"While the networks are rushing to make mobile programming available, and the cell phone carriers are pushing multimedia plans, it appears the audience for these services is still pretty small. Only 1-3% of cell phone users overall watch video content on their devices, meaning teenagers are probably more likely than adults to watch the small screen."
(via PrWire)
This echoes what I just read in Entrepreneur Magazine (yes, I read it). While 1% of all users might be more than just a few people, it's still a very, very little part of the overall users.
As the above article suggests, the two main things bothering users are price and content quality (resolution). I dislike streaming video and audio enough as it is, and I'm talking about the free stuff. Would I pay for it? Never.
But hey...isn't the solution simply to create content that fits? Something short, entertaining and visually simple.
No-one is going to sit through Titanic in a hundred two-minute sessions. Nor shed a tear when the video is too blurry to see just who dumped who.
So guys: let's also focus on WHAT we want to be able to play on mobile phones; not only HOW.
~ Halli
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Submitted by halli on Fri, 2006-09-22 05:50.
"Currently with the instantaneous broadcasting revolution, we are seeing the beginnings of a 'generalized arrival' whereby everything arrives without having to leave. . .A general arrival that explains the unheard-of innovation today of the static vehicle, a vehicle not only audiovisual but also tactile and interactive (radioactive, optoactive, interactive)." - Paul Virilio, Open Sky (via)
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Submitted by drew on Fri, 2006-04-21 03:02.
This flash application allows you to set a scale and note pattern for playing the first 10,000 digits of pi as a musical sequence.
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Submitted by drew on Thu, 2006-03-23 03:15.
via Liz:
"Deep down, DT kids are gamers. We don't always admit it in public because we know hardcore gamers will get mad at us for not having a tripped out alienware pc. But we really do appreciate a good game. Klas Kroon's website, OutofSociety, not only supplies us with more awesome pixelart games (Original Mario, anyone?) than we could ever play, he also writes some killer tutorials for those dabbling in Actionscript-based casual games. Secret DT gamers unite!"
We recommend Threesome for starters.
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Submitted by becky on Mon, 2006-02-27 07:02.
Need wi-fi? Go to Macedonia!.
The network makes use of Macedonia's bumpy terrain by using mountains as distribution points for wireless connectivity, a network connecting the parts copper wires cannot reach.
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Submitted by steve on Sat, 2005-11-12 19:53.
Chemist 1: "Hey, do you have any Periodic Acid?"
Chemist 2: "No, but I could pass you some Cummingtonite ((Mg,Fe)7Si8(OH)22) instead, if you like."
Those, and plenty more in this amazing Wiki article
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Submitted by becky on Fri, 2005-10-21 23:55.
Peter Feigenbaum makes these
Model Trains in Urban settings of Amtrak, NJTransit, and Metro North trains in handcrafted environments from Trenton to Philadelphia, complete with delicately painted graffiti on the walls.
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Submitted by becky on Tue, 2005-10-18 00:34.
Manuel Lima (Parsons MFA Design & Technology '05) runs
VisualComplexity.com, a force catching attention from all over the place. It's "a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project's main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of disciplines, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web." Thumbs up!
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Submitted by becky on Mon, 2005-10-17 20:31.
Fully recharge typical over-the-counter alkaline batteries with a $0.50 circuit.
Parts list:
2 Resistors: 10-ohms and 1K ohms, 2 Diodes: 1N400x, 1 Transistor: Q1 2N3904 or equivalent NPN
See Afroman's guide to recharging alkaline batteries for diagrams and notes.
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Submitted by drew on Thu, 2005-10-13 18:56.
If you are a web designer and you dont know about Ajax, your end is near. "Ajax isn't a technology. It's really several technologies, each flourishing in it's own right, coming together in powerful new ways. Ajax incorporates:
+ standards-based presentation using XHTML and CSS;
+ dynamic display and interaction using the Document Object Model;
+ data interchange and manipulation using XML and XSLT;
+ asynchronous data retrieval using XMLHttpRequest;
+ and JavaScript binding everything together."
- Adaptive Path. See Wikipedia entry for Ajax to get started.
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Submitted by drew on Sat, 2005-10-08 18:57.
