I was fairly surprised today to see that Five (the tv station, not the power pop combo of “Slam Dunk da Funk” fame) has announced it is ‘abandoning its interactive TV service’ making the red button an anachronistic relic of the late 90s it always deserved to be.

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Firefox is moments away from releasing Version 3 and Beta 4, whilst accusing Apple of backhand tactics in pushing Safari 3.1. The Great Browser Race is back on, but what should you go for?

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Mobile phone games have been around … well … ever since mobile phones i guess, but Apple’s iPhone might have just given phone games an interesting technology boost. Knitware’s Doc Rogers talks with Steve Demeter, creator of Trism for the iPhone. read full post »

British Gas is launching a range of wind turbines and solar panels that will allow customers to generate their own power. The government has apparently assisted this ‘microgeneration’ trend by cutting red tape.  Can the democratisation of such technology save the planet? read full post »

It all depends on how you look at it, right?

The Internet often feels like a chaotic and random place to me, but sorting or combining the information from the web and presenting it in different ways … can reveal information, links and ideas you hadn’t even thought of. read full post »

 Interesting piece in Steve Rubel’s Micro-Persuasion blog. He says there’s no point in graduates getting specifically internet-related careers since all in the future, all professional jobs will involve an understanding of digital channels anyway.

He mentions in particular roles like social Media Consultants, Social Media Manager, Online Advertising Sales and Digital Talent Agents, saying ”the need for such specialists will soon fade”

I agree and would ad, in an advertising context, I would add jobs such as “Digital Creative Director”, “Digital Planner”, “Digital Project Manager”. I don’t give them more than 5 years…

It’s official, games are bigger business than music.  Well, it is if you look at retail revenues in the UK.  For the very first time, 2007 saw games earn more retail revenue than music, and it’s set to continue.  With the saturation of iPods stuffed onto every commuting train, how has this happened?

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New Scientist write about a neckband that translates thought into speech by picking up nerve signals in the neck

 It was demoed at a Texas Instruments conference. There’s still a bit of a delay between the thought and the speech, but it’s still pretty impressive.

Watch it here. 

Tive recently posted about problems with installing software on his pc (The day Windows installer died), it struck a chord because I try to keep my digital footprint to a minimum. If possible, software I use is free, super lite (leaves no trace) or in browser.

Not possible? Prepare to be amazed … this is the Tao of Doc.
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I think it would be true to say that Knytt Stories has almost a cult following on the net. Doc Rogers discusses the creation of a legend with it’s maker Nicklas.

Doc: Hello Nicklas thank you for taking some time to talk to the Knitware team, we know you’re really busy on several new projects so really appreciate your time. Let’s talk Knytt! read full post »