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Archives for October 7, 2010

Celebrity GPS VoiceSkins on TomTom Navigation Device

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Ohman, I’m loving this one big time… imagine being in your car, listening to voice guided directions from your TomTom and the voice guiding you is that of Yoda from Star Wars or Darth Vader, perhaps Snoop Dog is guiding you, or maybe even Homer Simpson! You better believe it, TomTom in a partnership with VoiceSkin and Warner Brothers is delivering exactly that with Celebrity GPS VoiceSkins. I can’t wait to hear Bugs Bunny guiding me to where I need to go… darned hilarious! See more in the official announcement on LBSzone

See also:

VoiceSkins Official Website: http://www.VoiceSkins.com
VoiceSkins Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/voiceskins
VoiceSkins Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/voiceskins


Sebastian Wernicke and statistical analysis on TEDTalks

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Interested in knowing how to deliver a fantastic, or perhaps a crappy TEDTalk? Enjoy this fab video presentation from TEDTalks Director Sebastian Wernicke, as he  turns the tools of statistical analysis on TEDTalks, to come up with a metric for creating “the optimum TEDTalk” based on user ratings.

Recall, TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Note: Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10



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Protecting that Smartphone (iPhone, HTC) from the elements

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Us Geo types are heavy, power smartphone users and so we obviously need a little protection for our must-have smartphones that we carry with us wherever we go. Take note that OtterBox has some cool protection for those of you toting around HTC (think Android OS) mobiles and a cool solution for iPhone 4 users. Case in point, the new OtterBox Impact Series (no its not waterproof, sorry). Some specs from the company: The durable silicone is brilliantly engineered to absorb impact, featuring inner coring to dissipate shock away from the device.

FEATURES (OtterBox APL1-I4XXX)
Self-adhering clear protective film (cleaning cloth and installation card included)
Durable silicone engineered to absorb impact
Inner coring dissipates shock away from device
Access to all buttons, ports and features
SPECS
COLORS: Black
WEIGHT: 2.43 oz / 68.9 g
DIMENSIONS: 4.74 in x 2.54 in x 0.59 in
120.4 mm x 64.6 mm x 15.1 mm

More info can be found HERE see also @OtterBox

ESRI Canada Events eh! ESRIUC and Online Training

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We’ve had loads of buzz lately about the Esri traveling Dev MeetUp roadshow that’s taking place all over the US – possible in Vancouver too I hear! But, you Canucks are also being treated to several ESRIUC events in Canada including events in Ottawa (Oct 19-20), Vancouver, BC (Nov 2-3) and St John’s NL (Nov 17-18). From ESRI Canada… these conferences provide an opportunity to discover exciting new developments about ESRI’s GIS solutions and network with your peers. The events typically have one day of sessions and presentations, followed by a day of onsite training. See more details HERE

Interested in some free, online training from Esri?

The Google Map Literature Exhibition Submission Call via NetPoetic

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Something of interest here as Literature and Geography meet!  NetPoetic.com, an Electronic Literature portal, announces its first Exhibition call for work. And in keeping with our desire to spread and encourage experimentation/exploration of new/old technologies and their intersections with creative writing, the theme/tech for this exhibition is Google Maps. And while we obviously love any play with fancy APIs and other scripts which use Google Maps in curious and wondrous ways, we are more than happy with writers creating simple marker maps with text and images and links and video etc. The curators will choose works based on their literary and artistic wonderments and how well even the simplest tools/features of Google maps are incorporated into that story/poetic/absurdist/rambling writings. See details HERE

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