Archive for September, 2003

Ideas for screen locations:
1. Lag (RONALD)
2. Wilbur
3. Stern
4. Tresidder
5. Bookstore
6. Branner
7. Meyer
8. Ricker
9. CoHo
10. Bytes or Gates
More ideas to look into:
- Thai cafe
- JT’s room – JT
- post office
- Marguerites
- FloMo?? “too decentralized” –JT
**note to self: explore options with outdoor screens
**on-bus wi-fi? sweet.
Current locations, locations in progress
1. Bookstore
2. Meyer – by Friday
3. […]

1) What will you contribute to ISIS this quarter?
- Complete Phase 1 Implementation: I want to make sure we solidify the first phase system of Events at Stanford. This includes hiring a fine production team, installing at least 20 screens by December, and making sure we address web issues. Most importantly it […]

1) What will you contribute to ISIS this quarter?
-My main goal for the next several weeks is to make sure that all student groups hosting events at Stanford know that the Events at Stanford System is a resource. I want to make sure that these groups have not only […]

An insightful interview with the creator of Google News, Krishna Bharat. Among other things he cites the fact that there is too much information for mere humans to process on their own; with Google News, the users are responsible for what they get as content; and that “I think we’re helping the cause of democracy”. […]

TVs with ethernet, and Dell selling LCD TVs. It’s all coming together finally, and it’s good for us!
PCWorld.com - PC Makers Tune Into TVs [Via Gizmodo]

RFID and Prada

29Sep03

NY Times article about the emergence of these little tags and the privacy issues surrounding their use.
One application:
“A radio tagging system at Prada’s store in SoHo in Manhattan identifies the clothes a shopper takes into a dressing room and allows the shopper to call up on an electronic screen images of the items being modeled […]

4000 lines of resolution, a matrix of 4 x 2.5″ CCDs in the camera, and similar matrix of high end projectors and you get some quality Japanese TV hacking.
e4engineering.com - Engineering news, engineering information and engineering jobs for engineering professionals

The ISIS space has been visited by acclaimed science fiction writer Neal Stephenson. He left these few words of encouragment…

A bunch of new RSS aggregators/viewers with various twists. (via Lockergnome RSS)Startups Offer Online Publishing Alternatives

Integrates with netscape… is that useful? Cool idea, though.
The DevEdge RSS-News Ticker Toolbar


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