My cell phone rang at 11:42a on Friday. Over the next twenty minutes, I received two notification emails and heard sirens. Indiana University had successfully alerted the campus to a faux emergency, as a test of the IU-Notify system.
Twintro
Today, I tracked someone’s trip to a San Francisco dentist. I look forward to seeing who shows up in my Twitter stream tomorrow.
Natural Design
“Instead of using plant branches, this patented approach takes malleable roots and shapes them into useful objects for indoors and out.”
Rust on Chrome
Not all reviews have been glowing, but the initial buzz is enough to be optimistic that Chrome will impact Mac users, too … someday.
Doodle gets a Facebook App
The School of Informatics’s favorite group meeting helper is now an application available on the Facebook platform. Simple became simpler.
Disaster in a connected society
A tip on how to deal with the storm and aftermath of Hurricane Gustav this week: Join Twitter.
3|0g Day 2008
From my RSS to yours, here are five blogs worth reading on a regular basis.