“Wiiteboard” — Wiimote powered virtual whiteboard
I was chatting with some friends about working from home/working remotely came up. I mentioned that one of the big pieces missing is a way to whiteboard. Whiteboards are one of the best ways to share ideas and conversate. A friend mentioned that he saw a youtube clip of a guy that took the Wiimote and programmed some software to turn it into a tool for a virtual whiteboard. It’s not networked yet but you could easily see the potential of a networked version of this “Wiiteboard”. Check it out!
The guy behind this technology, Johnny Lee, has some other very cool Wiimote projects that you should check out too!
This post could save ‘This American Life’ $75,000 in bandwidth costs
I am a fan of Ira Glass’ “This American Life“. The show is a great combination of honesty and insight with a healthy dose of hilarity. It’s great. And its available from iTunes and directly from the ThisAmericanLife.org website.
I am writing about it because in episode #345 (12/16/07) before the show starts, Ira gets on and asks for donations because the show spends about $152,000 in bandwidth costs per year in order to distribute the podcast at no cost to the listener. I ran some numbers and I think they are overpaying by about $75,000!
Here’s how…