concrete reverie
September 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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Drinkify →
drinkify.org
Internet you win. I am done for the day. Drinkify is probably the coolest website I have stumbled upon in awhile. It is fun, clever, and infectious.
I am currently on the Britney Spears channel listening to a dance remix track of Britney’s on repeat for the last hour. It’s been doing a great job of getting me through my homework just as well as the 8oz split of vodka and club soda it pairs with the track would be doing.
This complimentary drink pairing website is going to be successful due to the humorous edge it pairs with its brilliant idea. A perfect example is the PBR it pairs with Brand New or the 8oz of redbull with Justin Bieber.
I wish I still had to demo a social media platform for my Digital Brands class because I would totally do Drinkify! The integrated ability to not only listen to a track from any artist you type in ( I tried to go semi-obscure with Slaid Cleaves - they recommend a nice Pinot Noir) but you get a drink pairing and the ability to tweet your discovery instantly. Awesome.
This website was a 24hr project brought to us by Music Hack Day Boston 2011 and much maligned livers. Music Hack Day - Boston’s website informs us that their goal is:
to explore and build the next generation of music applications. It’s a full weekend of hacking in which participants will conceptualize, create and present their projects. Music + software + hardware + art + the web. Anything goes as long as it’s music related.
Well that is freaking cool. I love seeing projects to evolve and push the boundaries of the internet further and further. I’m also glad to see Last.fm contributing the music API for these projects to be possible.
I have a feeling this site is going to be sticking around increasing alcoholism and beverage consumption across the internet for quite some time.
October 2011
8 posts
September 2011
9 posts
The future is now and right on schedule.
Earlier in the semester I posted a video showing what Apple envisioned the future would be like in 2011 - with a series of vignettes from 1987. Well with the looming release of the iPhone 5 it seems that future has finally arrived. And exactly when Apple predicted.
In my previous post I mentioned Apple purchased Siri a mobile assistant app and it seems from the latest rumors of the iPhone 5 release, its greatest feature will be the fully realized version of Siri’s technology: a new iPone app called Assistant.
Assistant is set to replace and expand upon Apple’s previous Voice Control app and will be activated by users by holding down the home button. All users need to do is simply speak into their iPhone either asking for information or delivering a command, and presto! Assistant will respond aloud with your answer as well as organize everything in a easy to follow “conversation view” that appears as a back-and-forth text conversation.
According to 9to5Mac it will have the ability to: “send text messages (complete with read-back functionality to ensure the content is correct), send e-mails, set reminders, find directions, and even answer math questions, thanks to integration with Wolfram Alpha’s “knowledge engine.”
In addition to the Assistant application, Apple is allegedly releasing a Diction app that allows users to send text messages via text-to-speech as well as a “Find My Friends” feature where you will be able to ask Assistant where your friends are located and if they are registered with the service, Assistant will track them down.
This is an incredible moment in time for our collective Digital History. It marks the mass shift of our culture fully embracing the ‘just-in-time-living’ concept. Now with everything on demand and technology reaching the point where it can help us operate with increased efficiency and with real-time information gathering, it will effect a profound social change. Gone will be planning and much forethought into day-to-day chores. We will simply get up and go. With Assisstant we will only need our trusty iPhone 5 and we will be set to conquer the world.
Apple was on dead on the money. It’s crazy but the future is now.
So… when will Apple predict AI? Because we have just about reached Minority Report, but I’m holding out for Blade Runner.
