Amber Mac

While recording net@night tonight, Leo mentioned a site called Twistori, which is a social experiment based on Twitterers' feelings (what they're saying on the message-sharing site Twitter that involves the following keywords - love, hate, think, believe, feel, wish).  It sounds a little odd, and probably is a little odd, but it is amusing for a minute here and there (the design is clean, making the real-time "tweets" easy to watch).  Here's a shot of what just hit the screen.

May 13th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (3)

If you ever want to create a quick timeline of your "online" life, Dipity is an awesome tool that collects your data from Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and many other sites and maps it all out on a slick timeline (with multiple views - see my sample below, took all of one minute).  If you don't have any online feeds, you can create your own timeline from scratch with photos and info.  Check out this timeline of the Iraq War. They've also just launched TimeTube, which is very cool!

May 10th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (6)

At the end of last week I got an email from Leila Boujnane, CEO of Idee Inc., and one of the smartest and most charismatic people I know (whether she's keynoting a Toronto tech event or sipping Bourbon in my kitchen). 

Leila needed a how-to video for a new image search engine her company was launching (well, has launched, today in fact).  After seeing a demo of TinEye, I jumped at the op (amazing technology) and over the weekend my company did our best to work with Leila and Paul to represent how TinEye works.  I'm going to stop "talking" now because you'll hear enough of me in the video.

P.S.  Thx to Chris from MGImedia for rallying to shoot/edit this video with me until the final hours of the weekend.  You are the best.

Back to work on the TR project, will post more on this new social network when we're ready to share the site. 

May 6th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (21)

MESH is a 2-day web conference (well, 3-day now that MESH U is on the agenda) that takes place every year in Toronto (the 2008 event = May 20, 21, 22).  From debating the future of online video with Jian Ghomeshi to squashing rumours over steak with Michael Arrington, I can definitely say that MESH is never dull! 

This year commandN is hosting a contest in conjunction with MESH and MESH U.  You have one more week to enter to win a ticket to MESH (approx. $469) or MESH U (approx. $239).  Check out this video for more details (or visit commandN.tv) - it's easy as pie, and I suspect with a little effort your chances of winning are pretty good.  Fire up your cams!

P.S.  If you do get a chance to make it out to MESH, come on by to see the future of video panel with a co-founder of Blip.tv, CTV's senior director of technology, and one of CBC's producers (I'm moderating).  I'm also doing a workshop with the MGImedia team on how to make online videos people want to watch.  See schedule here.

May 3rd, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (5)