Tag: geekbrief
From Keyboard-Driven UI to Google Glass: What’s the Next Metaphor?
On the eve of the release of Google Glass we’re continuing to hear tech pundits go on about...
Read MoreGoogle Glass and the Rainbow Unicorn that is Mobile/Virtual UI
Google’s done it again, taken a nascent technology and made it news. Silicon Valley gadget-cheerleader, Robert Scoble spotted Google founder, Sergey Brin, wearing the pictured device (right-top) at a Silicon Valley event....
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Consultancy: Bringing a Beautiful Voice into Internet View
Over a year ago I wrote about my friend Neva: I wasn’t living in Long Beach when Melissa Etheridge...
Read Moreg-speak 3D Gestural IU
On GeekBrief.TV a gestural user-interface called g-speak was demoed. After watching the video all I could say is that I still haven’t acclimated to using a WACOM tablet because the tablet picks up the pen motion even when...
Read MoreAnother Problematic SL Presentation
Another Second Life presentation, a different set of problems. This time it really wasn’t Second Life itself, but because the room’s Internet access was flaky, my Avatar was stuck floating in the air and...
Read MoreExperimenting with Second Life in Education
Just “went” to a “screening” in Second Life of video projects created by Full Sail students. I’m intrigued by the idea of hanging around and chatting with friends and students in the virtual space...
Read MoreThe iPhone Hype Continues – Leo Does 24-Hour Marathon
One cool thing with this year’s iPhone release is that I can follow it live on the web, especially iPhone coverage by Leo Laporte on his TWiTlive stream. This year Leo decided to stay “on-the-air” for over...
Read MoreRemembering the 1st Time (On the Eve of the 2nd Coming)
Ah, remember the magic of last year at the first iPhone event? It’s probably a sign of my own emotional instability that I’m nostalgic and emotional about such odd things. But on the eve of the possible second coming...
Read MoreWe Few Tech-Pioneers
Tech-buddy, Greg text-messaged me today complaining that our favorite podcast empire, TWIT, is all about the toys and business of tech but has nothing in the education space. I offered my usual snotty response: “Well, ED...
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