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Happy Long Weekend Rozbloggists!

Just came across this neat piece of software through a tweet from my pal @embee. It’s a fun little app called TweetStats that allows you to see when, where and what you tweet, just by dropping in your Twitter username and hitting ‘ENTER’.

The coolest thing about TweetStats, though, is its abilty to generate a ‘TweetCloud’ that shows you what words you most send out into the world wide interwebs.

Kind of a half-page snapshot of your mental state over the duration of your Twitter addiction.

On a side note - @leanneallen and @wmacphail: you’ll be happy to see that “Mayer” is low on my list, relative to “LOLLL” and “awesome.” LOL!

Enjoy and happy T-Giv all!

Roz

Wow you guys, this is really amazing. If you’ve ever worked with graphics or text, or are even just a Flickr geek… you are going to fall to the floor with delight when you see this demo of Photosynth, from Microsoft Live Labs architect Blaise Aguera y Arcas - courtesy of Ted.com.

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Spotted on my way to the subway line this morning, this beautiful piece of gear.. in it’s natural habitat - on set.

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The new Sony Z7U - amazing little piece of technology. Records to tape and compact flash cards simultaneously, native 24P, interchangeable lenses, smooth slow record… OK, I’m geeking out.

If you want to know more, check out the official site here. Time to put this baby to use!

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Picked up all the gear for the MaRS Centre today, including our new Sony Z7U. I guess this means I have to start working now.

Hey gang!

So I’m very excited that one of my first interviews in my role as “Online Content Producer” at MaRS is with Wordpress founding developer Matt Mullenweg. He’s appearing at WordCamp 2008 in Toronto, and I’ll be showing up, Sony Z7U and microphone in hand.

But I’m a bit nervous about the line of questioning, seeings as I’m not an open source software developer.

I’m lucky that through my position I’m able to liase with brilliant minds like Paul Jara from 43n79w.com .. and he’s given me this preliminary list of questions to ask Matt. But thought I’d ask you - the WordPress community as well.

Any questions you’d like me to ask Mr. Mullenweg?? Let’s crowdsource.

Here’s the line of questioning so far:

1. The project was criticized by a number of security experts and even a member of PHP’s core team. They argued that the code was difficult to maintain and extend without introducing new security bugs. Do you think that was a fair assessment and if so, what measures have been taken to address these concerns?

2.  Every successful open source project tends to have a figurehead, a face that is synonymous with the project. Speaking as a developer, what is it like being that figurehead? Do you sometimes wish you did not have to attend all of the PR events and could just code more on the project?

3. The ability to blog on-the-go is now within the reach of anyone with a smart phone. How do you see increasingly cheaper and more powerful smart phones changing the way people use WordPress and what they demand of it?

4. More people are beginning to use WordPress as a content management system instead of simply as a blogging tool. How do you introduce more features into WordPress, so that it becomes more of a CMS, without losing focus on its core strengths?

5. It is one thing to lead an open source project and collaborate with people from all over the world. But what is it like to lead Automattic, the company you started, where your workers are located all around the world? There would appear to be all sorts of legal, collaborative, and logistical difficulties in operating a company this way.

Pretty comprehensive, I know. And my time will be short, to be sure. But just thought I’d put it out there. Any fun, little known tidbits you’d like to me to pose? Love to hear your feedback!

Cheers,

Roz

Quick little video shot with the Flip, on location at Hollywoodland Wax Museum in Niagara Falls.

My super quick once-over of the “Kid’s Cabin” suite at Great Wolf Lodge, shot with the Flip Video. More thorough review to come in a day or so. In the meantime feel free to check out my comprehensive photoset at Flickr!

Mr. P’s thumbs up, thumbs down review of a few slides at Great Wolf Lodge. Shot on a Flip Video.

Shot on a Flip Video in a waterproof case, on location at Great Wolf Lodge - Niagara Falls.