NeoGeo Gangster
SteveC | Ramblings from the geofrontline |
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Aug 2010 Magazines on demand
I'm wondering why we don't have magazines on demand yet. Or maybe we do.
I've signed up a for a few magazines here in the US which are delivered in the mail for less than the postage cost, or thereabouts. So they have my address and name which means they have a bunch of demographic data. Why ship me the same copy of Wired that everyone else gets? The ads & content could be targeted. I wonder if this is horrifically expensive or someone's doing it already?
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Jun 2010 Robotic pre-picking is the way forward
http://singularityhub.com/2010/06/10/whats-the-secret-behind-diapers-com-succ...
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Jun 2010 WIRED iPad app is just a CD-ROM throwback?
Or so claims
http://interfacelab.com/is-this-really-the-future-of-magazines-or-why-didnt-t... I say no freakin' way. The content might look the same but the interface doesn't. Your iPad doesn't look like a keyboard, mouse, 15" CRT monitor and a great hulking box containing a Pentium 2. Your iPad doesn't look like your clunky laptop from 1995 either, which didn't have a touch screen. I don't see you lugging your laptop to starbucks, plugging it in and squinting at some low-res screen like you sit back and tap away at your iPad. So whilst the content may be similar, the medium is lightyears ahead. Some ideas need to wait for the vessel to evolve before they come to fruit. 07
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May 2010 GITA Panel: Not your father's approach to geodata creation and sharing
I was on a fun panel at GITA with Ron Lake, James Fee, Andrew Turner, Peter Batty running it:
Here's Peter's blog post: http://geothought.blogspot.com/2010/05/video-of-gita-panel-on-geodata-creatio... And a writeup on directions mag: http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/7831-Neo-vs.-Paleo-Geographers-Either-w... 30
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Apr 2010 ScanCafe review (so far)
I've just shipped all my photos to scancafe http://www.scancafe.com/
I had about 200 of the things sitting waiting for me to scan them. I see absolutely no point in paper photos, I just want them all scanned and up on flickr then I'll shred most of them. Scancafe's pretty cheap and you only pay for what you keep. They do some basic color balancing and other stuff to make your color photos look good, and I have a bunch that are too bright or too dark. There are tons of add ons which I really like - you can pay a bit more for higher resolution, or have an expert fix up really screwed photos. The scan just about anything, too.
The shipping process is really cool and integrated with UPS, then you have a neat progress meter to show you where your prints are in the order process, if UPS has them or they're being scanned, or whatever.
Downsides: it can take a while. Looks like it will be about a month before I get my scans. There should be an option to pay more for faster service and jump the queue. Second, they ship you a CD or DVD... and that feels like 2003 or something. I'd prefer to pay less and just download them, and I'd also like the option for them to be securely destroyed after scanning rather than having them all shipped back to me.
UPS tracking is so-so:
Why isn't that a map? Bonus points for animating it. Double bonus points if someone makes a bookmarklet or something to magically turn it in to a map.
