The Sixth Sense

You may have seen part of this technology before, where a projector is used to cast a working, digital keyboard onto a surface, so that one would no longer need a physical keyboard but just an image of one. This guy Pranav Mistry make his own version of this and shows you so many different applications for it that it could blow your mind away.

The Thrilling Potential of 'SixthSense' Technology

Still Need Cable TV?

Read this story about how this couple got rid of their cable service and aren't missing much:

Cable Freedom Is A Click Away

Useful jQuery Tips for Select Lists

If you are into using jQuery and need to manage select lists, here are some really useful tips.

http://www.myphpetc.com/2009/03/jquery-select-elements-tips-and-tricks.html

By the way, I wrote my own routine for using an array to save a select list and its selected index when the page loads:

//Save all initial options
    var saveselect = new Array();
    $('#myselect option').each(function() {
        saveselect[this.value] = this.text;
    });
    //Save inital selected index
    var saveindex = $("#myselect option").index($("#myselect option:selected"));

Voice to Text

I may have written about this before but since the blog search is not working on my blog, it would take me a long while to find that post. Nonetheless, it is worth repeating.

These services are apparently really good and perhaps cheap at converting voice calls into transcribed text. Read all about them here:

SpinVox.com
PhoneTag.com
DiTech's PhoneTag Now Works Behind Your Company's Firewall
SimulScribe Signs Exclusive $17 Million Partnership Agreement With Ditech Networks

Nice Facebook Shopping Cart

This is a very nice shopping cart meant to work with any site, but in particular Facebook. In fact, they are set to unveil a completely new platform of e-commerce for Facebook.

Payvment.com

TechCrunch's review

Video Sites for Kids

This NYT story mentions some very good sources of videos and other good stuff safe for kids.

How to Provide Parental Guidance on Web Video for Children

Some of the sites mentioned are:
Kabillion.com
Kidzui.com
Kideos.com
Totlol.com
Zuitube.com

Very Interesting: Buzzd

This is a very interesting service. It seems it is a step above iAte.com

Read the review here:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/01/buzzd-is-an-iphone-app-built-for-party-crashing/

Buzzd.com

Note that Twitter has lots of interesting data available for "free". You just need to use their API to gather it, analyze it, and display it.

I think Twitter does have limitations on API requests per time period.

I wonder what we could do with Twitter data?

Artwiculate

Build up your vocabulary with this Twitter integrated service.

Artwiculate.com

TwitDraw

This service has lots of potential. It is a simple drawing program with which to draw and to easily send to your twitter wall. I especially like the concept of the Graffiti Chain.

TwitDraw.com

Electric Crafts

Good inspiration from a crafter who is using LEDs, motors, wires, batteries, etc. to create unique crafts.

Home Crafts Get Wired

FotoMoto

If  you have lots of photos on your website and need a quick way to add a shopping cart to sell your photos and have them delivered to your buyers, then use FotoMoto.com to get it done fast and easy.

3D Photo Prints

Your photo prints can now be in 3D.

Check out the awesome technology from Snapily.com
Great review at NTY's story entitled Your Photo Prints, Now in 3-D

Twitter-ify Your Biz

These days many mom and pop businesses are starting to use Twitter to alert their faithful customers about new deals, even the current location of those businesses on wheels, like street vendors. It is time your biz starts thinking about how to best use your Twitter account. Better yet, sign up for your own Twitter account soon.

NYT's article Mom-and-Pop Operators Turn to Social Media

Look at all the new ways others are using Twitter.
Springwise.com

Groovy: A Real-Time Database

It's a really inspiring concept, to have a real-time database which can accommodate millions of requests per second. That's what Groovy is aiming to do. Rather than to rely on querying a database, the database itself will push out any changes occurring in real-time. They call it the SQL Switch.

GroovyCorp.com
TechCrunch's review

iText: Generate Dynamic PDFs

I found out one of my favorite resource for developers, called Pragmatic Programmer, uses iText to add the dynamic footer at the bottom of each pdf. If you have ever bought a pdf book from them you will notice they add your name and address to every pdf you buy. iText is pretty cool.

The Twitter Guidebook

I recently started up again using Twitter because now I have a real business need for it. So I stumbled upon this resource of information about using Twitter. I will need to master some of the stuff talked about there.

Twitter Guide Book

Teenage Entrepreneurs Are Coming!

Here comes the mass of teenagers who want to do their work and get paid for doing their own thing. It's interesting to read about what they are doing or planning to do. Read NYT's story entitled Teenagers Are Building Their Own Job Engine.

One such venture mentioned is WorkInMyRoom.com

DoNanza: Multiple Freelance Searching

Donanza.com combines all search results from various gig sites all into one. In other words, when searching for a job, just use their service to search all other websites dealing with freelance work. The links point back to the originating website. You can also discover many more freelance sites by looking at the search results.

http://www.donanza.com

Two Appointment Schedulers

I found out about these two services that provide an online scheduling system for appointments, which could be used by massage therapists, dentists, doctors, hairstylists, etc. I have a friend who is a photographer who may be able to use this to book his appointments. One great feature is that BookFresh can integrate with Google Calendar and iCal.

BookFresh.com
Appointment-plus.com
TechCrunch's review

Voice Faster Than Texting?

We all know how long it takes to make a voice call. You have to wait for the tone for someone to pick up or wait for the prompt to leave a message. Texting is so much faster because you just pick up the phone and start texting. Then the receiving party could be busy so you leave a message. To play the message the receiving party needs to navigate through the menus to hear the message.

Enter RebelVox.com. You have to see the video to really get excited about all this. Soon you will be able to pick up the phone and start talking, regardless of whether or not the receiving party is available. To hear a message just pick up the phone and hit your contact. It starts playing instantly. If you notice someone is leaving you a message, you can answer the call and immediately get connected to carry on the conversation.