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Videos

Recently, I’ve had a few of my clients ask me whether they should be video blogging more. My answer usually starts with the question “how comfortable are you on camera?”. Video blogging isn’t for everyone, and it can make or break you, in my opinion. While it’s true that your audience wants to interact with [...]

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Video Demo: Prototype of Translation in Google Goggles

by Steffan Antonas on February 24, 2010

The ability to translate text directly from a photograph is a perfect example of some of the possibilities that emerge when you have sensor-rich mobile devices connected to cloud computing. Google’s shown that it’s possible, and that practical applications for mobile users might be just around the corner. How cool is that?
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Everything’s Good, Nobody’s Happy

by Steffan Antonas on August 10, 2009

A little shot of laughter and perspective to kick start your Monday.  :)

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How To Build Cloud Communities

by Steffan Antonas on August 3, 2009

In this interview with Robert Scoble, Ripple6 founder Sang Kim talks about what his company has learned from trial and error since the community management system launched under the name Mom Junction in 2007. He discusses how to create what he calls “cloud communities,” how to scale them and how to reward and engage community [...]

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#1 Tim Berners-Lee On The Next Web of Open, Linked Data
[tweetmeme]20 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. For his next project, he’s building a web for open, linked data that could do for numbers what the Web did for words, pictures, video: Unlock our data and reframe the way we use it [...]

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Web 2.0 Expo Session Videos Are Online!

by Steffan Antonas on May 12, 2009

I had the privilege of recording some great talks at this year’s Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. For those interested, I’ve posted all of my footage up on Vimeo in a “Web 2.0 Expo 2009″ album. All of the videos are between a half hour and 45 minutes long, but well worth watching. In [...]

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Revering Randy

by Steffan Antonas on July 26, 2008

Even though I didn’t know him personally, I was saddened to read the news that Randy died yesterday. His lecture, which made him a YouTube celebrity in 2007, was heart warming and inspiring, and his book moved me to tears several times. Among the many strong messages delivered in the lecture, Randy’s encouragement of parents [...]

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The Mystery Box

by Steffan Antonas on April 10, 2008

J.J. Abrams is just plain awesome. Thanks to Alex for twittering this link.

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Something Fun To Watch While I Upgrade This Site

by Steffan Antonas on February 11, 2008

GREAT Shadow Puppetry – video powered by Metacafe

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Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase’s investigation into the ways we interact with technology has led him from the villages of Uganda to the insides of our pockets. Along the way, he’s made some unexpected discoveries: about the novel ways illiterate people interface with their cellphones, or the role the cellphone can sometimes play in commerce, or [...]

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