Despite all the attention around Internet streamed primetime TV shows offered FREE on video players around the web (abc.com, myspace.com, Innertube.com, etc.), my attention is still squarely (or stubbornly!) on the developments in bringing online video to my television set.   Tom Rogers, CEO of TiVo summed it up in a NYT article last November…”Video is interesting for a certain segment […]

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The New York Times has a great article on 3-D scanners today - desktop boxes that can copy, e-mail, print or fax 3-D objects.
This builds on the current regarding home fabrication in the home.  Sears was publicised a few months back for introducing a home fabricator.  Combined with a 3-D imager, hobbyists will soon be […]

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Anyone that’s seen a 1 year old with a remote, a toddler navigating a pc, or grown adults going head to head on a Wii can tell you that user interface (”IU”: the way people interact with tv, the web, and any other content) needs a new approach.
In a surprising conversation that could have been […]

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In the final days of SXSW control was the topic, during “Open Knowledge vs. Controlled” moderated by Francesca Rodriquez of Creative Commons with panelists Robert Capps from Wired, Brett Gaylor Filmmaker from Open Source Cinema, Hemai Parthasarathy Managing Editor from PLoS and Gil Penchina CEO of Wikia explored how transparent technology, community sharing and collective […]

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