June 2016 – Page 2 – Richard's blog

Thoughts on the Conversational Sharing of Links

Jun 22, 2016

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Reading Time: 3 minutesFacebook and twitter were first and foremost about conversations between individuals. It is only later that thoughts on the conversational sharing of links became relevant. In a conversational environment you may see headlines and either comment or re-share them without taking the time to read the article. In taking the time to…

IFTTT – Instagram to Twitter

Jun 22, 2016

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in social media, social media living room, social networking, twitter

Reading Time: 2 minutesInstagram is still a healthy social network. It still finds an engaged group of users who want to share their adventures, meals, friendships and more with other users. Some of them love sharing selfies and others share beautiful landscapes. This keeps the network vibrant and young. Twitter on the other hand has…

Content creation and Social Networks

Jun 22, 2016

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in social media, social networking

Reading Time: 2 minutesContent creation and Social Networks both fulfil our need to communicate with others. In one case we are working on the long form and creating content in blog form, photographs, well produced videos and more and through certainÂ social networks we do the opposite.Â On twitter and facebook we spend most of our time…

Sending HTC M8 phones to the Middle of the Stratosphere

Jun 21, 2016

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in social media, social networking, youtube

Reading Time: 2 minutesA few months ago I saw the video of a mobility scooter going fast across snow. The video was shared as an anim gif with no context. As I explored the diversity of content on Youtube I came across Colin Furze videos. In one project he sent mobile phones to the Middle…

Cosmic Trip – Physical Video gaming – Throw it like a frisbee

Jun 21, 2016

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in social media, social networking, tech related, Uncategorized, virtual reality, youtube

Reading Time: 3 minutesPhysical Video Gaming Physical video gaming is coming of age thanks to the HTC Vive and related Games. Cosmic Trip is one of these games. You can use both controllers to prepare machines that will prepare robots for mining and defence. These two sets of robots are autonomous. The more resources you…

Rock Climbing Snail

Jun 20, 2016

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in Rock climbing, Switzerland, youtube

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor several weeks now it has rained almost every day and almost every weekend. As a result of this rain acitivities have been cancelled. On Sunday we were meant to go outdoor climbing and when we got to the wall we found a rock climbing snail where, in dry weather we could…

Europeanism and Brexit

Jun 18, 2016

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Reading Time: 4 minutesEuropeanism “is a term that encapsulates the norms and values that Europeans have in common, and which transcend national or state identity.” SourceÂ As an Italian Brit living in Switzerland the notion that Great Britain wants to leave the European Union makes very little sense. In the articleÂ Britainâ€™s Dangerous Urge to Go It…

The pleasure of narrowcasting

Jun 17, 2016

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in Video, vimeo, youtube

Reading Time: 3 minutesThree things have made the pleasure of narrowcasting rather than broadcasting a reality. Broadcasting is finding something that as many people as possible are interested in watching. This is mass appeal television. European Football is one example, british rugby another, skiing another and tennis as a last one. Each of these has…

The Post Social Media Era

Jun 16, 2016

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in social media, social media living room, social networking, Uncategorized

Reading Time: 3 minutesI believe that we are shifting towards a Post Social Media Era where social networks are built in to online activities. People love to say that online social networks and social media are a waste of time and that they have a negative impact on how we feel about ourselves. For years…

360 timelpase videos

Jun 16, 2016

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in 360 videos, Video, virtual reality, youtube

Reading Time: 3 minutes360 timelapse videos provide us with interesting new opportunities. Imagine for example placing the camera out to see near Weymouth beach and watching as the tide comes towards the camera and then beyond it towards the city. Imagine watching as the sun rises on one side of the Leukerbad Valley and sets…

Month: June 2016