Web 3.0 = Collaboration

Posts and comments regarding internet-linked collaboration tools

Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Sigh... curved monitors have a 3 meter curve radius

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So we're s.l.o.w.l.y... getting there with curved LCD desktop monitors, but with the manufacturers being highly conservative so as not t...
Friday, 14 November 2014

Initial thoughts on the Oculus Rift

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I've been using (i.e. playing around with) the Oculus Rift DK2 now for a couple of weeks, and here are my initial observations: The ...
Friday, 31 October 2014

Bloomberg's multi-screen VR, resolution multiplier, and the rotating eggcup transform

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Bloomberg are demonstrating a demo of a multi-window desktop  mapped into 3D VR viewable through an Oculus Rift: It is counter-intuitive...
Tuesday, 28 October 2014

Oculus Rift supports 'high resolution' desktops via a resolution multiplier effect

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Here's an interesting scientific detail: for virtual desktop use the relatively-low-res Oculus Rift DK2 actually feels higher resolution...
Monday, 27 October 2014

WTF? The Google Inbox website is kinda broken

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In an interesting twist in the 'what's important to the end user' industry soap opera, the Google website promoting Google Inbox...
Sunday, 26 October 2014

Google announces Gmail Google Inbox: a clever idea that misses the point

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After the failure of  Google Wave (now Apache Wave) , Google is having another try with  Google Inbox . They are missing the point, and here...
Friday, 12 September 2014

The first purpose-designed curved desktop monitor arrives...

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So finally, in Sept 2014, Mars has lined up with Jupiter and manufacturers have worked out that desktop monitors can be larger, this means t...
Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Large 16:9 monitors have height issues...

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With the default 16:9 ratio for TV display panels, desk use creates more of an issue with the height rather than the width. To counter this...
Wednesday, 21 May 2014

First UHD Curved Desktop Monitor announced

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Finally, a device has appeared that is IMHO workable as a desktop UHD monitor: The Samsung 55" HU8500 . 55" might be a bit large...
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Friday, 16 May 2014

May 2014: 49" Ultra HD, $640 - no mention of use as a desktop monitor???

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A new Ultra HD monitor (i.e. TV...) announced today, the Xiaomi MiTV 2 49 inches of 4K goodness for $640 (in China though, so this might ...
Friday, 25 April 2014

Flat small monitor versus curved large Ultra Hd

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Here's another comparison of screen size thought 'normal' today, and the target we should be aiming for. 1. A 'stylish...
Friday, 18 April 2014

The curved desktop future, via Apple

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More on the 'Ultra HD curved desktop' future... Apple will probably announce a new Mac with a curved screen, with the usual ...
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Monday, 24 March 2014

Digital Desk Ratio

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For a long time I've thought there's a disconnect in business regarding the most efficient amout of 'digital' real estate on...
Saturday, 25 January 2014

Curved = Flat

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I learnt something new about curved screens today (thanks to a demo model in John Lewis, Cambridge..)... If you view the screen from relativ...
Sunday, 5 January 2014

Ultra HD + Curved makes sense for the desktop

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Most computer displays these days are re-hashed TV lcd displays, hence the prevalent 1920x1080 pixel form-factor. This resolution limits the...
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Friday, 20 September 2013

Snapchat, WebRTC, HTML5 & Collaboration

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A quick point: video on its own is not enough to make person-to-person communication much better than a phone call. It is better, just not ...
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Thursday, 5 September 2013

Interactive whiteboards + Windows 8 multi-touch

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The situation has changed for interactive whiteboards in the past 18 months.   Interactive whiteboards (such as Promethean  or Smart )...
Thursday, 15 March 2012

Touch interface will encourage contact-centric email approach

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'Touch' interface users are good at prodding things with a fat finger, and dragging and dropping items. Typing is less convenient th...
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Sunday, 11 March 2012

Abstracting the framework useful for contact-centric email

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I am actually modifying the open-source webmail software Roundcube to provide the contact-centric functionality described in the posts belo...

Email conversation improved style

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In case my post below is not clear enough, here's the contact-centric email 'conversation' view re-done with an improved style. ...
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