Twitter’s a bit like a tea party in a mental institution where everyone’s a bit drugged up and none of the usual social rules apply. You can stroll up to anyone who looks quite interesting, say a couple of words, note a response (or not get offended if you don’t get one) then saunter off again to grab a few more cucumber sandwiches. There’s not much of a hierarchy at the party and nobody expects you to talk if you don’t want to. In fact, in many ways Twitter is a lonely misanthrope’s idea of ...
BITCH:TECH
25 Mar 2009 15:58 GMT
In honor of Ada Lovelace Day, I would like to share with all of you lovely BitchBuzz readers about the woman in technology that I admire and has influenced me the most: Mena Trott from Six Apart.
BITCH:TECH
24 Mar 2009 19:00 GMT
As I thought, the launch of the Pink Sony Ericsson C905 has brought with it a tirade of ‘calling all girls’ blog posts and reviews. As unimaginative as this is, when I heard about the launch, I pictured a glossy pink plastic piece of kitsch that would make my 10-year-old ...
BITCH:TECH
24 Mar 2009 16:16 GMT
When I sent in my last piece to Cate on the lady SXSWi preview, I included a note about how the women led panels appeared to be extremely similar, and I called it a "pink ghetto ", the same term often applied to women writers online and how all we ever seem to do is be able to write about sex. While at SXSWi, I realized that three of the pane...
BITCH:TECH
23 Mar 2009 22:22 GMT
After what seems like a veritable AGE in tech terms, Fujitsu has finally announced the launch of the FLEPia in Japan. Not to be confused with mini video camera FLIP, the device is the world’s first ‘e-paper mobile terminal’ to display greyscale and color images in 260,000 colours. This basicall...
BITCH:TECH
19 Mar 2009 14:00 GMT
As part of the new Sony VAIO traveller program, Sony has set a challenge for the hot new 23-year-old designer, William Tempest. Tempest recently won the Vauxhall Fashion Scout Merit Award and has been worn by everyone from Lily Allen to Emma Watson and Girls Aloud - and Sony now want Tempest to te...
BITCH:STYLE
18 Mar 2009 15:21 GMT
Watch out, starting today, a large number of the people on your Twitter stream are going to be obsessively posting about "SXSW". If you don't know what it is, it's a conference in Austin, Texas (SXSW stands for South by Southwest). It's best known for being a music festival, but it has expanded to being a film festival and a tech conference, known as SXSW Interactive, SXSWi for short (although if you really want to be down, you'll call it "South By").
The conference, now in its...
BITCH:TECH
13 Mar 2009 17:00 GMT
Technology has its limits. I'll be the first to admit this. Voice technology isn't quite up to speed with real human voices, in fact, it's downright creepy. Apple decided to throw caution to the wind and released the new iPod Shuffle: complete with VoiceOver. That's right, a creepy voice will tell you what song you're listening to, and the name of your playlists.
BITCH:TECH
12 Mar 2009 20:00 GMT
A whiz research team at MIT has discovered new technology that would enable lithium-ion batteries to be charged within seconds, or mere minutes. Almost all major portable devices are powered by lithium-ion batteries: from your cellphone, to your laptop and mp3 player, this is the juice that makes you go. This could mean new innovations, namely, the success of a highly viable electric car.
BITCH:TECH
12 Mar 2009 14:46 GMT
140 characters isn't much. But Twitter is a different information delivery system from the generally static format of the website or the more thoughtful missives of a blog. It's also more focused than the Facebook web of convergences. Tweets can come like a single shot or a spray of bullets. Even mainstream media has discovered it, so what are you waiting for?
BITCH:TECH
11 Mar 2009 12:00 GMT