Comments on: Three New Information Technologies to Blow Your Mind http://archivemati.ca/2007/07/26/three-new-information-technologies-to-blow-your-mind/ archives. technology. Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:37:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: David Mattison http://archivemati.ca/2007/07/26/three-new-information-technologies-to-blow-your-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-175 David Mattison Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:47:07 +0000 http://archivemati.ca/?p=77#comment-175 On the October 1, 02007 broadcast of "CSI:Miami" one of the forensic staff was using something like Microsoft Surface. It was an acrylic-topped black surface with a projected white keyboard that the operator was using, along with hand gestures, to throw up images onto a large transparent screen. The camera moved back and forth to show the front and the back of the images, along with a couple of shots of the keyboard. On the October 1, 02007 broadcast of “CSI:Miami” one of the forensic staff was using something like Microsoft Surface. It was an acrylic-topped black surface with a projected white keyboard that the operator was using, along with hand gestures, to throw up images onto a large transparent screen. The camera moved back and forth to show the front and the back of the images, along with a couple of shots of the keyboard.

]]> By: The Ten Thousand Year Blog » Freebase, Wikipedia-like content as linked data http://archivemati.ca/2007/07/26/three-new-information-technologies-to-blow-your-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-174 The Ten Thousand Year Blog » Freebase, Wikipedia-like content as linked data Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:52:23 +0000 http://archivemati.ca/?p=77#comment-174 [...] A posting on Peter Van Garderen’s Archivemat.ca alerted me to Freebase, described on the Freebase site (accessible in its alpha state only by invitation) as “a uniquely structured database that you can easily search, add to and edit; you can also use the data in it to power your own projects. It’s a data commons in the way that a public square is a land commons—available to anyone to use. [...] [...] A posting on Peter Van Garderen’s Archivemat.ca alerted me to Freebase, described on the Freebase site (accessible in its alpha state only by invitation) as “a uniquely structured database that you can easily search, add to and edit; you can also use the data in it to power your own projects. It’s a data commons in the way that a public square is a land commons—available to anyone to use. [...]

]]> By: David Mattison http://archivemati.ca/2007/07/26/three-new-information-technologies-to-blow-your-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-173 David Mattison Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:36:43 +0000 http://archivemati.ca/?p=77#comment-173 Thanks for pointing out these new technologies Peter. I signed up with FreeBase and got an account almost the next day. Should be interesting to see what happens with it. I find the name's kind of unfortunate though since it's also a word associated with a type of cocaine use. So smokin' on FreeBase could take on a whole new meaning. I've blogged about it and also put up a screen shot. Thanks for pointing out these new technologies Peter. I signed up with FreeBase and got an account almost the next day. Should be interesting to see what happens with it. I find the name’s kind of unfortunate though since it’s also a word associated with a type of cocaine use. So smokin’ on FreeBase could take on a whole new meaning. I’ve blogged about it and also put up a screen shot.

]]> By: Sally J. http://archivemati.ca/2007/07/26/three-new-information-technologies-to-blow-your-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Sally J. Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:50:34 +0000 http://archivemati.ca/?p=77#comment-172 I was utterly agog when I first saw the photosynth demo, especially since I had just finished reading Everything Is Miscellaneous. Great googly moogly, things sure do change fast. The snarky re-do of the surface promo is giggletastic and spot-on. Thanks for sharing it, Peter. All kidding aside, though -- I think a surface table interface would be a great way for patrons to access digital a/v collections in historical archives, libraries and museums. Now if we can just get the price down a bit (ahem). I was utterly agog when I first saw the photosynth demo, especially since I had just finished reading Everything Is Miscellaneous. Great googly moogly, things sure do change fast.

The snarky re-do of the surface promo is giggletastic and spot-on. Thanks for sharing it, Peter.

All kidding aside, though — I think a surface table interface would be a great way for patrons to access digital a/v collections in historical archives, libraries and museums. Now if we can just get the price down a bit (ahem).

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