Paul Jacobson

Tag: Cool stuff

  • Microsoft Surface … intuitive touch computing

    I came across a mention of Microsoft Surface on Web AddICT(s). At first I thought it was a parody of something Microsoft has done or is trying to do until I saw the video. Take a look at this: It is being referred to as a surface computing platform. Basically it is a surface on…

  • My new phone … and it isn’t a Nokia N95

    I have been lusting after the Nokia N95 for many months now and it was finally released here in South Africa about a month ago. I took a look at a working model a couple weeks ago and was suitably impressed. There were little things that niggled a bit but I was convinced that I…

  • New layout for Google Search (again)?

    I noticed this layout for the Google Search results page last night. Notice the navigation links on the top of the page? It seems Google is trying out a couple options. The last layout I saw had some duplication in the navigation links (there were links on the left in a new sidebar and on…

  • Revver: a cool alternative to YouTube and others?

    I was chatting to Heather the other day about putting up the video from the recent visits by Larry Lessig and Jimmy Wales and she mentioned using Revver as a platform as an alternative to YouTube (due to duration issues) and Google Video (Zoopy also came up as an option!) so I decided to head…

  • Customisable news feed on Facebook

    I was listening to net@nite yesterday and Amber commented that some of her Facebook friends have remarked how her friend additions are crowding out all the other items in their news feeds. Well, it turns out Facebook has a way to adjust how much of which items you receive from your friends in your news…

  • Experimenting with OpenID

    I am experimenting with OpenID on some of my blogs. Those of you who have OpenIDs can basically log in using your OpenIDs in the space provided. The interface isn’t looking too pretty at the moment but the functionality is there. I’d love to know whether this is the sort of thing you would like…

  • Imagine … multi-touch tablets

    I was skimming this article on Apple Insider about rumours of a "mega platform" based on Apple’s multi-touch interface that we saw on the upcoming iPhone.  It got me thinking about my ideal machine and when I think about the possible application of the multi-touch interface combined with substantial storage, both on the device and…

  • Feeds you won’t do without

    I am editing my feeds and am adding feeds which are really solid feeds to have and without which my experience of the content available on the Live Web would be less than it could be.  Can you recommend feeds?  Which feeds would you absolutely not be without? Tags: indispensible feeds, feeds you would not…