via flickr.com
random bits of micro-content goodness from greg verdino: marketer, futurist, speaker and author of microMARKETING (mcgraw-hill / 2010)
An app that turns the content from your social graph into a customized magazine-like experience. All the interesting stuff your friends share, presented in a single, slick, user-friendly experience for your iPad.
It will only be necessary to carry an inexpensive instrument not bigger than a watch, which will enable its bearer to hear anywhere on sea or land for distances of thousands of miles.”
– Nikola Tesla predicts the cellphone in a 1909 interview with the New York Times
Video describes how Nokia designed a customizable widget-based homescreen for the new N97 smartphone with input and guidance from its customers.
Interesting, uber-practical application for augmented reality meets mobile technology from http://tat.se.
"Augmented ID is a TAT concept that visualizes the digital identities of people you meet in real life. With a mobile device and face recognition software from Polar Rose, Augmented ID enables you to discover selected information about people around you. All users control their own augmented appearance, by selecting the content and social network links they want show to others. Modifying your augmented ID is easier than fixing your hair in real life and, of course, TAT Cascades will make sure you look great! "
This year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue incorporates 2D barcode technology from Jagtag (www.jagtag.com.) Using just about any mobile phone equipped with a camera, horn-dogs can shoot an image of the barcode and, in return, receive an MMS message (sorry iPhonies) containing up to 14 pictures of babes in bikinis. Interesting way to extend the magazine experience beyond the printed page.
