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August 10, 2013
Have We Crossed the “Uncanny Valley?”
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Some technology by NVidia is getting so close to rendering faces that look and behave like real people that it’s getting hard to distinguish between the two. Maybe another 2 years? 5 years? Whatever, we are rapidly approaching Masahiro Mori’s “uncanny valley:”
The term was coined in 1970 by the Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori. He said humans can relate to robots — think R2-D2 — but once they get too humanlike, but not close enough — think the animated Angelina Jolie inBeowul...
August 9, 2013
Decentralized Dance Parties? Epic Gear. Wow.
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http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/01/mf-decentralized-dance-party/2/
My favorite quote:
Everyone who sees DDP founder Gary Lachance wearing a Nintendo Power Glove wants to know how it works. “The way the Power Glove controls the iPod,” Lachance says, “is by touching it.” Technological wizardry, maybe not; style points, yes.
Sometimes the magic is more important than the science 
Who would have thought? What else can we “decentralize” using an approach like this? Pretty awesome...
Digital Dudes 3/20 1pm EST: Making the Fan Video Experience “Sticky”
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Register today for the next episode of Digital Dudesdiscussinga hot topic in live video: the “fan experience.” Join Neulion’s Chris Wagner, Limelight’s Jason Thibeault, and three marquee panelists talking about how to make the fan experience sticky in an ESPN “Around-the-Horn” format broadcast.
This was original published on the Limelight Networks blog.
Originally posted 2013-03-18 15:01:35.
Photo: Photography is More Than Just Snapping Pictures
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Although I don’t put myself into this category (as an amateur photographer), there are practitioners out there really making art with the images they capture through their lenses. It’s not just about filters and smoothing edges. These photographers, like Brooke Shaden, are really working outside of the box, combining multiple shots into a single picture and working tirelessly to embody artistic themes and pursuits in their work (the picture below is an example and is truly wo...
Wetware 0.5
Posted in HumanTechnology
If you ever want to say, “I was there the day we started down the path of becoming the Borg,” you have no further than to look at Jawbone’s latest product, UP:
http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/13/hosain-rahman-on-up-jawbones-first-non-audio-product/
As the CEO says, this is a pretty big departure from their current audio-based product set (you may know them as the developers of the blue-tooth earpiece; they started out named Aliph and a lot of their tech was licensed from...
August 8, 2013
Why You Shouldn’t Focus on Sales and Leads With Your Content Marketing (Yet)
Posted in MarketingStorytelling
Marketing has long been thought of as the “warm and fuzzy” of the business world. The fluff. But over the past few years, as marketing has shifted to the digital world where everyone leaves fingerprints (and it’s much easier to measure marketing effectiveness) data has become more important. Marketers feet are being held to the proverbial fire: prove that what you are doing is driving leads, driving value, and most importantly, driving revenue.
Enter Content Mark...
Understanding Mobile Behavior
Posted in HumanTechnology
I see a lot of startup companies right now focused on two types of mobile activities: content consumption and content interaction.
What I haven’t seen successfully implemented (or implemented well), though, is an integration of these activities into mobile behavior.
If we all believe that users are going to want to access content when they are away from their PC (check out this picture) then the first question we must ask is, “how does that access work?” Is it through a...
August 7, 2013
Challenging Your Assumptions
Posted in HumanIntelligence
One of the most important aspects of science is to challenge our assumptions about the world and universe around us. Take geometry for example. We believe that if we walk 10 feet, then turn left and walk ten feet, then turn left and walk then feet, and finally turn left again and walk ten feet we will have created a square. Of course, that is absolutely true. Our perception tells us so. But what happens when we do that on a curved surface and, more importantly, when...
August 6, 2013
Great Post on the Changing VC Landscape
Posted in Business
As a serial entrepreneur, I’m always interested to read great articles like this one about changes in the very nature of software companies (how quick and easy they are to get up and running now) and the impact that has had on investment:
Originally posted 2011-06-29 14:22:40.
The Case Against Rational Creativity
Posted in CreativityIntelligence
Creativity.
It’s a word that challenges us. Inspires us. Haunts us.
We all want to feel like we are creative, like there is something inside us that can make things, imagine new realities, or build ideas that inspire others. Works of art. The Next Big Thing in business. Whatever.
But more than that, we all want the unbridled freedom promised by creativity: giving into a childhood innocence without rules or process. Only you’ll never get there if you continue to be...
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