I’ve filed it in my “to read” list and forwarded it to a number of other people at TSOT (we make social software): a ZDNet article titled Can Social Networking Co-Exist with the Workplace?.
The OLPC XO Laptop. It’s one of eWeek’s “Most Important Products of 2007”.
In case you wanted a quick list of what eWeek declared as the “Most Important Products of 2007”, here they are:
- Amazon EC2
- Apple iWork ’08
- DiVitas Mobile Convergence
- Fluke Networks OptiView Series III Integrated Network Analyzer
- Google Apps Premier Edition
- Hewlett-Packard Hp c3000 blade server
- One Laptop Per Child XO
- Oracle Database 11g
- RIM BlackBerry 8820
My reaction: “iWork? Really?” I’d have picked the iPhone, as I think its approach to the mobile browser is worth stealing.
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“Duke Nukem Forever” Teaser Trailer
It’s out! Not Duke Nukem Forever, but its teaser trailer.
As I was watching the video, I kept thinking: Where’s the one liner?! I want the one-liner! Don’t worry. there’s one at the end.
Click here to see the video on its YouTube page.
If you want to get a higher-quality version of the video, this entry in the 3D Realms blog has all the details.
The question remains: will the game finally get released, and after all this time, will anyone care?
For those of you who’ve forgotten, here’s the trailer from Duke Nukem Forever, which was released at E3 1998:
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Our “Space” Shoot
Last week, my friend Mark Askwith, a producer at Space — the Canadian sci-fi channel — dropped me a line asking if I’d like to talk about a couple of cool gadgets in a segment for HypaSpace, Space’s “geek news” program. It sounded like a fun idea, so I said I’d do it.
Mark and Space camera guy Darcy came over to the TSOT offices last Wednesday to do the shoot, which some of my co-workers starred in. The segment will air during the year-end installment of HypaSpace; I’ll post the broadcast date as soon as I found out when it is.
I took some photos during the shoot — they appear below.
Darcy, the camera guy from Space. In this shot, he’s setting up his camera prior to the shoot.
Strike! Darcy films a segment where my co-workers Mariko and Adam play a round of Wii Bowling.
Wii action. Mark and Darcy watch and Mariko and Adam bowl on the office Wii. Gotta love the perks in the place.
“Music is where I’d like you to touch…” My co-worker Alex demos his iPod Touch as Darcy films.
Alex is a hand model now! Mark watches as Darcy shoots an iPod Touch segment — I’ll do the voice-over.
The “beauty shot”. Darcy gets a shot of the featured gadgets, using the office video game screen as the background.
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Could it Really Be…Duke Nukem?
Image taken from 3D Realms.
Here’s what the folks at 3D Realms have to say:
Last Saturday we had our annual company Christmas party. It was a lot of fun as usual but it featured one special surprise. It turns out that several people had been secretly working late nights and into the wee hours of the morning preparing a special video for those at the party. They created a short teaser for Duke Nukem Forever.
After seeing the teaser we thought it was something we should share with all of you and while it’s just a teaser, rest assured more is coming.
Tomorrow, Wednesday the 19th, around noon CST, we will release the first teaser trailer from Duke Nukem Forever.
Well, this should be interesting…
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Etiquette Reminder
A quick reminder to my readership: If you’re going to be a jackass in the comments (like “Brian” was in this one), your comment will either not get approved, or — as in Brian’s case — “disemvowelled”. You’re in my virtual living room, and I expect you to behave accordingly.
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Windows Vista Annoyances
I just got an announcement from the folks at O’Reilly about their new book, Windows Vista Annoyances. I thought to myself, “Well, that’s good for 500 pages of material”. Then I checked the page count: 664. Heh.