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Re: Wikipedia boss predicts serious downturn for websites

Phil Dearson — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:54:07 -0000

@harry: heh - I'm predicting sustained coverage of an economic downturn by media companies.

Re: Wikipedia boss predicts serious downturn for websites

Phil Dearson — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:54:07 -0000

@harry: heh - I'm predicting sustained coverage of an economic downturn by media companies.

Re: Research Status: The Future of the Social Web, Social Media In A Recession

Phil Dearson — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:15:33 -0000

Sounds delightful. Any idea when we can expect to get our filthy hands on it?

Re: Baritone English Villain

Phil Dearson — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:16:18 -0000

[Update] It appears that a team larger than 9 people is a Big Dumb Gelatinous Blob - http://www.shmula.com/628/t...

Re: Baritone English Villain

Phil Dearson — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:39:14 -0000

I think it might just be 42 below trying to promote themselves. Not sure. I care less by the second.

Re: Baritone English Villain

Phil Dearson — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:12:44 -0000

Twitter is like being at a cocktail party for people with ADD and having a lump of cheese in each ear.

Re: Top 10 wish list for agencies of the future

Phil Dearson — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:01:38 -0000

I think my Top Ten wishes for digital agencies would AOE aggro...

Re: Things from Emma Webb

Phil Dearson — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:32:30 -0000

OMG, you're a walking wireframe!

Re: Baritone English Villain

Phil Dearson — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:54:21 -0000

It doesn't work for Paul Daniels...

Re: Baritone English Villain

Phil Dearson — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:16:36 -0000

What type of AA do you mean, Bessie? I can think of 3.

1 - Automobile Association - monster rating average
2 - Alcoholics Anonymous - lapsed ones potentially found in the road so monster rating above average
3 - A.'. A.'. - a system of magic for the weak - monster rating low although they'd like you to think it was high

Re: Baritone English Villain

Phil Dearson — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:47:41 -0000

Not sure whether you mean she has the hands for it or the flexible face of a jazz pianist. There's a palpable odour of scat about her.

Re: Baritone English Villain

Phil Dearson — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:30:27 -0000

Very true

Re: Sleevelessness

Phil Dearson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:31:05 -0000

That's all true. My problem is with the term, in much the same way as I have a problem with "web 2.0" as a term. It's meaningless bandwagonism but, as you infer, you have to go through this annoying part of the hype cycle to get to the good stuff.

What is this "reality" we're augmenting anyway and how would we know? Where do we draw the line? Is music Augmented Reality? Is the smell of bread in a supermarket another example? What about eating?

This all reminds me of an ongoing discussion with the Pagan community about nature. What is natural? I argue that everything that is possible is natural.

I suspect, instead of AR, we really mean Perception Experiences or something similarly buzz-wordy. I love the idea of being able to layer different worlds on top of the physical one, perceivable only through technological lenses. You should read Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge if you haven't already. It takes your Robocop analogy off for a whirlwind romance and leaves it looking flushed.

Glyph-based AR (the Flash stuff you mention) is admittedly lame in practice but does illustrate the potential I think. The real juice though has to be glyphless AR. A good example of what might be possible with that at some point soon is Project Natal for the xbox 360. The Wii but one stage further: no controllers at all. Just your voice, motion control and pretty advanced face recognition. All you need then are a variety of technological breakthroughs:

- portable lense that doesn't make you look like a twat
- better GPS or alternative location sensing technology... could be wimax triangulation maybe, or something less centralised like LPS (just made that up... Local Positioning System)
- portable sensor array that picks up voice and gestural commands
- long lasting portable power

So not much further to go before it's pretty impressive ;)

Re: The purchase funnel is no more

Phil Dearson — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:08:35 -0000

First!

Gah. Crap. Fifth!

The Cyclical Funnel sounds like something at Alton Towers. Or a sex clinic.

Re: Baritone English Villain

Phil Dearson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:19:29 -0000

Thanks Maestro. One day you and I should do something together again.

Re: Jim Wolff, man, A reblog of @PhilDearson’s All Media Is Social...

Phil Dearson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:23:54 -0000

Thanks Mister. Shame about the slideshare font mangling. Might have to find time to sort that out (one day). Give us a shout next time you're down to London so we can meet properly i.e. including beer.

Re: Baritone English Villain

Phil Dearson — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:20:12 -0000

Isn't she a lovely peanut.

Re: How important do you have to be to have a Personal Assistant?

Phil Dearson — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:12:38 -0000

I do have a turret but I don't think I need a PA. I'm not sure anyone does really. Now, a portcullis...

Re: Sparkling conversation at the sleep-deprived Dearson house

Phil Dearson — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:34:54 -0000

Not earwig. Oddwig. See you Saturday, oddball/oddjob.

Re: Sleevelessness

Phil Dearson — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:44:45 -0000

Awwwww, that takes me back...

Re: Where my thoughts go to die... - phildearson: Did you know 4.0 - This is another...

Phil Dearson — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:08:33 -0000

My pleasure. It cheered me up too.

Re: Where my thoughts go to die... - All he wanted to do was entertain kids.

Phil Dearson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:18:18 -0000

Now that, my friend, speaks volumes.

Re: IPA Social - Principle 06 - Being Authentic Not Persuasive - Only Dead Fish

Phil Dearson — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:01:28 -0000

First!

All good, sir. I like the use of the word "human".

I think a wiki might be a bit more humane (see what I did there) than 10 separate blogs but I see what you're doing. It's like a cocktail party in a bloody enormous warehouse. Lots of walking and spilling of drinks.

Re: Baritone English Villain

Phil Dearson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:37:05 -0000

Speaking would be ideal but this is one of those occasions where it has to be emailed into the void. Powerpoint, of course, being the ideal method of communicating this sort of thing.

Re: Baritone English Villain

Phil Dearson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:44:22 -0000

All boxes are one box around here. Yes, there's been some lively discussion on Facebook about embedding a youtube video in which you explain how to embed a youtube video. Frankly, it's getting out of hand - http://www.facebook.com/phildearson?v=feed&stor...