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Top 3 Mistakes Job Seekers Make on Facebook Timeline
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Tony Morrison is the Vice President of Business Development at Cachinko, a
unique professional community where social networking and job opportunities
come together. Find him on Talent Connection and connect with Cachinko on
Facebook or Twitter.
Eventually, Facebooks 845 million users will have to climb abroad the
Facebook Timeline hub.
There will be plenty of challenges to consider with the slow roll-out of
updates to the worlds largest social network affecting millions of people.
More than 18.4 million Americans have used Facebook to find a job. Facebook
Timeline poses new obstacles for current adults looking for work.
How can the Timeline mess up an existing job search? Here are three things
job seekers should avoid doing on Facebook Timeline.
Whine
Thousands of users are making it clear that they hate Facebook Timeline,
especially in their status updates. Complaining about Facebook Timeline
among other things will lead people to think you will not be able to
handle the little things once you get a job.
Employers are Googling you to get a first impression of who you are and
what you will be like at the company. The virtual complaining can come back
and haunt you.
Refusing to Adjust, Take Advantage of New Things
It should be abundantly clear that Facebook Timeline is different, which
can be a good thing. If you review Facebook's introduction page, you'll
find that Timeline offers some pretty neat new features including a cover
image, the ability to highlight a story and full app integration.
Job seekers should take advantage of these new features to tell a more
complete story about themselves. Your Facebook Timeline should be
considered an online brochure for your personal brand and what you can
bring to the table.
Every time Facebook (or other social media platforms, for that matter)
makes any structural changes, there is a group of people who simply won't
stand for it. This is a huge mistake. Why? Refusing to adjust means that
you are likely to miss out on opportunities.
Put yourself in an employer's shoes: If you came across a candidate who
stuck to their guns and wouldn't adjust to changes on a simple thing like
Facebook, what do you think they'll do at work? Visions of future employees
protesting new filing systems or office suppliers are not good.
Neglecting to Edit
One caveat of Timeline is that the past is a whole lot more accessible.
Privacy settings remain the same, but many users' content will go all the
way back to 2006 or earlier. Would you want to be held to everything you
said six years ago? I know I don't.
A big mistake job seekers will make on Facebook Timeline is not take the
time to review old content and delete the stuff that simply shouldn't be
remembered. Take a stroll down memory lane. You might find some public
content that should be taken down and you might also find content that is
worth uncovering.
Fortunately, Facebook is allowing users to take a seven-day grace period to
hammer all those potentially regrettable posts out of sight.
What do you think? Do you think Facebook Timeline is good for the job
seeker? Or can it be cause for image destruction? Share your thoughts in
the comments below.
Social Media Job Listings
Every week we post a list of social media and web job opportunities. While
we publish a huge range of job listings, weve selected some of the top
social media job opportunities from the past two weeks to get you started.
Happy hunting!
CRM Partnerships Manager at Time Out New York in New York City
Senior Front End Web Developer at Limited Brands in Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Social Media Manager at Ergobaby in Los Angeles
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Top 6 Mashable Comments This Week
Posted: 25 Feb 2012 02:30 PM PST
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Mashables top comments segment is back. Every week, the Mashable community
team keeps a close eye on our comment section in search of particularly
insightful comments.
Two of our top comments this week are responses to an article about the
Apples Foxconn controversy. Other top reader comments ponder the value of
Googles Foursquare competitor and responds to a British hackers violation
of Facebook.
Keep responding to Mashable articles for a chance to be featured in next
weeks Top Mashable Comments. No comment goes unread and we are always on
the lookout for thoughtful responses from our readers.
Samsung Galaxy Note Ad – Genuine?
Mário Rodrigues shares an insightful response to an advertisement for the
Samsung Galaxy Note. He questions the legitimacy of the ad and the
knowledge of the iPhone user portrayed.
Original comment posted on:
Samsung Totally Copies Us With Galaxy Note 'Street Challenge'
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Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week
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1. Bahrain
The situation in #Bahrain is a popular subject for photos on Twitter every
day. This picture of a child in the middle of a street battle was posted by
@Reality_Bahrain.
Click here to view this gallery.
Each week there are even more Twitter photos to choose from, and this week
our eagle-eyed researchers at Skylines used a trusty algorithm to browse
through 45 million photos. Heres what landed on the top of the list.
The treasure trove of pictures include a look at London Fashion Week, New
Orleans celebrations on the last night of Mardi Gras, Linsanity and much
more.
If youd like to know more about our top-secret selection process, well,
were not going to tell you anything about that, but you can see our full
results here.
If you missed them, here are last weeks Top 10 Twitter Pics.
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13 Pinteresting Facts About Pinterest Users [INFOGRAPHIC]
Posted: 25 Feb 2012 01:37 PM PST
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Its no secret that the Internet loves Pinterest. Now, most users are even
spending more time, on average, pinning than they are on hanging out on
Facebook. Heres what you need to know about Pinterest user demographics.
With an average of 1.36 million users daily, the social photo pinboard has
taken the web by storm, and top online retailers are following suit. Who
are these feverish pinners? According to full service agency Modea, the
majority are female mothers 28 percent have a household income of $100k+.
SEE ALSO: 10 Most-Followed Users on Pinterest
Using stats from comScore and a few other analyses, full service agency
Modea has put a few interesting facts about Pinterest into visual form with
this infographic.
Do you spend more time on Facebook or Pinterest? Let us know in the
comments.
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Can These 8-Second Videos Dethrone the Sh*t People Say Videos as Best Meme
of 2012?
Posted: 25 Feb 2012 01:04 PM PST
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1. How To Pronounce Hamburger
This seems like a good place to start. Many of the words are simple words
that are rarely mistaken for being pronounced any other way. They abide by
the phonetic laws of English. When they're pronounced incorrectly, it's
pretty darn funny.
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YouTube videos encompass virtually every niche and genre known to man.
Falling somewhere in between silly and educational, the PronunciationManual
channel has made a science out of hilariously incorrect eight-second word
pronunciations.
We corresponded via email with the anonymous creator of the videos to find
out what inspired the project.
It appears that the channel was not launched as a satire on the
PronouncationBook, a channel dedicated to pronouncing some of the more
whacky-looking English words, but created out of benevolence.
I am a very good person, so with the combination of being a very good
person and knowing that people need help, it was a natural fit, like how
celebrities take away poor infant children from terrible villages to live
inside of custom Bottega Veneta child holsters, except in the form of
pronunciation videos on YouTube.
SEE ALSO: 15 Best 'Sh*t People Say' Videos
Asked to provide any sort of background information, the creator was
recalcitrant. But the person behind the curtain certainly wasnt shy about
the process of identifying and pronouncing new words or that they have
easy access to an online thesaurus.
I think up a word that people might not know how to say, and then I type it
into the video window, and then I say it out three times in a clear and
strong voice, and then I click the other button, and the computer puts it
on youTube, and then I exeunt the eldritch, crystal-encrusted and
sweetgrass scented Pronunciation Ark that I built in my back yard
Totally makes sense now, right?
Regardless of who is behind it all, the word humor tickles our writing
funnybone and we find some of the videos to be downright hilarious. If you
enjoy them as much as we do, youll end up clicking through as many as
possible to see which ones are winners and which are losers.
Let us know which pronunciations you think are the best and if you think
this meme has the strength to dethrone the now infamous Sh*t People Say
videos.
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34 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
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This years Mobile World Congress is fast approaching are you caught up on
all of Mashables digital media resources? If not, dont fret. Heres our
convenient and comprehensive weekly features roundup.
This week we have a list of free Android apps youll use every day, tips for
reaching voters successfully via social media and how to get your Facebook
friends birthdays onto your Google calendar. Weve also covered everything
you need to know about the new PlayStation Vita, tips for small business
marketing on Facebook and an explanation of how Googles +1 button affects
SEO. Youll even find an interview with Zooey Deschanel and Sophia Rossi as
two of the three co-founders of HelloGiggles, a new website for empowering
young women.
If youre looking for the best social media, business and technology
resources, you've come to the right place:
Editors Picks
Pinterest or Porn-terest? What the Social Network Is Doing to Keep It Clean
If you've browsed Pinterest, you may have seen a nude photo or two. Here is
Pinterests policy and what its team is doing about it.
5 Tips for Reaching Voters in the Social Stream
2012 might be the year where social media marketing can make or break a
political campaign. Here are tips to drive political awareness using new
media channels.
How HelloGiggles Creates a Positive Online Community for Young Women
HelloGiggles is warming up the cold, often critical world of the web, with
fun and empowering, lady-friendly content.
How Google's +1 Button Affects SEO
Googles +1 button doesnt share content to the stream the way the Facebook
Like does, but there must be a connection to search. Heres what we know so
far.
The 10 Most-Followed Brands on Pinterest
Zoomsphere has compiled a list of the 10 most-followed brands on Pinterest.
10 Free Android Apps You'll Use Every Day
We have rounded up 10 solid apps that will make your daily routine, and
life in general, much easier.
Social Media
5 Tips for Using LinkedIn's Mobile Site
Not interested in tacking on another app to your smart phone? Check out
these tips for using LinkedIns mobile site.
10 Creative Pinterest Board Hacks by Mashable Readers
Last week, we shared tips to trick out your Pinterest Boards with a simple
hack. Then, we asked you to share your own creations!
10 Awesome Animated Google+ Profiles [VIDEOS]
Weve seen some great Google+ profile hacks in the past, but theres a new
breed of design in town the animated Google+ profile.
How to See Facebook Birthdays in Google Calendar
One of Facebooks most useful features is the way it alerts you to the
birthdays of all your buddies. Did you know that you can export this
valuable data to other calendar applications?
8 Ways Pinterest Is Inspiring Projects
Mashable and CNN iReport asked how you were using Pinterest for project
inspiration. Here are the results you sent us.
10 Non-Profits Leveraging Pinterest for Social Good
Non-profits are flocking to Pinterest and utilizing its features to gain
exposure and build support.
How to Hide From Annoying Friends on Facebook Chat
Whether you want to chat in secret from the boss, hide from your annoyingly
talkative cousin or only appear as online to one special person, we can
help you out.
For more social media news and resources, you can follow Mashables social
media channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
Business Marketing
9 Hot Tips for Small Business Marketing on Facebook
Think you need a large budget and a whole army to maintain a marketing
campaign on Facebook? Think again. Here are a few time-saving tricks.
Is YouTube Too Big to Fail?
YouTube wont be getting government money anytime soon, but as it fights
copyright lawsuits, court decisions could be setting precedent for a
judicial bailout.
Yelp: From Scrappy Startup to $100 Million IPO [INFOGRAPHIC]
Yelp will hit the stock market on March 2. Heres a look at how far theyve
come in terms of user growth and revenue.
What Marketers Can Learn From Whole Foods' Organic Approach to Pinterest
Take a look at just how the organic grocery company is targeting users of
Pinterest in a winning way.
How to Fix Microsoft With Marketing
A company cannot be truly effective unless it markets life-improving
products, but Microsoft sees itself as a product engineering organization.
3 Things Retailers Can Learn from Mom and Pop Facebook Stores
Social commerce is thriving. Here are three things small sellers can teach
large retailers about Facebook commerce.
For more business news and resources, you can follow Mashables business
channel on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
Tech Mobile
5 Places to Get Digital Textbooks
The days of shuffling that 10-pound textbook to class or those countless
fiction novels in your backpack are over. Check out these five digital text
services.
The Evolution of Online Travel [INFOGRAPHIC]
From the very first electronic system to the hottest travel websites on the
Internet, heres how weve changed the ways to get away.
5 Ground-Breaking Competitions for Innovative Youth
Hosted by major companies and organizations, these five STEM competitions
are giving young people a chance to innovate.
5 Key Components of a Successful Interest Graph
What's involved when building a complete and expressive interest graph
platform? How can the resulting graph effectively optimize data?
Everything You Need to Know About Wireless Spectrum [INFOGRAPHIC]
Want to know more about spectrum, the invisible signals that wireless
devices such as cell phones rely upon? Look no further.
PlayStation Vita: 15 Games You Can Play at Launch
On Feb. 22, the PlayStation Vita and its games were released in the U.S.
Find out what games you can play.
How Mobile Payments Are Revolutionizing Public Transit
Various countries worldwide are experimenting with new ways to reach out to
travelers and make the payments process a lot easier.
Snow Day: 10 Wonderful Wintery iPhone Photographs
From the first frost through to adventures in sledding via some beautiful
nature scenes, our gallery captures many aspects of wintery weather.
PlayStation Vita: Everything You Need to Know
Mashable answers all your questions about PlayStations new mobile gaming
device, Vita.
Nostalgia Overload: New Tumblr Challenges You to Draw Classic Video Game
Maps From Memory
Mapstalgia is a Tumblr blog where readers submit video game maps theyve
drawn from memory. What is it about game worlds that make them so memorable?
What You Need to Know About Building a Mobile App for Your Brand
So, youre interested in a customized mobile app for your business. Here are
some major points to consider before you start your project.
5 Essential Mobile Apps for Keeping Up With U.S. Politics
Use these five politically-minded apps for your smartphone or tablet to
stay on top of the latest U.S. election and government news.
10 Best Strategy Games for Android
Looking for a mobile gaming fix thats a bit more cerebral? Weve plucked out
the 10 best strategy games from the Android market.
8 Free Apps for Planning Your Perfect Night Out
The weekend is finally here and youre ready for a great time with your
friends. Weve assembled a list of free apps to plan your perfect night out.
Happy Birthday, Steve Jobs: A Look Back at the Man Who Changed Tech
Feb. 24, 2012, would have been Steve Jobss 57th birthday. Wed like to wish
the man who changed the face of technology a happy birthday with some of
our favorite coverage of him throughout the years.
For more tech news and resources, you can follow Mashables tech channel on
Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
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Flickr vs. Pinterest: Flickr Users Can Now Implement Pinterest Opt-Out
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Users on the Yahoo-owned photo social network Flickr can now block
Pinterest aficionados from tacking Flickr pictures onto their beloved
online image boards.
Flickr users can block pinning by changing a Yes to a No in user Privacy
Settings. Simply state No in the area where you Allow others to share your
stuff. The Pinterest nopin code will be enabled.
Flickr has implemented the new tag that Pinterest introduced, and it now
appears on all non-public/non-safe pages, as well as when a member has
disabled sharing of their Flickr content, Jason Khoury, Director of Yahoo!
Global Product Communications told Mashable in an email.
Pinterest users can pin all pictures that are public, but only if sharing
is not prohibited by the images owners.
In an experiment on Flickr, we were able to pin many non-creative-commons
pictures, labelled All Rights Reserved onto our Pinterest pinboards.
SEE ALSO: Sorry, Pinterest Users: Websites Can Now Block Pinning [VIDEO]
Stephen Woods a Flickr web developer told users they would be able to opt
out starting this week. The nopin code was created by Pinterest allows web
publishers, companies and individuals to protect copyrighted content.
The Flickr implementation of the Pinterest opt-out code was first suggested
by a user.
We liked this idea so much we went ahead and did it. The photo page now
includes this tag if you have opted out of sharing (or if it is not a
public photo). Thanks for the suggestion! Woods stated on a Flickr help
section thread.
Meaning, Flickr users will have the power to share photos Pinterest
admirers, or not. Now, Flickrs default setting is to not allow sharing of
images on Pinterest, but that can be easily changed to allow sharing.
The Pinterest opt-out option will prompt a message that says: This site
doesnt allow pinning to Pinterest. Please contact the owner with any
questions. Thanks for visiting!
The two-year-old social bookmarking website that has gained 13 million
users (and counting) in 10 months is gaining naysayers just as quickly
because of copyright issues.
Usually, the pinning action will automatically link back to the original
source of the pin. Pictures are often not credited when a person saves an
image to their desktop and uploads it onto a board from there.
Flickr photographers Mashable contacted for the story had this to say:
Jennifer Sosa, a lifestyle and wedding photographer, has Pinterest and
Flickr accounts.
Back in the day with magazines, you would tear up the magazine and put it
on a bulletin board, Sosa said. Pinterest is a way of categorizing it. I
think its bizarre people see it as a violation of copyright. I see people
pinning my stuff and Im happy.
Lee Cullivan is also a professional photographer on Flickr. He believes
giving users access to a Pinterest opt-out is great.
I think is the right thing to do, he said. As long as my photograph would
be credited, unaltered, and linked back to the Flickr site I wouldnt have a
problem with it.
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Top 10 Tech This Week [PICS]
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1. Playboy Club in Space
Playboy's dreaming up a way to team up with Virgin Galactic for the
ultimate in space tourism: a Playboy Club in Earth's orbit.
The magazine consulted with scientists and futurists to dream up the wild
concept that includes a zero-gravity dance club, weightless human roulette,
and of course, an opportunity to join the space version of the mile-high
club (which might not be as easy as it seems).
You won't be able to book your tickets to this "intergalactic entertainment
destination" just yet. Playboy vows to offer "a party that's out of this
world" as soon as space tourism becomes a reality.
[via Space.com]
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With feet planted firmly on the ground (wearing a new kind of ultralight
Nike shoe), we reach into space once again in this edition of Top 10 Tech
This Week.
In our picture gallery, youll see accessories, technical marvels,
conveniences and innovations youve never dreamed of come to life. And yes,
there is one unusual innovation that some Americans might consider
unnecessary even shocking.
SEE ALSO: Previous editions of Top 10 Tech This Week
Along the way, well get a close-up look at a spectacular new concept car,
accompanied by two bonus pics were sure youll enjoy. So figuratively strap
yourself into our fast-moving bullet train, as we take you from inner space
to outer space and beyond.
Heres last weeks Top 10 Tech.
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Gogobot is Like Pinterest for Your Travels
Posted: 25 Feb 2012 10:28 AM PST
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The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is
made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup
considered for inclusion, please see the details here.
Name: Gogobot
Quick Pitch: A travel planning site sourcing recommendations from your
social network.
Genius Idea: Gogobot is like a Pinterest for vacation travel. You can plan
trips, read friends reviews, see their travel photos and create wish lists.
Travis Katz figures that between all your friends and contacts on Facebook,
theyve collectively traveled to tons of places. So when youre planning a
trip, why not collect that information in one place?
Almost any place you want to go, you probably know someone whos been there,
Katz says.
Gogobot is one of the new integrated Facebook apps announced in January. It
lets you plan a trip using advice, photos and check-ins from Facebook
friends.
One of the cool things about Gogobot is you can verify peoples identities.
Of course, you know your friends, but unlike other travel sites, if you
read a review from a stranger, you can see that reviewers photos, see his
face, know his name and connect on Facebook.
Katz came up with this idea while working for MySpace doing international
business in London. He and his wife were living in London and constantly
traveling around Europe. They would spend an entire weekend day planning a
trip trying to figure out where to stay, what places to see, where to eat
and never knowing if the information on travel websites was up-to-date or
trustworthy.
Katz says they would search for friends who had been to the destination
they were planning to visit. He says he realized how valuable that
information would be all in one place on the Web.
Gogobot unlocks all of this rich information and make it accessible, he
says.
The most popular feature is the Gogobot passport, Katz says. (I had fun
using this feature, too). You can add places youve been, photos youve taken
and write reviews. You can browse through others passports and add those
destinations to your trip. The plus icon means add to my trip, the check
symbol means youve visited that place and clicking the heart will add the
destination to your wish list.
Lets say youre interested in visiting Thailand. Click destination and youll
see a world map. Click on the region youd like to visit, in this case
Thailand. The results show whos visited Thailand a total of 8,714 Gogobot
users. The list begins with the people Im connected with on Gogobot and
then lists strangers. I clicked on the second contact listed, someone I
know. I can see his profile and view the countries hes traveled to by map
or list (Map is easiest if theyve been to a lot of places). He left a photo
of a place he recommends visiting in Thailand: Phang Nga Bay. I can click
on the heart icon on this photo and add this destination to my wish list.
Check-ins on Facebook are also grouped in the passport to create a
comprehensive profile of the places youve visited. This way, you can
capture the smallest details, like where you went to get gelato in Venice.
Katz brought up a good point about check-ins on Facebook and Foursquare
that information gets washed away so quickly. After 30 minutes or so, its
buried in the news feed. On Gogobot, the information is captured in your
profile.
A lot of people have described it as a Pinterest for travel, he says.
The Gogobot mobile app for iOS launched in October. With the current app,
you can take trip plans on-the-go and create digital postcards. It makes it
easy to access phone numbers of the hotels where youre staying, addresses
and other information from travelers on the app. A new version of the app
will be available early next week. The new version will also let you
explore more than 60,000 destinations worldwide and find popular places.
Everything on the list is personalized for you, he says. Results are
different for everyone…friends recommendations will show up first in cities
youre visiting.
Gogobot attracted significant major funding. The company raised $19 million
in venture capital money from Battery Ventures (involved in Angies List and
Groupon), Googles Eric Schmidts Endeavor fund and the GM of Squares.
What do you think about Gogobot? Will you use it? Tell us in the comments.
Series Supported by Microsoft BizSpark
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made possible by Microsoft BizSpark, a startup program that gives you
three-year access to the latest Microsoft development tools, as well as
connecting you to a nationwide network of investors and incubators. There
are no upfront costs, so if your business is privately owned, less than
three years old, and generates less than U.S.$1 million in annual revenue,
you can sign up today.
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When Parents Text: 15 Funniest Picks
Posted: 25 Feb 2012 09:22 AM PST
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1. Flip Phone
Click here to view this gallery.
When Parents Text was launched on Tumblr in the fall of 2010 by Lauren
Kaelin and Sophia Fraioli, then recent college grads.
Less than two years later, the website has received a ton of media
interest Kaelin and Fraioli have published When Parents Text: So Much Said
So Little Understood and are in talks for a TV show.
The blog obviously resonates with its audience and for good reason.
Parental texting is almost always funny, says Fraioli. We usually laugh the
hardest at the complete misunderstandings that tend to take place on our
site. Sometimes these misunderstandings are caused by technological
fumbles, but more often then not, they highlight a generational and
technological divide that exists between parents and their kids. Most of us
can relate to our parents just, not getting it, and that tends to be where
hilarity ensues.
SEE ALSO: Damn You Auto Correct Founder Picks 12 Funniest Texts Ever
We asked the blogs founders to pick their favorite WPT submissions. Take a
look through the gallery for Lauren and Sophias choices. Let us know in the
comments if your parents have got the hang of SMS or whether you wish they
hadnt!
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QR Codes Connect Art on the Wall With Music on Your iPhone
Posted: 25 Feb 2012 08:20 AM PST
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Portuguese artist Nuno Serrão wants to make art viewing more stimulating by
incorporating music through an iPhone app and QR codes.
The artists photography exhibit called Project Paperclip is currently
housed at the Centro das Artes in Madeira Island, Portugal. People can walk
in and do something usually discouraged at galleries wear headphones and
listen to music while taking in the images.
It can carry you to a different interpretation of that moment in the frame,
Serrão, who has a background in programming, design and music, told
Mashable. All the pictures are inspired by science, curiosity and
imagination.
People can experience it by downloading the free Project Paperclip app. The
app developed especially for this exhibit scans the QR scans very easily,
connecting to musical airwaves. Try it online, where a few images from the
Project Paperclip are viewable.
The QR codes are used to unlock the soundscapes so that the viewer has
access to the reactive soundscapes designed for that photo, he said as he
explained how the idea evolved.
The experience at the gallery or using the app outside the exhibit will be
different for everyone. The soundtracks will change depending on when and
where you open the application. Your voice, level of noise in the room,
movement, and location will set off different sounds, according to the
artist.
This gallery is the first augmented reality art exhibit, revolving around a
Cold War theme chosen because it is interesting from a cultural,
scientific and political standpoint.
SEE ALSO: Rooftop QR Codes Aim to Infiltrate Google Maps
There has been an incredible wave of great feedback, Ive been following
mostly on Twitter, said Serrão, who hopes to bring the augmented reality
art experience to international audiences.
The photos are surreal, especially with the pairing of soundtracks. The
artist captured natural sound where photos were taken, plus sounds captured
later and mixed in.
I think I feel in love with the concept of joining art forms when I read a
book [by] Arthur C. Clark called The Songs of Distant Earth, he said,
mentioning the 1986 science fiction novel that eventually was sold with a
CD based on the book after 1994.
The 16-photograph exhibit opened Feb. 11 and will be available until April
29. The app is currently only available for iPhone 3 and later.
Image courtesy of DiscloseProjectPaperclip.com
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Dyson, the company that makes all those expensive and attractive vacuums
and fans, has done it again. That is, its rolled out another vacuum cleaner
you might not buy but sucks up dirt in novel ways.
The Dyson DC39, unveiled today, looks similar to the companys previous
compact cylinder vacuums, but its actually quite different. The DC39
reinvents the Dyson Ball design thats in some of Dysons stand-up models and
modifies it for the small form factor of a canister vacuum. Dyson says its
engineers spent three years creating the design, a good chunk of which was
spent modifying and miniaturizing components of the Ball.
The result of those labors is a cylinder vacuum that Dyson says is its most
maneuverable yet. If youve ever had the experience of getting your vacuum
cleaner caught or worse, toppled over because youve rounded a corner, the
DC39 is designed to stay upright even when you get rambunctious with it.
SEE ALSO: Dyson's New Space Heater Is Stylish, but Expensive [VIDEO]
The whole vacuum mechanism is contained in a sphere-shaped canister that
measures about a foot in diameter. Inside is everything from the motor to
the storage cavity for the power cable. Of course, it features Dysons
patented suction tech that you always hear about in the commercials, which
is said to move air a centrifugal force thats 100,000 times the force of
gravity.
How does Dyson build such a powerful vacuum in such a small space? Check
out our in-depth look at a cutaway sample of the brand-new Dyson Ball in
the gallery below.
They Dyson DC39 will go on sale in mid-March for the tidy sum of $450.
Theres also a variant called the DC39 Animal thats purple-colored, comes
with an attachment for picking up cat hair and costs $500.
How do you like Dysons new vacuum? Is it something youre interested in, or
are you holding out for the Dyson version of the Roomba? Sound off in the
comments.
Dyson DC39
The DC39 ($450) is Dyson's latest vacuum. Dyson says its engineers spent
three years figuring out how to miniaturize all the components of a vacuum
cleaner so they would fit in the floor vacuum version of the Dyson Ball.
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