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Paper documents made searchable

I use the tool Evernote on my iPhone and my desktop computers. It’s pretty nice. You can upload “notes” such as PDFs or images from your desk or from the phone, and the software makes them all searchable and syncs all data between all the different places where you use it. It OCRs photos, so […]

Posted 15 July 2009 † johan § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: ,

Software roundup

I enjoy experimenting with new software  just to see what people come up with. There’s just so much unknown software to discover. I suspect most people find something they like and then stick with it until it doesn’t work anymore, but there’s something to be said for proactively replacing your software and searching for better […]

Posted 21 June 2009 † johan § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Computing in and with the physical world

Computers are connected to people, and to the physical world, through input/output devices. These are not just keyboards, mice, monitors, printers etc, but also various sensors, e.g. temperature, light, movement sensors and video cameras, and output devices like industrial control systems or robots. Every day, we increase the extent of what computers can observe, and […]

Posted 11 June 2009 † johan § Computer science § Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,