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The Future Starts Here

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In 1996, before we had a real grasp of what “viral” would come to mean, Tiffany Shlain started a little thing called the Webby Awards and it quickly grew. Some 17 years later, having experienced success many times, Tiffany is embarking on a new adventure with her show, The Future Starts Here. I’m not yet sure what to expect of the new show which premieres Friday, October 11th, but watch the trailer below for yourself.

The Future Starts Here With Tiffany Shlain – Sizzle Reel

While I look forward to checking out the new show, I found myself sucked in by a couple other shows on AOL’s On Originals. The first caught my eye because I love the crowdfunding concept. It’s called Funded and the first episode hits home because it shares a much more uplifting image of Detroit by showcasing Detroit Soup.

Another show I’ll be watching often is iJustine’s Hardwired, where she talks about some pretty cool wearable tech. I have a project you might like, Justine.

Which show will you watch?

Projecteo Instagram Projector Review

I’m sure that by now, you’ve heard of Instagram, the social photography app that took the iPhone community by storm. One of the things that made it a hit was the ability to add effects to photos right in the app. We take photos for ourselves, but I today’s social-driven web, sharing has become just as important. The next progression is might be to bring some of that sharing back to the offline world. Projecteo thinks so, anyway.

Started as a Kickstarter project, Projecteo hoped to raise $18,000 to get started and wound up with more than $87,000 from backers. Projecteo is a miniature projector for your Instagram images. It passes LED light through a tiny image wheel to project it onto just about any surface. To get one you just head to the website, connect to your Intagram account and choose nine photos you want on your wheel. After that, $34.99 and a short wait for the free shipping is all that stands between you and your itty-bitty projector to show off your photos.

Projecteo sent me one to play with, so I chose some of my photos and took it for a test drive. Check out the video below.

Now that the manufacturing is out of the way, I wonder if there’s plans to move beyond Instagram. Perhaps, in the future, we’ll be able to fill reels with our favorite photos from Flickr and Facebook? For now, $34.99 is a fair price for a pocket projector that lets me have my own little slide show wherever I go.

Mini Me – Card Stock Mode

A few years ago, I Got my first 3d version of myself in the mail. Had I bought it, I figured the cost to be about $80. Last week, I got a much more affordable version from Foldable.me.

While this one is not nearly as life-like, it does have some likeness and a bit of character. And this one runs $11.99 with free shipping. Although I didn’t have to do anything for my own Foldable.me, I played around with the interface for a while and was pretty impressed. What could have been just a cute idea with a clunky interface was instead built into a very friendly site that makes the process really easy. There’s a lot of “me” configurations to choose from as well. As I said, I didn’t do any work on my own, so what was sent to me was a result of someone at Foldable.me using their web interface to generate my likeness on paper.

Early on, I got stuck and wondered how to proceed, but a handy video on the site showed me exactly how it went together and helped me avoid any further confusion. Not too shabby for twelve bucks. Check out the video below as I build my paper mini me.