Posts Tagged “book”
Feb
21
2008
New version of Wireless Networking in the Developing World (free book)Posted by Cedric in Great Ideas, Internet News, Nomad Tools, On The Road, Telecommunications
The book is released for free under a Creative Commons license and is available in several languages (including Spanish, French, Italian, and soon Arabic and Portuguese). and it is free to download, print, update, or redistribute it. The Wireless Networking in the Developing World book is just one part of the WNDW project. Community forums, training workshops, and additional material are also available on their website, http://wndw.net/. via : Lunch over IP Tags: 2008, art, blog, book, community, develloping country, development, free, HP, ia, im, internet, King, lan, language, network, nomadcom.net, pda, power, project, release, Telecommunications, train, update, W NDW, web, website, wifi, wireless, world, wp, www
Nov
22
2007
Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom by 55 world’s leading photographers.Posted by Cedric in Coup de Coeur, Photography, Travel
‘Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom’ project invited in January 2007, 55 of the world’s leading photographers for a photo shoot throughout Thailand over a nine-day period. Result of captured images shows different facets of Thailand: its peoples, traditions, landscapes and cityscapes, commerce and industry. ‘Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom’ is now completed and released to public in three parts:
‘Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom’ includes seven photos-essays made by some of world famous photographers on various themes:
In short, if pass by Bangkok before the 5th of December, don't miss the exhibition. For the others, if you like Thailand, the book and its DVD is a must have (available in English and French). More : 9 days in the Kingdom, A glimpse of the exhibition
Nov
06
2007
Don’t just share, organize or find it. Twine it.Posted by Cedric in Internet News, Management Twine website is a place where you can share any kind of information and knowledge such emails, bookmarks, documents, RSS feeds, contacts, photos, videos, product info, data records, and collaborate around common interests, activities and goals with friends, colleagues etc. Once Twine has some information, it starts to analyze it and automatically sort it into categories that include the people involved, concepts discussed, and places, organizations, and companies. Twine uses the Semantic Web, natural language processing, and machine learning to make your information and relationships smarter. It still look unclear how Twine could make a real difference about organizing and sharing information but apparently a public beta version of the site may emerge soon. Another question, Twine will be able to compete with what Techcrunch calls "the Google lethal social weapon", the project Maka-Maka. Twine register form is available here. More about Twine: Technology Review, Read/Write web. Tags: 2007, arc, art, blog, book, ces, facebook, find, free, google, HP, ia, im, knowledge, lan, language, LED, network, nomadcom.net, organize, pet, photo, processing, project, public, review, semantic, semantic web, share, sharing, social, technology, twine, video, w3c, web, web 2.0, website, wp, www
Nov
03
2007
Tools for Flickr #2: Online photo editorsPosted by Cedric in Cool Software, Photography, Web Design Tools
It was not a surprise to discover that sites such Flickr and Facebook are the most integrated with these online photo editors, closely followed by Picasa and Photobucket. If all online photo editors propose basic editing tools such resize, crop, color balance, etc.. it's difficult to find one which propose all available options. Some tried to be as close as possible from Photoshop, proposing layer tools or distortion tool. Fine tuning and precise corrections are difficult to obtain but at the opposite these tools, specially when you can edit an already published photo, give you the possibility to adjust your photos from any computer without having to purchase/install software on computers. My 3 preferred ones are:
My 1st post about Flickr tools is here Tags: 2007, A700, adobe, arc, blog, book, bt, ces, computer, computers, editor, facebook, fauxto, find, Flex, Flickr, fon, google, ia, ict, im, install, knowledge, lan, LED, nomadcom.net, online, online editor, phixr, photo, photo online editor, picnik, post, post processing, press, release, review, sco, search, share, sharing, simple, splashup, touch, user, web, wp, www, XP
Une version française est disponible ici “Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him.” –Cardinal Richelieu “We don’t know enough about you.” –Google CEO Eric Schmidt Greg landed at San Francisco International Airport at 8 p.m., but by the time he’d made it to the front of the customs line, it was after midnight. He’d emerged from first class, brown as a nut, unshaven, and loose-limbed after a month on the beach in Cabo (scuba diving three days a week, seducing French college girls the rest of the time). When he’d left the city a month before, he’d been a stoop-shouldered, potbellied wreck. Now he was a bronze god, drawing admiring glances from the stews at the front of the cabin. Four hours later in the customs line, he’d slid from god back to man. His slight buzz had worn off, sweat ran down the crack of his ass, and his shoulders and neck were so tense his upper back felt like a tennis racket. The batteries on his iPod had long since died, leaving him with nothing to do except eavesdrop on the middle-age couple ahead of him. “The marvels of modern technology,” said the woman, shrugging at a nearby sign: Immigration–Powered by Google. “I thought that didn’t start until next month?” The man was alternately wearing and holding a large sombrero. Googling at the border. Christ. Greg had vested out of Google six months before, cashing in his options and “taking some me time"–which turned out to be less rewarding than he’d expected. What he mostly did over the five months that followed was fix his friends’ PCs, watch daytime TV, and gain 10 pounds, which he blamed on being at home instead of in the Googleplex, with its well-appointed 24-hour gym. He should have seen it coming, of course. The U.S. government had lavished $15 billion on a program to fingerprint and photograph visitors at the border, and hadn’t caught a single terrorist. Clearly, the public sector was not equipped to Do Search Right. The DHS officer had bags under his eyes and squinted at his screen, prodding at his keyboard with sausage fingers. No wonder it was taking four hours to get out of the god damned airport. Tags: 2007, 24, access, account, air, airport, analysis, arc, arms, art, ATT, batteries, blog, book, brown, bt, camera, card, cars, ces, columbia, communication, computer, CTU, design, digital, dress, engine, explain, Festival, fiction, find, flash, free, Fun, google, google maps, History, HP, ia, ict, identify, im, International, internet, ipod, ITU, keyboard, King, lan, laptop, launch, law, LED, LG, light, live, map, MIT, money, network, nomadcom.net, nyt, officer, online, organize, pair, personal data, pet, photo, picture, police, politics, post, power, press, privacy, project, public, raw, release, science, sco, screen, scroogled, search, security, simple, social, soviet, storm, story, suspect, technology, term, terror, theme, touch, upgrade, USA, usage, user, violation, web, webcam, wifi, wonders, world, wp, www, XP, yahoo
The Register published an article highlighting some of Hunter's statement. Extracts:
The complete article in available on The Register site. More interesting than the article itself are indeed the comments which clearly show how wide is the gap between the theory (or the analysis) and the reality. Best of :
All comments are here. I recognize in most comments highly experienced, realistic and well grounded IT guys. About the, so called, IT Analysts… same consideration than for the Burton Group. As expressed, common sense would be to have IT director on the board, and the management to wake up and become IT skilled. What's your opinion ? Tags: 2007, analysis, art, best of, blog, book, ces, ethernet, failure, fon, gap, gartner group, how to, im, IT risk, King, lan, launch, LED, light, list, Management, MIT, money, network, nomadcom.net, pet, press, risk, security, simple, the register, threat, uk, wp, www, XPA global Flickr community event is coming. What happens around the world in one day? In a word: life. On Flickr, members are sharing the world that they see: snapping daily moments, recording history, telling stories, capturing beauty. To celebrate this global community, Flickr invites us to join 24 Hours of Flickr, a day-long global photo project. On May 5 2007, grab your camera and whatever else you need, and chronicle your day in pictures. Join the 24 hours of Flickr group and post your best photo exclusively taken on the 5th of May 2007 to the group. The event will be commemorated by a companion 24 hours of Flickr book, which will contain a selection of photographs chosen from the group. Additionally, the group's photos will be featured at Flickr events around the world this summer. Sources: 24 hours of Flick, Thai Flickr Meet
Could it be different if you could travel with someone who shares same interest or who works in the industry or even works for the same company than you ? So such reasons, PairUp proposes to reinvent business travels by introducing the concept of "Connected Travel" allowing businesspeople for the first time to easily share travel plans and instantly search for potential business connections at their next trip destination or industry event across companies and across booking engines. For sure the "about PairUp" speaks only about business opportunities as it's "Made in USA" but it could also be used to meet people sharing same non-professional interests. Once logged on, the workflow is rather simple:
Then, search (with narrowing options) to have your "Confirmed Connections" and "Potential Connections" displayed and easily contact any person of interest. Sounds easy no ? Now, is anyone use, or already used, this flying social network ? Tags: air, aircraft, airport, arc, ATT, Aviation, book, business travel, cities, connection, connections, engine, event, flight, ia, im, industry, King, lan, light, network, opportunities, Our World, pair, pair up, search, seat companion, share, sharing, simple, social, social networking, space, Travel, USA, www
Would it be a so called "killer application" ? Far to early to say so, but seems a very attractive solution…let's hope the beta version will be available as publicized.A 7 mins. sneak preview movie is available here (english accent is great too) From Scrybe page: ScrybeTM is a groundbreaking online organizer that caters to today´s lifestyle in a cohesive and intuitive way.
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As part of the various and numerous initiatives taking place in Thailand this year, a multimedia event names "
Searching the web, I found several online photo editors, and among there some which provide the possibility to upload your photos directly to your favorite site where you can share them.
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