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Re: Brainriver - “Kid” - The Bouncing Souls This song will never...

byetman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:36:42 -0000

it's never let me down either... great song!

Re: cognitive dissonance + uncommon sense - Heading south. Photo by Gaia Borgias Brown, 2008.

byetman — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:15:55 -0000

great shot, that's one huge V

Re: NYC Streetstream

byetman — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:42:52 -0000

the trash-taggers have been busy lately, can you spot the message?

Re: Election Map Magic - 8 Maps that rocked the results

byetman — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:45:19 -0000

also check out Andrew Vande Moere's collection at infosthetics.com

Re: Fred Wilson Dot VC

byetman — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:01:13 -0000

great song... and happy birthday Fred!

Re: The Dream Phone

byetman — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:55:51 -0000

yah I've got high hopes for the G1! The 5" x 3" touch screen is impressive, as is the 3-mp camera, keyboard, and UMTS. Honestly, I can live without GPS and the other flashy demos we've seen as long as the user experience is open and seamless, something which seems core to Android. Fred, your vision of a device that's less phone and more "a mobile browser that supports voice" is spot on...

Re: Tales of a Twentysomething

byetman — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:59:04 -0000

amazing shot, did you happen to catch the storm rolling in today?

Re: NYC Streetstream

byetman — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:10:47 -0000

Jeff Koons - Coloring Book

http://www.flickr.com/photos/byetman/2708583122/

Re: A Kindred Spirit In London

byetman — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:57:28 -0000

Saul is the real deal!

Re: Guillory joins board of Immersive Media

bob — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:39:54 -0000

the first comment is correct, Google do all of their own image collection in house and dumped Immersive Media after only a few cities last year.

What is "immersive?" Having 360 degree images is not necessary for creating an "immersive" User experience. People cry during television shows, ergo, they were "immersed" (emotionally).

My view is that "immersion" really requires a User experience where the User elects to move in different directions, not just "look around." And with any physical ("motion ride") component added, the value increases significantly. Truly "immersive" media experiences require more Disneyland/Epcot type features than what's available online or on my iPhone and the image quality does have to be great (IMAX film resolutionis far more "immersive" than any 360 video will likely ever be)

Re: Taking Stock Of Tech Startups In Paris

byetman — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:21:11 -0000

surprised to see that 10 of the 16 had a global market focus, thanks for pointing that out. I'm interested in hearing you compare that trend to the focus of the companies in your Berlin meetings today, which have traditionally seemed to be more global in focus...

Re: NYC Streetstream

byetman — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:01:10 -0000

That's a new living-wall that's just went up on the upper-east side of NYC. You can read more about it at http://byetman.com/blog . The same guys that did that one ( http://www.agreenroof.com ) are just finishing a huge 750sq ft wall that has edible vegetables and herbs growing on it ( http://www.urbanfarming.org/foodchain.htm )...

Re: Fred Wilson Dot VC

fredwilson — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:54:08 -0000

Yes on rue des rosiers. Such a cool street, judiasm and hipsters mashed up together

Re: Fred Wilson Dot VC

byetman — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:50:24 -0000

is this around rue des Rosiers?

Re: OpenSpime launches Developer Network

Roberto Ostinelli — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:40:53 -0000

well let me know :)

r.

Re: James Siminoff

byetman — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:05:37 -0000

Since moving from the west side, the H&H on the east side (2nd & 81st) is my new favorite. whole wheat everything with Lox... doesn't get any better than that!

Re: First Thoughts On The N95

byetman — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:46:12 -0000

I use my N95 pretty much exclusively for photo/video capabilities. I've had some major frustrations with it hanging/crashing, particularly when using Qik. Overall it's a great media capture device, but i wish the 3G support was better here in NYC.

Re: Fred Wilson Dot VC

byetman — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:14:42 -0000

that chuppah is amazing, looks like a gorgeous wedding. congrats on your anniversary as well!

Re: OpenSpime launches Developer Network

byetman — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:08:14 -0000

got a couple of my developers diggin into it this weekend...

Re: Guillory joins board of Immersive Media

byetman — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:51:31 -0000

thanks for pointing that error out!
who do you see as most exciting in the immersive space these days? i'm really liking the emerging mobile apps seeking to intelligently consume these datasets (mostly Android prototypes to date)...

Re: Outside.in launches Radar

byetman — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:01:54 -0000

Fred, this is where i think the 3G iPhone stands to make a huge LBS paradigm shift... There are plenty of GPS and/or triangulation enabled phones that can tell you where you are, and plenty of location-centric mobile apps that hinge on place, but the missing piece has always been seamless usability. If spatial context is elegantly handled behind the scenes, then these mobile apps become truly usable (unlike those where you have to manually enter place: whrll, brightkite, etc..). i'm really hoping outside.in can harness the potential.

Re: NYC Streetstream

byetman — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:37:07 -0000

I get a lot of love notes!

Re: OpenSpime Developer Network and .org launch today

byetman — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:31:21 -0000

Congratulations David on the release/launch yesterday! i can't wait to see the developer community embrace openspime and show the world what's possible. keep up the amazing work!