Playing The Go Game
Despite the cold and the rain (check out my awesome rain boots, huh?) I set out to visit the HQ for the Go Game, a company that specializes in creating team building events and get-togethers. From their website:
The Go Game stages technology-fueled, creative games and activities for team building, marketing programs, sales training and just pure fun. Based in San Francisco, we stage unique, interactive events and scavenger hunts for groups of 3 to 10,000 players anywhere in the world
Joined by some of my friends, including my endlessly patient partner-in-crime Ryan Block, we traveled around the Mission district of San Francisco, completing quests and finding clues. Check out the video to see who was victorious!
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LG Speed Texting World Cup
On one of my recent NYC trips, I drove over to Gotham Hall to watch the LG Speed Texting World Cup! I consider myself a pretty fast typer on the iPhone ( bad autocorrects and all) but these competitors blow everyone out of the water. I say they have an advantage using phones with keyboards, but I’m biased.
I don’t want to spoil the ending for you too much, so check out my latest episode of Tech Unexpected for Cruze-arati.com. See what all the other Cruzearatis are up to on Twitter too!
And this should go without saying, but never text and drive at the same time!
Let me know on Twitter what kind of phone/keyboard you would use in a competition! Just use the hashtag #cruzearati.
Getting a look at the Looxcie
There’s no shortage of ways to capture video clips these days: smart phones, Flip cameras, dSLRs… they can all take good quality video that can easily be uploaded to YouTube or Facebook to share with your friends and family. The downside? It’s an active process. You have to concentrate on getting the shot you want, instead of actually enjoying the moment you’re trying to capture.
On this episode of Tech Unexpected, I take a look at the Looxcie Wearable Camcorder. It sits on your ear like a Bluetooth headset (which technically, it is), and you can use your iPhone or Android device as a remote control to record and play the videos, and to trim the clips and send them off into the Internet aether once you’re done.
Is this something you would want to use? What would you use it to capture? I can also see it being very useful to record concerts or sporting events. At $199, is this something you would integrate into your tech collection?
If you do get one, show it off! Just take a video with your Looxcie camera, upload it to YouTube and tweet us the link to @Cruzearati with the hashtag #LooxcieHere.
Oh, and P.S: When I told Devo she could be internet famous “too,” I was referring to her becoming famous like Mr. Littlejeans. He’s extremely famous on the internet.
My stop at TechShop!
A few weeks ago, I “cruzed” on down (sorry, it was too easy to pass up) to Menlo Park to visit TechShop, an awesome space where inventors and innovators come together to cook up some really great ideas. You know how everyone whines about it being the future, and “where is my jetpack?” and all that? Well, we got your jetpack right here, baby!
Check out the video below, and head over to Cruze-arati.com for all the videos from my friends! Here are some photos from the shoot on Flickr as well.
Let me know what cool places you think we should check out on a future episode! Email them to submit@cruze-arati.com or send us a Twitter reply at @cruzearati!