Cool Stuff

• December 9, 2008Cool Stuff, general, Software, VirtualEnvironments

  Synthin’ with Photosynth

  As I’m sure many of you remember, I have been a fan of Microsoft Research’s Photosynth since we saw the first tech previews back in July 2006. Today I finally […]

• October 27, 2008Cool Stuff, general, GeographyAwareness

  Corn Mazes – Fun for all!

  Even though it’s a little late in the season, I couldn’t resist posting about a fun harvest time adventure for all ages – corn mazes! You can find people making […]

• October 24, 2008Cool Stuff, general

  Saturday Night Live’s own version of the Magic Map

  I finally got a minute to post this video from SNL, and it’s hilarious in it own right, but also because it’s exactly what we all would do if we […]

• October 15, 2008Cool Stuff, general

  They have you already….

  I just couldn’t resist another great comic from xkcd….

• September 19, 2008Cool Stuff, general, LBS

  Location-based Gaming overview

  Katharine over at ChannelFlip games does a great job of giving a run down of Location-based Gaming for the general gaming public. She talks about the history of LBG’s (apologies […]

• September 7, 2008Cool Stuff, general

  LHC Rap – Gettin’ down with the Doomsday machine

  In honor of the upcoming start-up of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN on Wednesday (whether or not you believe it will be the end of the world), I had […]

• August 31, 2008Cool Stuff, general

  Ubiquity

  In this week’s podcast we mention Mozilla Labs Ubiquity project and we basically say we aren’t sure what to make of it…that has a lot to do with the fact […]

• August 30, 2008Cool Stuff, general

  Cool hologram-y city guide maps from Urban Mapping

  We’ve had the chance in a previous podcast interview to talk to Ian White of Urban Mapping about some of their digital products, but I really like the company’s new […]

• August 16, 2008Cool Stuff, general

  Shanghai 2020 – amazing scale model of the entire city

  With all the attention focusing on virtual worlds and digital modeling, it’s still cool to see large-scale physical models. One of the most awesome ones I’ve heard about has got […]

• August 12, 2008Cool Stuff, general

  The Last Guy-Google Maps style gaming experience from Sony

  Now that my ESRI presentation is over, and the demo went really well, with lots of great feedback, my next job is to work on bumping up the design quality. […]