 Tuesday, March 02, 2004
iPod Story Game
"The iPod follows in the footsteps of the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, et al, making the natural progression from low power computer to low-end gaming machine. 'The Rise of the Lost' is a 'choose your own adventure' game for the iPod. The game takes advantage of the iPod Notes feature, effectively creating a hyperlinked text environment where each page of story ends with a choice of where to go next." [MobileWhack]
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but what is the best source for this...?
"Vermont library company Fields of Knowledge wants to help people track down the best sources of information, not just the highest ranked on Google. Their project, The Infography is a searchable database of bibliographies created by experts. Some examples: bees, bats, Polish Americans. I have some reservations about the anonymity of the experts, but overall this is an interesting looking project." [librarian.net]
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The Ohio State University and OCLC Researchers to Study How People Use Electronic Information Resources
"Researchers at The Ohio State University and OCLC are conducting a new study to find out how and why students and faculty members use electronic information sources to do research and solve problems.
The $1 million project is a collaboration between Ohio State and OCLC. The two-year study will run through Dec. 31, 2005. The project is partially funded with a $480,543 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The remainder of the funding will come from Ohio State and OCLC....
'We know a lot about who is using these electronic resources, when they are using them and where,' [Brenda Dervin] said. 'But there is just a dabbling of research on the hows and whys. We want to know how people are choosing their electronic resources, why they are choosing some resources over others, and how they are fitting them into their personal and professional lives.' "
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Profiling Knowledge Workers of Tomorrow (Emphasis below is mine)
A new report from information industry analysis company Outsell profiles the information needs of today's students. As young professionals, they will expect more independence and convenience in seeking information. 'Younger corporate information users have the strongest affinity for the open Web as their preferred starting point for research. For commercial content vendors, the Briefing’s implications include an increasing need for on-demand training and contextual help in order to support self-reliant users. For content deployment professionals, the coming generation will cause a shift from 'gatekeeper' to 'research facilitator' roles.'
Lead analyst Roger Strouse says, 'Perhaps the most striking trait of young content users is their sense of independence in seeking information. Young users in particular look to information professionals to supply them with the tools to conduct their own research, as opposed to expecting these information professionals to conduct research on their behalf.' " [TVC Alert]
It will be interesting to triangulate all of this research when it is done. I emphasised that last quote because not only do young users look to us to supply them with research tools, they expect to be able to access them wherever they are and with whatever hardware they have with them (PDA, cell phone, laptop, desktop computer, Tablet PC, etc.).
Mahna Mahna on My Cell Phone
"I finally figured out how to send the 'Mahna Mahna' muppets song to my nokia cell phone as a ringtone! Here are some links in case you are interested in figuring out how to send basically any tone you want.
It is a monophonic ringtone (the kind my phone supports). You can search the internet for almost any semi-popular song possible and convert it's RTTTL text to a SMS message and send it for free from About.com's website.
About.com: The Ringtones FAQ - How do I add a ringtone to my Nokia phone?
And... if you are interested in using Mahna Mahna, you'll have to use the Mahna Mahna RTTTL text from MeRWiN's Ringtone Search." [wayblur.com]
Cool ringtone site, and now I have Mahna Mahna on my Treo 600, too! Just try to get that song out of your head now!
Instead of an iTunes RSS feed, maybe I need a "cool ringtones" feed instead....
"Heard on Magnatune: The West Exit. Groooooovy." [Andrew Grumet's Weblog]
Is anyone else disappointed in the iTunes RSS feeds? Maybe I'm subscribed to the wrong ones, but there just hasn't been that much coming through, and there's no recommendation engine to learn what I like and don't like. It's not like I want to be deluged with every new item added, but Rhapsody adds tons more items every other day or so, and I only get a measly couple dozen items from iTunes in my aggregator. I really think Apple is missing the big, double-wide yacht in not taking advantage of its iTunes community to create customized, community-based recommendation feeds.
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