Well, webstock went swimmingly! Even for a noob like me.
As mentioned on their site, I was called in for the negative team in the Webate “Is Web2.0 all fizz and no substance?”. And we won!!
I think the better half’s 30-odd sms votes might have swayed things in our favour. But then that’s what better halves are for, right?
I found Leigh Blackall’s presentation on Second Life pretty interesting. As a former player of mmorpg and games in general I can see the attraction. But. Damn that stuff takes up a lot of time. Waaay too much time.
The other interesting thing he presented was a utility being adapted for Flickr that allows 3d rendering of famous locations from the photos in people’s accounts. It was amazing. If anyone has the name of the product (bit pissed, have forgotten) I’d love to know what it is.
Likewise Robert O’Callahan’s presentation on Firefox 3. To be honest, much of it was geek speak that I only just kind of understood. There was much sage nodding regardless… As soon as I work out how to put Firefox on a USB key I’m doing so, and then using Firefox at work. If they kick up a fuss, there will be a fight. A fight I’ll probably lose. But then not all fights are won on the first day out.
So, moving right along. I’d like the thank Brenda and Philip, my able team-mates. And I’d like to congratulate the opposition, Mark, Sandy and Mike for a fun, clean fight. My only heckling was from my own team. Which is always a good indication.
20 June, 2007 at 5:53 pm
It’s called photosynth: http://labs.live.com/photosynth/
Glad you enjoyed it and congrats on the win!
20 June, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Wished I’d been there, now.
I think the cool app you are thinking of is Microsoft Photosynth – it’s amazing, but Windows only.
http://labs.live.com/photosynth/
20 June, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Here you go Che: Firefox Portable. Just install it to a USB stick and you’re away laughing.
20 June, 2007 at 8:04 pm
sorry about the heckling – i figured i’d misinterpreted the instruction somewhat
20 June, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Hey Che, thanks for the mention in your post. Someone has beat me to the pointer to the cool software you wanted to know about. I’ve written up a full account of the talk with all the vids and links here.
20 June, 2007 at 11:33 pm
BTW, the debate was great. Highlight of the night easily. A great way to think about some of the issues and have a good laugh doing it. More I reckon
21 June, 2007 at 6:58 am
thanks everyone, a great night all round.
and brenda! shhhhh…. don’t give away trade secrets
21 June, 2007 at 11:58 am
also Lifehacker has a whole raft of advice on things you can run from a usb drive at work, like iTunes etc.
Just check those pesky techies haven’t disabled your usb ports
21 June, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Hi Che – great to meet you at the event and I agree was good fun to meet likeminders. I look forward to catching up soon.
21 June, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Yep, all good. Even for doddery old farts. I was going to say that photosynth was the best thing Microsoft have done for decades. But then I heard someone say they just bought the company. Doh.