- http://twitpic.com/puyo - Oh, sweet! Amazon launched a free iPhone app! This is going to be dangerous…
# - The Amazon iPhone app has a feature called Amazon Remembers, where you take pics of stuff you want to buy and they match it (like SnapTell). #
- If Amazon Remembers works well, it’s going to be a great feature. I’ll try it out later and report results. #
- Tested Amazon Remembers by taking a picture of my Kindle. A little while later, I got an email with a match/link. Cooool! #
- @DavidLuzsi The app is called Amazon Mobile, I just searched for Amazon in the App store. It’s free. in reply to DavidLuzsi #
- @philmartinez Yeah, and 1-Click purchasing is enabled by default in the Amazon Mobile app (though they do warn you, and you can turn it off) in reply to philmartinez #
- @mas90guru That is cool (when it finds a match, the link in the email takes you to the item in the iPhone app, along with a regular URL). in reply to mas90guru #
- And when Amazon Remembers finds a match, it shows up in the iPhone app as well, not just in the email they send you. Nice touch. #
- Apparently, Amazon is using Mechanical Turk (human beings) to match photos taken for Remembers, and not algorithmic matching. Interesting. #
- @BrianEnigma Yeah, it’s cool that they’re using Mechanical Turk. I guess Amazon is the one who pays for the HITs. Wonder how it’ll scale? in reply to BrianEnigma #
- @egrigg9000 Cool idea (taking a picture of an event poster, getting an iCal file back). Doubt Amazon would do it, but someone else should! in reply to egrigg9000 #
- @adamd @camikaos I’m sock-sock-Croc-Croc. And @rachelbancroft and our kids can’t stand shoes and socks, and are often barefoot. in reply to adamd #
- @camikaos I don’t think they can help it. @rachelbancroft was raised by hippies in Eugene, and passed the barefoot tendency on. in reply to camikaos #
- Want to browse (or work on, for $0.10 each) the photos that Amazon Remembers users send? Here’s the HIT on MTurk: http://tinyurl.com/5g89an #
- @warnercrocker Thanks for the nod in the 4th annual Ink Blot awards. Would definitely love to have a beverage with you some day! in reply to WarnerCrocker #
- Anyone know of other iPhone/mobile apps using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk - human processors? They have an API, but I don’t know of many apps. #
- You know, Amazon’s iPhone app could add Shazam-like “listen to a song then buy it from AmazonMP3 Store” functionality. That would rock. #
- @feedle Yeah, yeah, buy a gPhone. But here’s Amazon’s oppty to horn in on iTunes’ music buying monopoly on the iPhone. Disruption! in reply to feedle #
- @feedle Easy on the iPhone/Apple/Jobs hate there, fella.
in reply to feedle # - @feedle Meh. T-Mobile and Google will lock you in just as much as Apple and AT&T. Yes, lock-in is evil, but my iPhone makes me happy! in reply to feedle #
- Wow, Amazon Remembers is getting faster. Took a picture of a Nintendo DS on my screen @ Amazon, AR identified it within about a minute. #
- @feedle Why do you pay for three different cell phone service plans and have three SIM cards? in reply to feedle #
- @feedle Ah. I don’t travel internationally enough to pay for another account in another country. So unlocking gets me nothing. in reply to feedle #
- @jkuramot I’ve tested AR with my Kindle, my MBP power brick, my Timbuk2 Metro bag, and a screen image of a DS Lite. They nailed them all. in reply to jkuramot #
- Yay! Another free Creative Commons story from Cory Doctorow (and Ben Rosenbaum). Going on my Kindle right away. http://tinyurl.com/63whwd #
- testing post to twitter using vlingo #
- @jkuramot I don’t feel TOO bad. They’re getting 10 cents per match from Amazon. Now, I feel bad costing Amazon 10 cents a pop just messing. in reply to jkuramot #
- @bkwalker I just tested three rather obscure devices I had at my desk. We’ll see if AR identifies them all. in reply to bkwalker #
- AR nailed the Asus R2H UMPC, got kind of close with the Aiptek Action HD cam (showed a similar model), and flubbed the Cingular 8525 phone. #
- Playing with post to twitter using vlingo I phone app #
- Psst. Do you like the FAILBlog? Here’s it’s counterpart, http://onceuponawin.com/. #
- @adamd Congrats on your Wired Epicenter blogging gig! http://tinyurl.com/5wcv34 in reply to adamd #
- I feel lonely and sad to not be with my community at #pdxwi tonight. Wish I was there listening to @turoczy. But I <3 being with my f … #
- Sometimes I feel like an outsider to all the cool PDX geek events because I live in the burbs, and often can’t make evening events. Oh well! #
- I may not be at #pdxwi tonight, but I follow so many people who are, it’s like I’m attending remotely, from inside all of your heads. #
- Getting new people involved in a community is hard. I say it’s more about a friendly, willing-to-teach attitude than any magic site or tool. #
- A lot of us (including me) jump to “let’s build an X for that!”, but I think we’d get better results from more mentoring and friendshipping. #
- @funkatron @jtkendall The new unibody MacBooks and Pros do support audio input via the iPhone earbids’ mic. in reply to funkatron #
- Speaking of earbuds, I’m torn. I need new ones. Do I spend $80 on Apple’s new ones, or $20 on another pair of Sony MDR-EX51s? Decisions… #
- @monkeysplat Yes, the new Apple buds with online mic and controls are available for order, shipping in a week. in reply to monkeysplat #
Monthly Archive for December, 2008
- The new Nokia N97 looks like a great device. Funny how everyone compares it to the iPhone. #
- The N97 will be DOA in the US unless they get AT&T to offer it. For the same or lower price as the iPhone. #
- What does the developer ecosystem look like for Nokia? Hard to compete with the 10,000 new apps in six months that iPhone has triggered. #
- @ChrisLeckness Apple certainly didn’t invent the touchscreen phone, but they were the first to do a REALLY GOOD touch interface. in reply to ChrisLeckness #
- @marshallk I love to show new people the Common Craft RSS video, Twitter Search, and the concept of feeds for automation/newsreading. in reply to marshallk #
- Finally got through work email backlog from being on vacation last week. Found a LOT of filters I could add to streamline things there. #
- @joshuajwolff I’m not sure about audio/video production jobs in the PDX area. Anyone know? Maybe ask @LeStew, @StephStricklen, or @aweiss. in reply to joshuajwolff #
- @Soft You are correct. Google’s Calaboration app only configures iCal to sync to GCal. An “easy button”, if you will. in reply to Soft #
- Grr. I can’t get a calendar event I create on my iPhone to go into one of my synced Google calendars, only the default cal. Any ideas? #
- @Jmartens Is Air Sharing the app you are thinking of? I believe it was free for a limited time, now costs $. There’s also box.net and others in reply to Jmartens #
- @dougkaye You won’t likely find one at REI, but Crumpler makes some great bags to hold a laptop + DSLR. Their site is atrocious, though. in reply to dougkaye #
- Snagging a couple of Christmas Gifts for the kids. Ho ho ho! #
- Ben and Jerry’s run! #
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