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Interview: Kristoffer Lawson

posted in Events on April 30th, 2008

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:


The Next Web '08: Kristoffer Lawson

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

posted in Events on April 30th, 2008

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:


The Next Web '08: Twingly

Click on the image to see the showcase, it is roughly 8 megs in size.

 

Showcase: SOCO Amsterdam

posted in Events on April 25th, 2008

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:


The Next Web '08: SOCO Amsterdam

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:


The Next Web '08: SOCO Amsterdam - Multitouch

Click on the image to see the showcase, it is roughly 2 megs in size.

 

Microsoft is getting friendlier

posted in Rants on April 22nd, 2008

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:

Microsoft Windows Live Installer

 

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

posted in Events on April 21st, 2008

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:


The Next Web '08: E

Click on the image to see the showcase, it is roughly 8 megs in size.