McFilter

links for 2006-09-23

• Scan, copy and fax with your camera phone or digital camera
  The poor man's digital whiteboard - take a photo of the whiteboard, send it to ScanR and get a cleaned up digital version back!
  (tags: tools scanner photos service pdf)
• DateBocks - Intuitive Date Input Selection
  Calendar-picker library which lets users specify dates like "next Wednesday" as well as the more usual 1/2/2003
  (tags: javascript date library webdev calendar)
• Chumby - WiFi enabled, slightly weird-looking information appliance
  Following on from the Nabaztag, this is another playful, hackable, ambient-ish computing device. Pitching it as the clock radio for the Internet age is a good idea ,as it helps people imagine how you might use one.
  (tags: ubicomp hardware wireless hacking)
• eurofoo last weekend (21 September 2006, Interconnected)
  Interesting and thought-provoking set of slides from Matt Web where he tries to classify the different types of web apps that might make up the next generation. He's picked some useful themes to think around; particularly, in my case, the ambient and sit
  (tags: presentation webdev future)