I had a friend at University who moved back home to America once we had all graduated. She was a good friend, and regularly wrote to me. They were good letters, full of news and interesting ideas, thoughtfully composed. I loved receiving them and from time to time would pen a few short sentences and …
Is that politician telling lies?
Imagine being able to check instantly whether or not statements made by politicians were correct. That is the sort of service Google Inc. boss Eric Schmidt believes the Internet will offer within five years. – wow – for more try here.
Soweto Kinch on life in Birmingham 19 – Grassroots Channel Podcast 24
Soweto Kinch is a jazz and hip hop musician living in a tower block overlooking the Hockley Flyover in Birmingham. http://podnosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/bcen061002sowetobirmingham19.mp3 He’s just finished working with the newsreader Moira Stuart to release the first of two albums which tell the story of living in his neighbourhood – the Newtown, Aston, Lozells area of the city. …
Deep tagging – or making media a searchable medium
I’ve just read this interesting item on Techcrunch about the growing number of tools which help with what is being called deep tagging. It is a way of making it easier to search for exactly the right piece of audio or video. The author (in this case us) would run the audio through some deep …