Monday, December 1, 2003

grid::brand. via freegorifero: Has grid::blogging quickly become a brand? If the answer is positive, why? [Channel 'grid_brand'] 10:50:27 PM

From Street Tech Get The Simpsons On the Go. If you've got a color PDA, it's probably capable of video playback. But getting the video in the proper format and size for your PDA, and getting it onto a memory card, is a hassle. GemSOC has come up with a way of making the whole process a little easier -- a device that records video directly to the card and preformatted for PDA playback. Using MPEG-4 compression, the Media Jukebox 2000 records video directly to either a Secure Digital or Compact Flash card in 352 x 240 res and 25 frames per second, with audio recorded in MP3 or AAC. And while there's no internal hard-drive for archiving shows, it appears that it's possible to hook up an external one. Price is expected to be less than $200. [Street Tech] 9:59:28 PM

From Pulp IT (eCriteria Datablog) Once upon a time..Disruptive Technologies becameTe .... Once upon a time.. Disruptive Technologies became Technologies of the Year.. Will blogging reinvent itself to stable publishing efforts and again thrust itself into society with a whole new edge? I am surprisingly optimistic. Trends come and go. Blogging was no exception everyone that has heard about it has given it a go. Those still standing mean what they blog about. I have located several recent articles benchmarking the predictions of two years ago that this hype would pass. After all consistent publishing implies a kind of commitment not only to free speech but to having something to say likewise having a cause one really believes in. If we all had that going for us the world would indeed be a very different place. Those that do will and those that don't will ... Ideally evolve. One of the articles I thought may start off a new kind of blogging initiative was Morphing blogs to business. The concept of Business related blogging initiatives is not so new. However, the innovation required to implement the idea intelligently is gaining momentum. When I was bugging RSS developers to broaden their horizons to RSS syndication for database data. No one knew what to do with the concept. Now that times are catching up with technology the relevancy is becoming obvious after all, any instance of data sharing or group data collection would require that current information and edits be readily known to any and all participants. New data in knowledge management, group data collection, and public databases make new data news data. This would also further the evolutionary causes of database development innovations everywhere being able to seamlessly integrate RSS with any and all database platforms. With more of XML, XML Schemas, and XML -RPC developments being integrated into desktop organizational platforms server side database development can only benefit from a closer look. Blogging in general is based on server side database publishing so that the feed is structured to published pages of unstructured data. Taking this concept and kicking it up a notch to service structured data of both the critical and non-critical variations alike will only further causes for business initiatives globally at a far more productive pace. All current events can be located from your feed reader of preference before you even leave for work in the morning. The only real question now that everything is coming together to something coherent and cohesive is who's working that hard anymore? [eCriteria Datablog eCriteria Meta Datablog Pulp IT Pulp IT] 9:58:03 PM

WIRED: The Golden Age of Gadgets. Common standards, it seems, don't lock consumers into brand loyalty. This is where the PC industry comes in and the golden age begins. If traditional electronics firms were all about exclusivity, computermakers are all about common standards and commoditized parts. [Tomalak's Realm] Article by Sonia Zjawinski 3:56:36 PM

[grid::brand] mediaburn as brand and idea to record, to blog, to burn, to brand digital media In Medias Res - "In the middle of things" an editing nexus? [grid::brand] 2:48:59 PM