Stuff I’ve watched or that’s still to watch…

Final Edition from Matthew Roberts on Vimeo.

Yes, we’ll see probably more of this (via).

Using biometrics to authenticat is a bad idea… your “token” can be stolen and… you only have a limited number of them (typically one ).  Check out this essay on Why Identity and Authentication Must Remain Distinct. Via ReadWriteWeb.

Based on your location, your phone will show your surroundings with a Wikipedia-fed information overlay.  Powerful visual execution of the idea behind WikiNear.

(More here, via Between Brackets, an excellent blog on mobile and socialmedia trends)

Not available on the Iphone yet though. More here.

Update: given the sensitivity of location info, Google made sure to add a privacy video as well:

I guess the main problem will not be that users do not have control over what they share or not… just like in Social networking sites, it might become socially awkward not to share back when someone requests access to your info. So you ‘ll end up sharing location info to a much larger audience than you initially had in mind…

(via a @sanderhoogendoorn’s tweet)

Probably not the best presentation on presenting, but hey, it’s only 7 minutes!

Source in Dutch:

Het was na het optreden slechts een kwestie van tijd voordat de clip op YouTube zou verschijnen. Zeker omdat Lessig aangaf dat hij het goed zou vinden als mensen het interview zouden remixen en Colbert erg opzichtig bezwaar maakte.
Ik vind de kwaliteit van de remixes nog niet echt zo vreselijk hoog. Maar je kunt hier en hier twee versies bekijken en hier kun je er een heleboel beluisteren.

Presentation from Vizedu.com – they host it themselves using .swf – wondering how the presentation has been created.