FredericMartin - Blognotes 2.0

Back to 1981: primitive Internet report

1981: "you dial a number (on your thick wired telephone), and then you can download a newspaper ... that will cost you 2 hours and 5 dollars to download"". Those funny Internet premises are described in this 1981 video.

Queensland Seeks Applicants for "The Best Job in the World" - Island Caretaker

Still 2 weeks to apply for that dream job on the great barrier reef.

Last round on the dancefloor for Obama and McCain

Silverlight easy animation for kids

It´s really amazing all you can create with Silverlight applications. I created in a couple of minutes this fully animated drawing for my two-year old son with an incredible service called Shidonni. His favorite animal, "Pinpin", is joyfully running around the field together with little Pinpin and he finally eats the carrot from the fridge. We will share Pinpin´s world with my son´s "buddies" per mail and they might join our community.

Amazing 3D virtual desktop

This is not new, it was presented at TED 2007, but I missed it and I must  say it´s really amazing what they have created here. Anyone knowing when it´s coming?

Google will be official sponsor of Paris Football Club (PSG)

Seen on Abondance. David C. Bigfish (Google): "PSG is looking for more points to stay in the competition. And the search is our job ..."

Crazy Dutch e-Commerce

The Dutch have a sense for commerce. And they can be very creative too. Commerce + Creativity a la Dutch = Fun + Business Efficiency. This Dutch eCommerce website is a must see. Definitely a marketing best case.

A stupid little robot

He can just pump it up. But he´s good at it.

Not familiar with blogs or need to explain? This is for you!

They have really cool video tutorials at CommonCraft. This one explains blogs and blogging in a very efficient and funny way. You might also be interested in those tutorials: wikis, online photo sharing, social bookmarking, social networking, RSS feeds, PR Web, GoogleDocs.

The Old Empire wishes a merry Christmas to the New World

In the pure British style, Queen Elizabeth II addresses her Christmas wishes to the world through YouTube. Commonwealth 2.0 or British humor 2.0?