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Want to play with the Linux Gumstix? | Dan | Thought PieThought Pie are looking for a Linux developer to play around with our Gumstix!
The device is a fun Bluetooth box from America which is about as big as a Sony Ericsonn k800i and runs… Linux.
If you fancy coming in and having a go then mail Dan (Thought Den) and maybe you could help us with the Happy Fountains program.
Pervasive Fatigue | Dan | Thought PieThe ideas for Happy Packages could be great or they may stink, but hell it's a research project and that's what Thought Pie are meant to be finding out. Either way, no matter how good the implementation and delivery, something we'll have to be wary of is Pervasive Fatigue.
The Situation
People who are constantly bombarded with repeated Bluetooth requests every time they walk past Co-op's Bluetooth gopping device are slowly or possibly very quickly going to get annoyed with the vibration in the pocket requiring their attention. It's just bad etiquette to interrupt someone with something un-expected and then probably ask them again the next day. So if during their personal time, while a client is choosing a sandwich, they're re-asked to about downloading something, are we providing them with some very simple and mostly detrimental choices, get it, ignore it or turn their Bluetooth off.
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Anyone for a Gumstix? | Dan | Thought PieOur new bit of lovely Bluetooth equipment arrived today, a Gumstix "Proximity Marketing device"!
This box will be able to push out files over Bluetooth to enabled devices and comes with a mini antenna and some fun Bubble-wrap!Read the rest of this entry »
Field Research, part 3, Distance | Dan | Thought PieToday we checked the distance we can deliver our content from when broadcasting from a raised position in the office.
Field Research, Part 1, Chased by 'fanny'! | Dan | Thought PieWow, what a lovely day it was Wednesday the 30th!
So not a good day for Thought Den and Mobile Pie to stay in, and as such we headed out into the big wide "real" world to do some initial Gopping tests.
We mainly focused on a few areas around town Fountains, KFC, Galleries and the Watershed (for drinks) in the hope all these areas would pull in splendid results like, every-one accepting the file we bluetoothed to them and then bought us drinks 'cos we were so clever.
How-ever,
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