Interview: Kristoffer Lawson
Kristoffer Lawson, CEO of SCRED, a financial management application, took the time to answer some questions about his likes and dislikes as far as the web is concerned:
Click on the image to see the showcase, it is roughly 6 megs in size.
On a personal note: I tried SCRED and it is a great way of managing expenses in a low-profile way. Give it a try!
Showcase: Twingly
Martin Källström from Twingly sat down with me during the conference to provide some insight into the things that Twingly does and how it prevents (or at least: hopes to prevent) spam from taking over the system:
Click on the image to see the showcase, it is roughly 8 megs in size.
Showcase: SOCO Amsterdam
Multi-touch is one of the hottest technologies currently available. The technology can be seen in iPhones, iPod Touch devices and the Microsoft Surface computing system … oh, and in the Social Contemporary Center for the Arts Amsteredam
Peter Distol was so kind as to explain how the technology works and also elaborate on the potential uses:
Click on the image to see the showcase, it is roughly 17 megs in size.
And, as an extra treat, here is a short clip showcasing the actual multi-touch technology, dubbed with a very special quote:
Click on the image to see the showcase, it is roughly 2 megs in size.
Microsoft is getting friendlier
A few days ago, I was installing the newest version of Windows Messenger to test out some features that my chat client of choice does not currently have and saw this:
At first sight, this may look like an install process gone sour (and in fact, it did take longer than it should have), but what is interesting, is the way Microsoft notifies the user:
Sorry, this is taking a little longer than expected. Please bear with us just a few more minutes.
Simple, yet powerful and even better: they use the same simplistic thinking to describe the various other utilities that are available, summing up their respective functions in a short sentence.
Nothing world breaking of course, but not bad by any definition.
Showcase: E
Every now and then, a group of people conceives a product that just kicks butt. A couple of decades ago, it was the machine that slices bread, then came the iPhone and now, it is E.
Project E is the future of social networking, as far as postmachina is concerned.
In the following clip, Renato Valdés Olmos quickly explains what E is and how it can be used:
Click on the image to see the showcase, it is roughly 8 megs in size.