more odds and ends
A little round up of some of the apps that have caught my eye over the last month:
- Google Earth finally got it's offical release on the Mac - and it certainly was worth the wait - now no corner of the Earth will remain unturned! As quick as a sprightly buck, there are already some companies that have begun painting advertisments on their roofs in the hope that they will be photographed next time the satellite passes over.
- Tinkered with Safarilicious, but shyed away from doing a full upload - as my experience of various applications auto-synchronising information has not always been smooth (yes iSync I'm thinking of you); I prefer to know exactly (by way of continuous update dialogue at the the very least) what an application is doing/uploading/changing/deleting. My del.icio.us tagging is now well organised and I don't particularly want it to be steam-rollered to fit in with the wider majority trends (maybe this supra-caution is verging on paranoia?)
- Settings synchronisation seems to be the feature to watch out for. So many solutions for Firefox bookmarks and iTunes playlists - to pick two examples - are seeming to be knocking around, its quite difficult to know which one to plump for. Wait and see for the time being, methinks.
- It looks like the Optimus keyboard concecpt that was featured here last July, may be entering full production shortly.
- After seeing the improvements that have followed in Google's video search engine (the download to PSP/iPod option is especially well received!). In addition to this, I've just noticed that doing a search on a film lists the cinemas near you where its playing (you can even supply a postcode for extra accuracy). Now I'm left wondering - Is there nothing Google cannot index and sort?
- The Time Travel Tube map is a smart innovation. On supplying a station name, the familar tube tube map is distorted around it to show real-time travel times based on estimated travel times and current conditions. This isn't an official TfL project - but it's one to keep an eye on!
- I know Burton have had their winter sport's jacket with integrated iPod controls for some time now, but this offering from Koyono actually looks like a practical proposition - (and one that doesn't require alpine conditions...)
- And finally, digitally stabilised footage of that Bigfoot video, finally proves that he's just a guy in a hairy suit.
- Google Earth finally got it's offical release on the Mac - and it certainly was worth the wait - now no corner of the Earth will remain unturned! As quick as a sprightly buck, there are already some companies that have begun painting advertisments on their roofs in the hope that they will be photographed next time the satellite passes over.
- Tinkered with Safarilicious, but shyed away from doing a full upload - as my experience of various applications auto-synchronising information has not always been smooth (yes iSync I'm thinking of you); I prefer to know exactly (by way of continuous update dialogue at the the very least) what an application is doing/uploading/changing/deleting. My del.icio.us tagging is now well organised and I don't particularly want it to be steam-rollered to fit in with the wider majority trends (maybe this supra-caution is verging on paranoia?)
- Settings synchronisation seems to be the feature to watch out for. So many solutions for Firefox bookmarks and iTunes playlists - to pick two examples - are seeming to be knocking around, its quite difficult to know which one to plump for. Wait and see for the time being, methinks.
- It looks like the Optimus keyboard concecpt that was featured here last July, may be entering full production shortly.
- After seeing the improvements that have followed in Google's video search engine (the download to PSP/iPod option is especially well received!). In addition to this, I've just noticed that doing a search on a film lists the cinemas near you where its playing (you can even supply a postcode for extra accuracy). Now I'm left wondering - Is there nothing Google cannot index and sort?
- The Time Travel Tube map is a smart innovation. On supplying a station name, the familar tube tube map is distorted around it to show real-time travel times based on estimated travel times and current conditions. This isn't an official TfL project - but it's one to keep an eye on!
- I know Burton have had their winter sport's jacket with integrated iPod controls for some time now, but this offering from Koyono actually looks like a practical proposition - (and one that doesn't require alpine conditions...)
- And finally, digitally stabilised footage of that Bigfoot video, finally proves that he's just a guy in a hairy suit.
This entry was posted
on Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 8:08 pm.
