Brendan Mitchell blog

Category: Tech Stuff

  • In the future You Tube will simply add their adverts seamlessly to your videos!

    OK maybe not, but by the looks of this, it might not be that far fetched an idea, or that long before they can! [youtube=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CR3tQmxrPo8] If you thought that was cool, have you met Emily yet?

  • Uh-oh – I made a stinky!

    Indulge your fecal fantasies with a doll that craps! The opening paragraph of the post on The Register says it all “Technology has brought many transcendent benefits to our culture, but possibly none have been as consummate in its exquisite magnificence as this holiday season’s nonpareil of elegance, Baby Alive Learns to Potty, a child’s…

  • Livestation iPhone Beta Testing

    I spent the later part of this afternoon and some of this evening beta testing the Livestation iPhone App. It’s still early days and there’s some bugs that need ironing out, but it’s looking promising. For more info read this.

  • Unsocial Networks: Or why Facebook has got it wrong as Open Social is the Future

    It’s 5am and the dawn chorus has started in my back garden, but I don’t mind, as it got me thinking (which is sometimes a bad thing), so I’m wide awake now! The future for social networks is portability, I want the same freedoms online that I have in the real world, I want to…

  • Fakebook: Koobface Virus

    If you use Facebook, then you should read this article from the BBC about the Koobface virus that has been playing havoc on Facebook. Below is a snippet of the article, but follow the link to read it all on the BBC site. ‘Koobface’ spreads by sending a message to people’s inboxes, pretending to be…

  • Livestation: Live Video Streaming to iPhone Demo

    Livestation™ is a new development from Skinkers In essence it’s live video streaming to your desktop over the web, OK nothing exactly ground breaking there, but they’re also developing a version that will run on mobile devices, namely the iPhone & iPod Touch. Although technically, they can deliver the stream over a 3G network, the…

  • Ah, So Tru

    OK, everybody has heard of Skype, (if you haven’t, then what cave have you been hiding in?) but now there’s a new VoIP kid on the block Truphone. Unlike Skype, Truphone doesn’t offer instant messaging & online chat, an answering service or even a desktop based application… so why bother with it then? Well unlike…

  • To reach 180 million people…

    Radio took 40yrs TV took 14yrs Internet took 4yrs Facebook 4yrs (140million so far) (I wonder how long it will take me to get 180million people following me on twitter!?!) here’s some other useful figures I’ve found

  • Shift Happens, Are You Ready?

    I recently found my notes from a presentation I gave 13 years ago, unfortunately I no longer have the presentation (not that I would have software that could open it now even if I could find it). You need to remember that at the time a 56k modem was considered warpdrive access to that little…

  • Can Stephen Fry kill a gadget?

    For one answer click this link to the BBC dot.life article by Rory Cellan-Jones It’s a good question to ask and anyone in a marketing or branding department should take note, as it’s not just gadgets that can be made or broken in this way, but services, reputations or even your brand! There’s been a…