Category IT

How to connect everything to everything else

You've probably seen the twittering cat door, the twittering office chair and the twittering bakery. These lovely examples have one thing in common: they all use home-made devices that connect to Twitter. And while these application may seem like novelty, I do think they represent something something brilliant: off-the-shelf technology that allows anything to [...]

Geekipedia

For those who aren’t up-to-date with what Fake Steve Jobs, Googleverse, Web 3.0 and Mashups really mean, the last issue of Wired magazine comes with a fantastic blue booklet called Geekipedia.

The Sustainability Lab part 4: power down your PC

Making your computer consume less energy is a no-brainer. There are three things that you can do:

1. Energy management. Adjust the sleep-time for your screen, harddrive and system.

2. Screen saver. A nice screen-saver like Pixel Breaker makes it less annoying everytime your computer goes idle.

3. Shut down after work. Many people, [...]

Nice interview with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates

Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg from Wall Street Journal interview Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at the D5 conference. It’s really worth watching!
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