Recently I’ve seen signs that are promising in the pursuit of returning focus to a decentralized web / internet. There are still many hurdles to get us there, but we have a good foundation to overcome the technical obstacles. There has been a surge of many prominent people working towards this goal. However I feel …
On the heels of the recent Microsoft patent filing for Lifestreaming comes the announcement from a company called OMG Life of a new Lifestreaming wearable camera. What is a lifestreaming wearable camera you ask? Well it’s a camera that you wear around your neck like a conference name badge that continually takes photographs at configured …
A New Lifestreaming Wearable Camera Called the Autographer Read More »
Last week through an Engadget post I learned of a Microsoft patent filing for ‘life streaming’. The filing describes ‘life streaming as: A system and method for analyzing, summarizing, and transmitting life experiences captured using a life recorder is described. A life recorder is a recording device that continuously captures life experiences, including unanticipated life …
My Thoughts on the Microsoft Lifestreaming Patent Read More »
photo by soapylovedeb I just returned from SXSW and had a really good time. There’s been some negative feedback from the event this year which I feel revolves mainly around the parties. I’ll cover that in a wrap-up post later but that’s not what I wanted to talk about here. It’s amazing to think that …
Gordon Bell’s name came up several times when I first began researching Lifestreaming back in early ’07. While I consider David Galernter to be the “Father of Lifestreaming“, Gordon has done his fair share of work early on that also has helped with the concept. I’ve written about him in the past and quoted an …
Wired Article on Lifestreaming Pioneer Gordon Bell Read More »
Tonight I read over on SEO and Tech Daily that the Windows Live blog reported yesterday that they have now completed a rollout that has added a significant number of new sites that can now display web activities on your profile page. You just need to visit http://profile.live.com/WebActivities/ to configure which ones you want to add. There are 20 …
Two months ago I wrote a post about how the big boys are starting their Lifestreaming initiatives. At the time Yahoo had just rolled out their new profile pages and they really seemed to be these isolated outposts without any functionality worth mentioning. Well the other day they finally added the ability to provide a …
Yahoo Now Offers Lifestreaming Activity on Profile Pages Read More »
2008 has been a tremendous year for Lifestreaming. When I first began researching Lifestraming back in February of 2007 and then started this blog a month after there were only a few scripts available to create a Lifestream and not a single web service dedicated to them. Since then I have found over 50 services …
VizEdu, a site that explains Social Media, Web2.0, Search and Emerging technologies visually, just posted an animation that provides an overview of Lifestreaming. For their example they illustrate FriendFeed’s use as a service and provide Steve Rubel’s Lifestream as an example. It’s a nice quick overview of Lifestreaming that can be used as a tool …
Lifestreaming 101 Flash Animation and Video Explanation in Plain English Read More »
little over a month ago Yahoo announced that they were turning user profile pages into a social control panel. I spent a little time when they launched and was less than impressed. It was apparent that they had given a small half-hearted effort trying to create a Lifestream. Hutch Carpenter wrote a clear plan on …
Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft All Slowly Start Their Lifestreaming Initiatives Read More »