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Feld Thoughts : More On Human Instrumentation Around Sleep Data - http://www.feld.com/wp...
"What has the data enabled you to do to improve your sleep? Is it more that you can note what patterns you had before sleep on good/bad nights of rest? Or really specific things? Any chance your more intense days of running equate to better sleep? Or when you are more consistent with running that your sleep is better?"
- Chris Stevenson
Feld Thoughts : More On Human Instrumentation Around Sleep Data - http://www.feld.com/wp...
"While anecdotal and not a large sample set yet, do you find that the sleep data you have seen is reflective of your normal sleep patterns and quality of sleep you get? I thought it interesting that FitBit said you were awakened 7 times, that seems like a lot (and about what I typically experience as a light and fitful sleeper)."
- Chris Stevenson
Congress to give feds 2010 locality pay - http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal...
1.5 for base, 0.5 for locality, and 3.4% to the military.
- Chris Stevenson
A Better Understanding of Stoplights - http://www.yankodesign.com/2009...
This is brilliant!
- Chris Stevenson
Re: The rush to socialize the Enterprise continues with Blogtronix - http://scobleizer.com/2009...
"Did you blog about them 4 years ago? http://scobleizer.com/2005...... What's changed since 2005?"
- Chris Stevenson
Re: Ray Ozzie is wrong about smartphone apps - http://scobleizer.com/2009...
"I think it'd be better if you were to start saying "The iPhone is better NOW." The situation will change, and in 4 months you might well find yourself touting a new device, you should make it more clear you are talking about the very current state of phones."
- Chris Stevenson
@Scobleizer Tried using "Scoble" as a promo code with Seagate back up drive I bought...
I don't think it worked, but it didn't crash either.
- Chris Stevenson
Health Care Reform: An Introduction - http://opencrs.com/documen...
A great overview of the topic, that your tax dollars paid for too
- Chris Stevenson
"If you are on a GSA schedule, then your prices are to an extent publicly available anyways (at least within a general range). Example, if you have a MOBIS schedule then your rates as a consulting/contracting firm are published for the world to see."
- Chris Stevenson
Review: Raising Financially Fit Kids - http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2009...
More people need to read this so we have more fiscally responsible people.
- Chris Stevenson
Gang of Six: Who Votes With Whom? - http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009...
GREAT visualization
- Chris Stevenson
How To Write Contracts - http://blogs.govexec.com/fedblog...
Counterpoints well taken, but what Will is writing is that you cannot (ever) put loose or vague requirements in a contract. Whatever you put in a contract, must be: clear, concise, testable, implementable, and verifiable. If you want "cultural norms" you must use non-vague requirements (clear, concise etc). If you want contractors to abide by rules regarding non-hazing or harassment rules (that aren't already called out in federal contracting regulations) then you must specifically state them in a clear, concise, etc... manner.
- Chris Stevenson
Washington's rails, part 1: The network - http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post...
Totally fascination examination of 19th century infrastructure's impact on 21st century life - RAILROAD.
- Chris Stevenson
New Yelp iPhone app is also out. There's a cool easter egg (Augmented Reality feature). Here's how to do it:
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Download the new Yelp app (came out yesterday). So you shake your iPhone 3 times. That activates a feature called Monocle. A message should come up if you activated it. A blue box will come up saying "the Monocle has been activated." It will create a button in the top right corner. Now you should be able to look at the bars, restaurants, etc. Only works on iPhone 3GS.
- Robert Scoble
waiting Robert.... :)
- Sampad Swain
You point it at businesses, or down the city block. I'll try it right now.
- Robert Scoble
Yep! Works. Took a few tries to get it to activate. Some of the places it shows me have been closed for ages though, guess I need to update Yelp for the area.
- Otto
That sounds so cool. Would love to see a video demo of it Robert!
- Alex Calic
I wonder why it's an easter egg. That sounds great.
- Daniel Ha
I just did it. Very cool. I hear this feature was added for me. I really love it!
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Daniel: probably to get it through the iPhone store approval process faster.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Raises the question of whether they would have rejected it if they'd known about it. Or did Yelp tell the reviewers about it?
- Jan Dawson
Very, very cool! Just tried it out. There's not a lot on Yelp near by work (kind of an industrial area), but I did get it to find the nearest restaurant. So cool! :-)
- Josh Bancroft
awesome!
- Marshall Kirkpatrick
as long as Yelp allows iPhone users to rate on the fly.. previously had to sync first (not smart)
- Sam Levin
can anyone grab me a screenshot of this? i want to write about it
- Marshall Kirkpatrick
I do love beating TechCrunch with news! :-)
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Yes, Mr. Scoble, you beat RWW, TechCrunch, AND Mashable! Damn.
- Ben Parr
I can't get it to work... :(
- Larry Roth
We need a Yelp for Federal, State and Local government services.
- Chris Stevenson
Too bad nobody will ever see it 'cause you mentioned it here and not on your blog ;-)
- Ken Sheppardson
I just posted a photo on my friendfeed account.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Installing
- Stephen Pickering
The instructions sound like World of Warcraft.
- Steve Rubel
You android lovers will see that 'Layer' reality browser does the same as Monocle
- Wayne Bentz
Yelp also just launched their Palm Pre app in the Palm app store. No augmented reality that I can find :-(
- Ken Sheppardson
Yelp doesn't seem to have much support for Canadian business according to some reviews
- Alex Knight
Marshall, I just blogged a screenshot. Will be on www.tinyscreenfuls.com as soon as Posterous gets it there.
- Josh Bancroft
Stupid 3GS. You guys think you're so cool. Easter eggs, harumph! *mumble grumble*
- Sarah Lane
Yay it works in Canada too!
- JP Holecka - Jaypiddy
Nice idea but in my case the locations seem to be about 180 degrees off - i.e. showing behind me instead of in front - but may be down to a fuzzy GPS location or something - will have to keep trying
- Jan Dawson
I wonder why it was "secret", ... undocumented API usage or just to create marketing buzz ?
- Kooleido
Kooleido: I hear it was added at last minute.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Damn, nothings happening. I've shaked it :(
- Stephen Pickering
No iPhone 3G love because no compass? Phooey. :P
- Cheryl Jones
Installed It! Works Awesome! Would definitely use it on my next lunch hunt in Downtown
- Kooleido
Got it to work--just took a little more shaking...was worried I was going to put my phone through the ceiling!
- Larry Roth
Kooleido, how'd you get it to work. I've installed and shaken, but nothings happening
- Stephen Pickering
Oh--and very cool
- Larry Roth
Stephen shake in long and hard strokes.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
I hate that the iPhone 3G can handle all this new stuff, but Apple insists that you need the 3Gs. Qik on the jailbroken 3G has been awesome!
- Elijah Nicolas
@Elijah Nicolas The 3Gs is for the built in compass that is required for augmented reality to work.
- JP Holecka - Jaypiddy
lol if it was added for you Robert it would show the cutest girls in the area instead
- Sherry Reynolds
Didn't I hear that Apple had an embargo on AR apps til next month?
- Brian O'Connell
Very cool, thanks for the info. It appears you have to be logged into Yelp though the app before the monocle option will appear.
- Patrick Looney
just posted about it http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive... good job finding it first Robert!
- Marshall Kirkpatrick
1st sentence typo in your post Marshall ;o)
- Alex Calic
Couldn't get it to work by "shaking it" but I got it to work by moving my iPhone up and down 3 times in a vertical motion. Pretty damn cool.
- Doug Rice
Marshall, how do you get that camera view? I can't seem to get mine to work. I've shaken and shaken
- Stephen Pickering
Well, thats slightly cool.
- Sean Oliver
Stephen, you should probably just keep shaking. In publish, with lots of people around. :) No, I don't know. I don't have a 3Gs so I don't have a compass so I don't have the Yelp AR.
- Marshall Kirkpatrick
Holy crap. It really works.
- David Sharpe
Unreal... landscape and portrait works.
- Drew Lucas
Yeah this is very cool. Don't know if I want to be the guy standing in the middle of the street downtown using it, but I can see some very practical applications.
- Trevor Childs
Check out our Yelp AR layer inside of Layar Reality Browser ... Android. http://www.GoWeb3D.com
- Dave Elchoness
Scoble, I just published on Mashable: http://mashable.com/2009...
- Ben Parr
Doh! mashable wins with the most link-baity headline again.
- Marshall Kirkpatrick
Putting up a video on Gear Live.
- Andru Edwards
we have video too :P
- Jennifer Van Grove
@Marshall - We still love you guys, your article's great. :D; @Robert, props. Total props.
- Ben Parr
@Robert thanks it's fun http://bsu.gr/4414782
- briansugar
I made a screenshot here: http://www.flickr.com/photos... It takes a few tries to turn on the option though!
- Daynah
posted about this on Obsessable and my blog. We'll see if Techmeme grabs it and actually puts this FriendFeed thread first, or if they just ignore it until TechCrunch covers it lolz http://www.obsessable.com/news... & http://www.sampletheweb.com/2009...
- C. K. Sample III
ah Marshall got it up first on a notable blog... http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
- C. K. Sample III
I got it to work and man, is it sweet! So smart.
- Leslie Fishlock
Shake the darn thing 3 times :)- they say that break dancin was learnt , robbing hubcaps of a movin car in NYC.. so lets so what the new thing will be by the time th iphone has all the motion sickness activiated apps !!
- Peter Dawson
just got word of a THIRD app with AR live in iTunes store! http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive... I'd say it's official: AR apps have come to the iPhone!
- Marshall Kirkpatrick
I already had 2.0.2, but I'm downloading 3.0 now. I'm not thinking it's going to work in my office, but we'll see.
- RobinDotNet
Ok, that's really cool. It even works sitting here in my office at home.
- RobinDotNet
Downloading now. I am absolutely fascinated by the idea of augmented reality!
- Victoria Harres Akers
This is pretty cool but the shake 3 times thing doesn't work too well
- Jason Wehmhoener
from iPhone
This is fantastic, just activated Monocle. For those having trouble, its best to move/raise and lower the iPhone 3 times vertically instead of just shaking it. I was shaking mine like a madman until I tried the vertical move.
- Bryan
[Video] Yelp iPhone Augmented Reality Application http://blip.tv/file/2524950
- Steve Garfield
very cool - I can't believe stuff actually shows up near my house on the bay - sweet :)
- Susan Beebe
Damn, guess I'll have to upgrade to the 3GS now.
- Damon Cortesi
I am using the app in Indianapolis to find a restauant. As I guessed the augmented reality is cool but not very useful. Other than to help figure out which direction to walk in.
- Robert Scoble
from iPhone
Argh. I wish I had wifi here so I could download it. A trip to Starbucks might be in order.
- ha3rvey (just a friend)
killer in nyc
- mike "glemak" dunn
from iPhone
dang it - iPhone 3G...
- Jodi
iPhone 3G... not in the States... meh
- Johnny Worthington
It's innovative and that's awesome, but I think this type of interface will be a passing gimmick until more advanced image processing is built into the mobile device. My thoughts on what does matter about it here - http://bit.ly/12wtcY My $0.02.
- Alex Hawkinson
shake your iPhone 6 times, that activates GoogleVoice
- HansVanRock
Pretty damn cool. Thanks for the heads up
- Jim Goldstein
from iPhone
I just got this going on my friend's 3Gs. I don't even know what to say. That is freaking incredible! Makes me want a 3Gs *just* for that feature!
- Michael Lynton
Just tried this. Awesome! Too bad I'm in a po' dunk town with nothing to do. :)
- Bryan Lee
Amazing, how on earth did you find it! It's still 6:00 am, perhaps I'll Yelp for breakfast
- Nalin Perera
Wow, I'll have to say this is phenomenal. Wish I'd had this on my trip to D.C. a couple weeks ago. Yelp just made an incredibly useful app even more useful. I've seen a lot of developers working on this technology lately but it looks like they beat everyone to the punch.
- Mike Elliott
screen capture of it in action http://twitpic.com/fklr4
- mike "glemak" dunn
very cool....it took me a few times to get the blue box, but then it worked. thanks
- Pam Negoro
I just got the yelp AR to work, and I am staying tonight in a hotel, so I went to my window, and held the camera to the window and it was able to show me reviews of the businesses right across the street from me! I am in love with yelp all over again!
- Colide81 (James)
This youtube video should help you learn how to get it Islandwoo, I think its in how you shake it, I tryed several ways but after I watched this video I did it like the guy in the video and it worked. http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Colide81 (James)
Yeah, you've got to learn to shake it just right! :-)
- Nalin Perera
The power of TOD - http://beyonddc.com/log...
The second item is very interesting.
- Chris Stevenson
Technology companies encourage feds to shut down computers - http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov...
A MUST! Lots of technology available so IT support can wake up computers to do pushes and fixes.
- Chris Stevenson
3-D tool helps students decorate (and shop for) dorm rooms - http://springwise.com/homes_h...
If you worked for a company and they allowed you to select your next workspace with something like this, would you?
- Chris Stevenson
Tips for Lending Club Investors - http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2009...
Someone please help me convince my wife to let me put $2k into this to explore...
- Chris Stevenson
Apps for America: The Finalists - http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009...
The finalists are great, but I do wish more of the techperts out there in the Scoble network had noticed this and put forward some Apps.
- Chris Stevenson
Existing Home Sales Far Worse Than Advertised - http://www.ritholtz.com/blog...
As always, Barry Ritholtz has a sober and data driven look at the housing market. Devoid of spin or wishful thinking.
- Chris Stevenson
A great example of Federal politics. A nominee is being held up solely for leverage to get pork approved.
- Chris Stevenson
We are all supply-siders now - http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2009...
Mankiw and Piketty fall for the fallacy that report IRS income equals real world income, which it does not. The true rich shelter their wealth wisely, because they can afford to and have motivation to do so.
- Chris Stevenson
I’ll Do It Tomorrow - http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2009...
Anathema to GTD for First Things First people, Trent's advice to keep a short to do list of just the important things of the day could be powerful for people who easily get overwhelmed.
- Chris Stevenson
The modern talking pad - http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_b...
Yet another example of my Seth Godin is brilliant. I'm going to find an excuse to do this soon.
- Chris Stevenson
@jdlasica I am on my way to see you at Razorfish too!
Take pictures of their offices and post them! Would love to see how they use their workspace.
- Chris Stevenson
You didn't invite me to go to razorfish. I want to see JD! :) Can't wait to see this video...cause I KNOW there is going to be some. Have fun! At least pose together for me...k? Hold up a sign that says 'Hello Sheryl'! Yeah I know, I should go open a bottle of wine and at least keep up with my brain.
- Sheryl
Can I send posts in Google Reader to multiple Twitter accounts? Or more ideally through bit.ly to multiple Twitter accounts?
What I really want to be able to do is send a post via GReader to my personal Twitter account, or another account that I run. But I also want to keep the click through stats of Bit.ly without having to go to that site.
- Chris Stevenson
5 Green Ideas For A Naturally Clean Home - http://www.bargaineering.com/article...
Good tips. Baking soda seems to always be the miracle safe cleaning product.
- Chris Stevenson
Knowledge Sharing Methods Wiki - http://www.kstoolkit.org/KS+Meth...
Very useful tidbits of how to's and techniques.
- Chris Stevenson
Doing well by doing good - http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post...
Always a great resource to learn about the various planning initiatives in the DC area.
- Chris Stevenson
Nimbuzz Offices – Rotterdam - http://www.officesnapshots.com/2009...
I love Office Snapshots. Fun site with interesting looks into exciting work spaces. I wish SCOBLE would do this too, since he sees lots of places.
- Chris Stevenson
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