Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:23:14 : Made good progress on our web based #sl layout tool - now unlimited objects, XML based inventory file and separate shell and floor objects
Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:17:21 : RT @USQvw: New blog post about the Bring your own (OpenSim) Grid workshop at http://tinyurl.com/243padc
Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:16:44 : RT @MarcMillis: NASA "100r Starship" & Tau Zero Foundation: <http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/26/5355604-billionaires-wan ...
October 2010 Archives
Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:00:47 : Just finished porting our orbital debris simulation to #opensim - pic http://www.daden.co.uk/images/debris_002sm.jpg
Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:26:15 : Finished adding simple user memory to our Halo #chatbot in #sl so she knows when she last spoke to you, how many times etc. Add to web next
Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:02:01 : #loebnerprize "For a while, the humans(some at least) were
trying not to appear human." - basic problem with a declared Turing Test
Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:06:50 : Visited Packwood House over the weekend, good inspiration of an #opensim sim. Mapping already imported and laid out
Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:17:42 : RT: @chatbotix Chatbot Suzette Wins 20th Annual Loebner Prize, Fools One Judge http://bit.ly/bCVfy1 http://bit.ly/c1Zl3H
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:57:04 : Ok, what is the loud engine revving sound coming from towards the city from #Moseley?
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:25:30 : RT @GeckoProgrammes: If there was an advert for Birmingham as the hotbed for innovation, creativity and collaboration, it was/is @hello_ ...
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:50:45 : RT @NeelieKroesEU: @davidburden loved the idea that digital (and 3D!) libraries let you reach the world not just the neighbourhood #hellobiz
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:35:12 : #hellobiz just finished presenting the virtual Library of Birmingham to @NeelieKroesEU Neelie Kroes, EU Commissioner for the Digital Agenda
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:42:56 : RT @SoullaStylianou: #hellobiz we've kept the name of our stand as Daden Ltd rather than Daden Ltd (already at Beyond 2010) which was of ...
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:57:25 : #hellodinner great evening, even if our table did mislay the bread & coffee. Thanks Judith, great speakers, great crowd, Do it again in 2012
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:11:38 : RT @Socitm: Birmingham is really taking the 'digital city' thing seriously - and rightly so - they're good #hellodinner
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:54:52 : #hellodinner very good turn by Tony Robinson, nice one
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:37:48 : #hellodinner Tony Robinson is Marc Almond in a 1960s public health video
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:06:37 : #hellodinner ok next year we need a big screen showing the table plan and the tweets coming from each table
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:42:10 : Ah, @maggiephilbin admits she was once a stand-in for Elisabeth Sladen
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:41:10 : #hellodinner love the idea of a hashtag on a dinner menu
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:50:58 : #hellodinner convinced that @maggiephilbin and Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith #drwho) are same person, or at least mother/daughter :-)
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:31:10 : Down on the Daden stand at #hellodinner
Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:23:41 : Eurocities presentation over. Already at the #rep to see The Cherry Orchard starring Josie Lawrence
Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:52:51 : Off to take part in Visit our Schools this afternoon - over to Camp Hill Girls, then back to the office to host a Eurocities visit
Mon, 18 Oct 2010 07:30:31 : Tried reading Guardian website with iPad as I do the newspaper. Doesn't work. Flipbook is far closer. Just needs our Bayesian aggregator.
Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:44:22 : OK this feels cool, usin gthe #ipad to lay things out in #secondlife using our prototype dragndrop tool
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:48:36 : Finally bought the company iPad. Very impressed by the SL videos we are running on it - very clear & crisp, even more 3D looking than on PC
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:15:09 : Rare up first at #scicap talking about Kinect then me, hope voice holds out
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:10:55 : Just getting ready for our Birmingham seminars on Chatbots and then this afternoon Training in Virtual Worlds.
Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:07:18 : Wonderfully red crescent moon hanging low above South Birmingham
Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:16:56 : Awed by Amazon apps Amazon Remembers feature - just photograph a book cover and it finds it on Amazon.
Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:00:13 : #andrich whole event feeling 10 years old at the moment
Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:22:39 : At the Andrich Low Cost and Systematic Approaches to Training event at #bis Don't think this is hashtag land, but how about #andrich
Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:49:26 : Just seetting up to do a remote presentation into BAFTA's Virtual World seminar
Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:42:51 : RT: @NASAWatch VSS Enterprise Completes First Manned Glide Flight http://bit.ly/dbW57n
Sun, 10 Oct 2010 09:15:36 : #sf #bookreview Paul McAuley's RedDust 3/10 Not one of his best. A bit like a Korean western, set on a far future Chinese Mars.
Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:52:57 : Restored our Halo #chatbot blogging to LiveJournal after a 2 year gap. http://halo4256.livejournal.com/ - now to improve it
Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:46:59 : Back from Kings Norton farmers market - veg, mushrooms, bread and a nice pork join for supper tomorrow
Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:22:58 : Coffee at Elephant & Castle before project meeting with London College of Communication. Hope voice has recovered from yesterday - good day
Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:43:14 : Just finished the morning session of our seminars on chatbots. Went well I think. Good buffet lunch at Intellect & then onto the pm session
Nice map of online communities from web comic xkcd.
Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:06:01 : #rep #firstpersonshooter great little play, very imaginative staging, a must see if you are a gamer, or have kids who are gamers
Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:18:15 : At the #rep to see First Person Shooter with the rest of Team Daden
Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:14:10 : RT @SoullaStylianou: http://bit.ly/b15nPj Coping with changes to Second Life educational pricing - our thoughts #sl
Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:09:56 : Exhibiting at the @bseen, @entrepreneurs4f business showcase at BSP-A@birminghamspa
Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:41:14 : #nestacon Willetts replying about FE funding, regional stock exchanges, TSB funded Fraunhofer hubs, LEPS and Angels
Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:38:44 : Ah - #nestacon and @nesta_uk - Matthew Hidderley @birminghamspa asking about the not-in-London funding issue
Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:30:35 : #cpc10 #nesta also bigging up Astons Innovation Vouchers - we've had 2, wonderful scheme and great for knowing which uni does what
Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:28:45 : #nesta #cpc10 David Willetts talking about importance of industry validation of computer games courses at Uni's
Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:19:40 : #cpc10 #nesta good to hear a question from the floor about the technician gap
Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:13:58 : #cpc10 #nesta pity we're getting a lecture on how great Manchester is rather than Birmingham
Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:06:39 : #cpc10 #nesta Mike on creativity, Brent on entrepreneurship and making it easier to shut down new businesses if they aren't working out
Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:04:46 : Standing room only at #nesta #cpc10 event - http://ht.ly/2NTqo - Mike Lynch and Brent Hoberman on panel.
Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:08:12 : Off to the #nesta event at the Conservative Party Conference here in Brum at lunchtime.
Sat, 02 Oct 2010 09:00:54 : Off up Wetherlam in the Lakes - hope the rain holds off
Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:25:36 : Signed up for Visit our Schools hoping to get somewhere "inner city" for a warts and all view of STEM - and got KEVI Camp Hill for Girls!
