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Monday, March 2, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Microsoft Surface Technology
A new technology is dawning on us! This week, We will be looking at:
Microsoft Surface Technology!
The Technology has been floating around for quite awhile, unfortunately, it has been overshadowed by technologies like High Definition (HD 1080p) and Apple's IPhone. However, this time round, this technology has been allowed to surface.
A little history...
Surface technology has been in development for a long time. In fact, it was only concpetualized in 2001 and had been in development since then. Surface technology was mooted as...
The Anti-PC
The Issue of wires, keyboards, peripherals and other things drove the people at Microsoft to come up with a priduct that had no obvious point of interaction except it very own SURFACE, thus the name: Microsoft Surface. There are many uses for it, some of them obvious, some of them no so obvious. But by combining all the current technologies, as well as intelligently using cameras to sense contact points, Microsoft has enabled new possibilites for computing and application scenarios.
For you viewing pleasure, as well as to demonstrate the totally new concept that Surface is, here is a video:
It's amazing.
Interaction with concrete objects
The most amazing thing for me was the moment the phone or credit card was laid on the table. The Surface technology interacted with them via wireless technology as well as by sensing their presence. This presents a slew of different possibilities. One that I can think of:
Imgaine you are in a Karaoke place with Surface Technology. You have a song list on the Surface table. All you need to do is to run you fingers over the table to find your favourite song to add to the list. Along the way, you see a NEW song that you would like to download into your handphone. Your put your phone on the table, drag and drop the song into your phone. The download, along with all your other drink orders(which are also made from the table itself) is tabulated into a bill automatically. You split the bill by putting your NETS/Credit/Debit card on the table and dragging and dropping the bill straight into your cards.
Everybody goes home happy.
As i said.... it's amazing.
Until next week! Toodlepips.
Microsoft Surface Technology!
The Technology has been floating around for quite awhile, unfortunately, it has been overshadowed by technologies like High Definition (HD 1080p) and Apple's IPhone. However, this time round, this technology has been allowed to surface.
A little history...
Surface technology has been in development for a long time. In fact, it was only concpetualized in 2001 and had been in development since then. Surface technology was mooted as...
The Anti-PC
The Issue of wires, keyboards, peripherals and other things drove the people at Microsoft to come up with a priduct that had no obvious point of interaction except it very own SURFACE, thus the name: Microsoft Surface. There are many uses for it, some of them obvious, some of them no so obvious. But by combining all the current technologies, as well as intelligently using cameras to sense contact points, Microsoft has enabled new possibilites for computing and application scenarios.
For you viewing pleasure, as well as to demonstrate the totally new concept that Surface is, here is a video:
It's amazing.
Interaction with concrete objects
The most amazing thing for me was the moment the phone or credit card was laid on the table. The Surface technology interacted with them via wireless technology as well as by sensing their presence. This presents a slew of different possibilities. One that I can think of:
Imgaine you are in a Karaoke place with Surface Technology. You have a song list on the Surface table. All you need to do is to run you fingers over the table to find your favourite song to add to the list. Along the way, you see a NEW song that you would like to download into your handphone. Your put your phone on the table, drag and drop the song into your phone. The download, along with all your other drink orders(which are also made from the table itself) is tabulated into a bill automatically. You split the bill by putting your NETS/Credit/Debit card on the table and dragging and dropping the bill straight into your cards.
Everybody goes home happy.
As i said.... it's amazing.
Until next week! Toodlepips.
Monday, February 9, 2009
E-Commerce Week
Hello Once again!
Thanks to the wonders of the Internet and its profitability, this blog, and many many others like it, are able to survive on little else than effort and patience.
So this week, we are going to pay homage to E-Commerce and talk about how it works...
First of ALLLLL... We have to DEFINE E-Commerce:
E-commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, especially the World Wide Web. In practice, this term and a newer term, e-business, are often used interchangably. For online retail selling, the term e-tailing is sometimes used.
Here's a Little History....
It seemed far flung at that time, didn't it? The whole idea of using computers to buy and sell things and using credit cards to pay someone digitally did not seem even remotely possible at that time. Yet... as the days went by, it grew by leaps and bounds.
E-Commerce, in the end, is a classic "Child" of the Internet. It is a child borne out of curiosity, enterprise and daring- Hallmarks of the Internet Generation. It's success is only matched by it ingenious abilit to proliferate almost any demographic, as long as it had a credit card or bank account.
I guess that is the true power of the Internet, to be able to do the impossible, and make it happen so many times over with the same great results.
Until next week... Toodlepips!
Thanks to the wonders of the Internet and its profitability, this blog, and many many others like it, are able to survive on little else than effort and patience.
So this week, we are going to pay homage to E-Commerce and talk about how it works...
First of ALLLLL... We have to DEFINE E-Commerce:
E-commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, especially the World Wide Web. In practice, this term and a newer term, e-business, are often used interchangably. For online retail selling, the term e-tailing is sometimes used.
Here's a Little History....
It seemed far flung at that time, didn't it? The whole idea of using computers to buy and sell things and using credit cards to pay someone digitally did not seem even remotely possible at that time. Yet... as the days went by, it grew by leaps and bounds.
E-Commerce, in the end, is a classic "Child" of the Internet. It is a child borne out of curiosity, enterprise and daring- Hallmarks of the Internet Generation. It's success is only matched by it ingenious abilit to proliferate almost any demographic, as long as it had a credit card or bank account.
I guess that is the true power of the Internet, to be able to do the impossible, and make it happen so many times over with the same great results.
Until next week... Toodlepips!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Web 2.0: New Content generation and distribution
Another week, another post...
Since this week's lectures had a plenty of RSS, Videos, Blogs, etc...
So... What Does All this mean?
WELL...
Last week, I had a post about Web 2.0 and the concept behind it. This week, I will talk about blogs in greater detail...
Blogs are a unique combination of a few elements of Web 2.0. Blogs use RSS, can have video embedded in them and (MOST IMPORTANTLY) is completely user created. They are a great way to share information about yourself, what you are learning or even about your most recent holiday. The official term for the collection of blogs on the Internet is the "Blogosphere". That's a great term because it is exactly what Web 2.0 is about: Linking people in a net.
Some blogs of note:
For more blogs... Click HERE for the Technorati top 100 blogs
With so many blogs up on the Internet, you might ask:
Which blogs should I READ???
That, my dear reader, is the perfect question to ask! We read blogs for many many different reasons. Some of us do shopping with online blogs, some read celebrity gossip, some want to know what other people are up to in their lives.... and the list goes on. The grand idea, and indeed, the greatest achievement of Web 2.0, is that you can read ANY thing you fancy at that moment.
So go ahead... read the many different blogs available... you might find some hidden inspiration in this digital jungle of blogs!
Until next week.... Tooblepips!
Monday, January 12, 2009
The Internet, its future and what it means to me
Much like how the Internet, World Wide Web and Smiley came into being, the future contents on this blog are a cumulation of hard work and many years of experiences, mistakes and successes as an IT student pursuing a Diploma in Mobile and Wireless Computing.
I am, in many senses, NEW to blogging. I do not skin or customise my blogs, neither do I add much video into them, not because I choose not to, but because I have not dabbled with it enough.
Unlike some of my peers, however, I believe in presenting my ideas in clear, simplistic form, with onely a few bells and whistles because I do not wish to complicate the reader, YOU. On the other hand, I understand the need for multimedia elements to enhance and, indeed, to highlight certain points and ideas.
"SO," You ASK "What is this week's focus?"
Simple:
Because Web 2.0 Embodies the very essence of the Internet.
I am, in many senses, NEW to blogging. I do not skin or customise my blogs, neither do I add much video into them, not because I choose not to, but because I have not dabbled with it enough.
Unlike some of my peers, however, I believe in presenting my ideas in clear, simplistic form, with onely a few bells and whistles because I do not wish to complicate the reader, YOU. On the other hand, I understand the need for multimedia elements to enhance and, indeed, to highlight certain points and ideas.
"SO," You ASK "What is this week's focus?"
Simple:
The video, if you have not already guessed, is about the concept of Web 2.0. Web 2.0 is not a programming language, it is not some model for building website, or a sepcific framework.
More than anything, Web 2.0 is a concept.
Web 2.0 was initially conceived in 2004 as a concept of using the Internet as a basis to revitalize the flagging Dot.Com industry as an idea to turn the World Wide Web into a platform for businesses to take profit using the web.
Now, Web 2.0 means so many things to so many people:
- It is a means to social network
- It is a means to get information out to people, a citizen journalism with extreme reach
- It is a means to fall in love
- It is a means to tell everyone how you feel
- It is a means to study
- It is a means to get to know your family and friends better
... and many, many more!
"So why bring this up? Why at the beginning?" You ASK
Because Web 2.0 Embodies the very essence of the Internet.
The Internet is, was and will always be a network made up of people. It is the people, you and me, that made the Internet Revolution possible.
Lastly, and most importantly, it gives us power. The power to create, share and change ideas, veiwpoints and concepts. That is the single most important thing that Web 2.0, and the Internet possess.
True Power at Your Fingertips: The Internet
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