NetX has opinions on the coming digital developments. Some are about strategy, some about technology, some are about our mothers. If you want to read up on how the next year pans out, look no further than this post. To mimic the style of Twitter, one of the most talked-about micro-blogging tools of 2007, we limited the predictions to 140 characters each.
Yes, it’s the silly season – and it doesn’t get much sillier than this.
For all your support and friendship during 2007, we’d like to express our sincere appreciation through song.
We only ask for one small favour in return – your patience. There are megabytes of love coming your way, which could, depending on the size of your chimney, take a few minutes to download. So please, get comfortable, have a Merry NetXmas and give it to someone special: Watch and listen to our NetXmas
For everybody who enjoys a look behind the scenes:Have a peek at our elaborate set and the no-expenses-spared filming. When you see it, it is hard to feel worried about Hollywood’s writers strike.
Over the last couple of days a couple of people have asked me what I’ve added to my iPhone. There are already thousands of iPhones hooked up to Australian carriers (anyone from Telstra, Voda, Optus wanna tell me how many?) and every one of these is open to the efforts of worldwide application developers. Here’s a bunch of shots of some of my favourite functions. They’re a combination of pre-installed apps, apps that i’ve added and made-for-iPhone Safari-based sites. Let me know if I’m missing out on anything interesting!
Apparently some CDs didn’t see the funny side of being sledged by text (SMS) at the AWARD party at Sydney’s great arts venue Carriageworks on Friday. Guests could text comments with their mobiles that appeared in speech bubbles over pictures of the award winners.
Most of the comments were funny or in good spirits but as the night wore on and the alcohol kicked in the barbs became more poisonous.
We knew this was an experiment and therefore going to be a bit risky (see a similar use at re:publica conference). And some people will always go too far. However we wanted to show that at events, technology and interactivity can come together in a very intuitive way. It was an opportunity for people to experience first hand how easy-to-understand and engaging an interactive idea can be.
Video of the projection at the AWARD 2007 party:
We set it up using a standard SMS gateway, drawing the incoming live data (text messages) into a flash file which constituted the projection of photos made a few moments earlier. This might have been the first time such technology has been used at an Australian event.
If you know of similar applications or would like to comment (sledge?), please drop us a line.
Update:
The SMS celebrated its 15th birthday two days after we invited to text to the AWARD screen. Of course, we hereby salute the engineers at Airwide for their brilliant addition to the world of communication.
