine's various YouTube Channels:

Jenna's Tweets are @jennaezarikTwitter: https://twitter.com/jennaezarik

iJUSTINE TSHIRTS!


Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Personal technology that's Fun and Fascinating? That's for me! Lexus Ignition technology competition: Botiful X vs. SOLOSHOT



Lexus Vehicles video: Introducing the Lexus Ignition Project. Uploaded September 23, 2012. http://youtu.be/xhY7G8-yBrM



Lexus Vehicles video: Lexus Ignition: Botiful X product video. Botiful is a personal telepresence robot that can be controlled remotely from anywhere in the world.
Uploaded on October 8, 2012. http://youtu.be/RTdPc7_nNX4


Lexus Vehicles video: Lexus Ignition: SOLOSHOT product video. SOLOSHOT automatically rotates your camera to follow you. The new mount will keep it pointed at cars, bikes, helmets and more. Uploaded on October 8, 2012. http://youtu.be/A9mUv1VQrEY

Personal technology that's Fun and Fascinating! Lexus Ignition technology competition: Botiful X  vs. SOLOSHOT 

Lexus is committing up to $100,000 to fund stunning works of technology. Four winners will receive up to $25k each. 

Vote for Botiful X or SOLOSHOT at http://www.LexusIgnition.com, and follow conversation on Twitter at #LexusIgnition.

https://www.facebook.com/lexus/app_335311073229344

http://www.lexus.com/

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Google's Sergey Brin previewing new 'Google Glasses'; England U-21 goalkeeper Ben Amos wearing Google-cam while balls are kicked at him during practice. The mind reels at the possibilities of this!; Wait until iJustine gets a pair of these!; @iJustine



England video: England U-21 goalkeeper Ben Amos wears The FA TV's Goggle-cam during a crossing training session. Uploaded September 8, 2012. http://youtu.be/egOtUmoE7Mo


This awesome video of England U-21 and Hull City goalie Ben Amos wearing Google-cam glasses while soccer balls are flying towards him during practice causes the mind to reel at the myriad possibilities of this, both training and entertainment!


(Or, in the hand of blogger iJustine, priceless. I'd be willing to bet that there's already someone at Google HQ in Mountain View trying to figure out how they can speed-up the process so that Justine Ezarik can get a pair in her hands -and on her oh-so cute face- and start evangelizing the product in her usual original and amusing ways via videos that capture the eyeballs of lots of early adaptors.) 


Hypothetically, in its simplest form, at a minimum, you could equip a striker wearing one pair of Google-cam glasses on a breakaway and a goalie wearing a pair moving out to block and you could see both points-of-views via a split-screen on TV, during a quick replay following a shot on goal, or via a sub-channel like what NASCAR does on DirecTV with driver-cam showing the view of individual drivers.



WSJDigitalNetwork video: Google's Sergey Brin Previews New 'Google Glasses', Uploaded September 10, 2012
http://live.wsj.com/video/google-sergey-brin-previews-new-google-glass/FCB1CF6F-98B3-4E0F-9534-23EE5CEAC8C6.html


Wall Street Journal
Hype and Hope: Test Driving Google's New Glasses
Device Puts Data Into Field of Vision but Software Is Balky
By Spencer E. Ante
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10000872396390443779404577643981045121516-lMyQjAxMTAyMDEwMDAxODA3Wj.html

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Ben Amos profile: http://www.hullcityafc.net/team/player-profile/index.aspx?playerid=331404&tcmuri=303169


Hull City AFChttp://www.hullcityafc.net/


BBC's team page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/hull-city


The FA and the English National Team


Homepagehttp://www.thefa.com/england

Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com/FA
YouTube Channelhttp://www.youtube.com/user/england
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/EnglandTeam 

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Delicious! Alexander Haislip in Tech Crunch on Instagram's purchase by Facebook and repurposes Prof. Kingsfield's "here's a dime" speech to explain why many other start-ups are now officially screwed



Harvard Law School Prof. Charles Kingsfield  (John Houseman) schools impetuous One L student James Hart (Timothy Bottoms) on the sudden bump on his career path. The Paper Chase -1973. http://youtu.be/_wOUMd3bMRI



Alexander Haislip in Tech Crunch examines Instagram's purchase by Facebook and essentially repurposes Prof. Charles Kingsfield's "here's a dime" speech to explain why many other start-ups are now officially screwed as a result of this deal.


"Here is a dime. Take it, call your mother, and tell her there is serious doubt about you ever becoming" a successful entrepreneur. 

And here's why...



Tech Crunch
An Open Letter To Those Not Employed At Instagram
Alexander Haislip
Sunday, April 15th, 2012
Dear Non-Instagramers,
Sorry that you didn’t get bought out for $1 billion last week. That’s got to be a bummer. Kevin Systrom just made enough money to buy a boat big enough to make Larry Ellison jealous and you’re still living in a studio apartment.

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