Author: vanevery

A world of webcams

Newest Webcams
From the site:
Random live webcams from the Net

These webcams were found automatically through a variety of clever search techniques. Their owners might or might not have intended for them
to be public. But they obviously are. Many of them are security cameras in companies or
semi-public places. If you hover over the picture you’ll see what location information is available.

Interesting how “security cameras” are not “secure” themselves..

TV to Go.. (I feel like I am repeating myself)

Sling Media :: Welcome
From the site:
The Slingbox enables you to watch your TV programming from wherever you are by turning virtually any Internet-connected PC into your personal TV. Whether you’re in another room or in another country, you’ll always have access to your television.

Just what the world needs, more access to broadcast television. ;-)

Group as User

Shirky: Group as User: Flaming and the Design of Social Software

Clay makes a great case against developing user centric software.

A random paragraph:
And yet, when we poll users about what they actually do with their
computers, some form of social interaction always tops the list —
conversation, collaboration, playing games, and so on. The practice of
software design is shot through with computer-as-box assumptions,
while our actual behavior is closer to computer-as-door, treating the
device as an entrance to a social space.

Closed Caption Text from Blog RSS feeds..

META[CC] -Main
From the site:
META[CC] seeks to create an open forum for real time discussion, commentary, and cross-refrencing of electronic news and televised media. By combining strategies employed in web-based discussion forums, blogs , tele-text subtitling, on-demand video streaming, and search engines, the open captioning format employed by META[CC] will allow users to gain multiple perspectives and resources engaging current events. The system we are developing is adaptable for use with any cable news or television network.