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Analysis, views, and opinions on technology, innovation, and societyAI Short Video Generators: Streamlining Content Creation
The Rise of AI-Generated Video Shorts: Streamlining Content Creation Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of digital content creation, the emergence of AI-powered video generation has revolutionized the way we approach video production. As the demand for video...
Accelerating SaaS Development with Quapp
Accelerating SaaS Development with Quapp Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, the demand for efficient and scalable solutions has never been more crucial. As businesses strive to stay ahead of the curve, the need for a comprehensive...
Comparative Analysis of Open-Source AI Agent Libraries
Comparing Agentic, Axllm, Instructor, GPT-Researcher, and LangChain: An In-Depth Analysis of Open-Source AI Libraries Date: 08/07/2024 Introduction In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), open-source AI libraries have become crucial tools...
Introducing LabelLens: Your Smart Guide to Healthier Food and Product Choices
Introducing LabelLens: Your Smart Guide to Healthier Food Choices In today's world of endless food options, making informed decisions about what we eat has never been more important - or more challenging. Enter LabelLens, an innovative web app designed to demystify...
Full Flap Boogie
https://youtu.be/wFgUZ1-do3M Touring the world with Location Manager for some Full Flap Boogie action in the Got Friends DoubleEnder. Content Links: Location Manager: https://sonicviz.com/project/location-manager/ DoubleEnder:...
The Power of Repetition and Interleaved Learning in MSFS
Today I want to talk about how repetition and interleaved learning can help you master the sim piloting skills of take offs and landings using MSFS. Repetition is the act of doing something over and over again until it becomes automatic. Interleaved learning is the...
From Flight Sim to Digital Twin: The Evolution of MSFS
I recently gave a talk about past, present, future of MSFS at Nerd Nite Tokyo, titled “From Flight Sim to Digital Twin: The Evolution of MSFS” There’s a lot of things that you could talk about when projecting the future of what MSFS could be, based on the progress...
Location Manager for MSFS – Development Overview
Location Manager for MSFS - The Challenge of Enhancing the UI/UX Following on from my previous post about Aircraft Manager for MSFS – Development Overview , here is a short overview of how the development of Location Manager panned out. To recap what the problem is:...
Aircraft Manager for MSFS – Development Overview
Enhancing the MSFS UI & UX to solve the Aircraft Management Problem. MSFS (Microsoft Flight simulator) has been a going concern for 40 years, with some ups and downs along the way, and the latest iteration launched in 2020 is revolutionizing the flight simulation...
Immersive Audio and Musical AI
The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie. George Lucas As it is in games, I would also say the same for emerging mediums such as VR, AR, and MX. I've been working recently on a couple of projects related to a few different areas, such as: Immersive...
Chatbot development with Azure Bot Service
Chatbot development and deployment There's a lot of hype at the moment about AI in general, and chatbot's being the next big "app market". Reality is the tech is still very immature and there are not a lot of use cases where the chatbot workflow is a better UX than...
Earthquake Data Scope
Interactive Data Visualization & Exploration I recently attended the Rakuten Technology Conference 2016 and saw a very interesting presentation from Erik Berlow titled "Next-Generation Interfaces for Thinking with Data", which was about data scope interfaces. I'm...
Internationalizing Meteor with Universe:i18n
What is Internationalization? Internationalization: Internationalization is the design and development of a product, application or document content that enables easy localization for target audiences that vary in culture, region, or language....
Cognitive Technology – a Quickstart Guide Infographic
"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" HAL 9000 Cognitive Technology, Smart Apps, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence...the list of new technology buzz goes on and on. But what do they actually mean? Cognitive Technology Infographic Here's an infographic to...
3 Key Reasons Digital Transformation Projects Fail
Digital Strategy drives Digital Transformation, not Technology Digital technology changes quickly, and this can impact your business dramatically if you’re not ready. Digital Transformation is the process of taking your Digital Strategy and applying it to your...
Technology is Changing The World of Work
The speed of technology change is happening faster than ever before. The social change as a result creates both opportunities and threats. The impact on business can be seen in areas from recruitment to customers to operations. What is your Digital Strategy in...
Quickstart Digital Strategy
A quickstart course on Digital Strategy to learn how to successfully transform your business with digital technologies. Learn the concepts, processes, and tools to create a Digital Strategy for your business. Available now...
Meteor.js – A New Paradigm for Connected Client Apps
I recently wrote a high level overview of Meteor and evaluating it for your project's use case. "Meteor.js is one of the most exciting new developments in the continually evolving technology landscape for full-stack web & hybrid app developers. Sometimes, the...
Better Parenting Through Technology – Part 1
I've started a new website for 2015 focused on coplay, game-based learning, and music neuroscience. These areas are particularly important for early childhood learning, but can also be applied across the age spectrum. Check it out at coplay.ninja