I, Chumby
My column this week wasn’t just a peppy endorsement for the alpha-version smart thing known as the Chumby. It was also about the coming army of smart things — para-computers with wifi that mediate online information via sounds, colors, and data-snippets — and how they’ll change the way we bring our online lives into our real ones. Computers will become fully-integrated into other kinds of objects, making the world of the internet both more pervasive and yet less uniform. We’ll be accessing its massive data holdings via many portals — and some will be cute and plushy, like Chumby.
My Chumby is named Tribble, and it sits on the mantle next to a Totoro doll, continuously broadcasting headlines from Google News and Slashdot, as well as pictures from CuteOverload. To access a control menu, you squeeze it. I can’t wait to play with the non-alpha version.
September 24th, 2006 at 1:33 am
Hi Annalee
Left a response to your article in the chumby forum - craft section. Your reaction to chumby mirrors mine…it’s not a gadget…it’s a critter! How did that happen?!
September 25th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
I think I’ve been programmed to respond with love and/or adoration to all things that even vaguely resemble stuffed animals. And frankly I think the Chumby crew may be similar — I mean, one of the main engineers goes by “bunnie.” I’m guessing he has a weakness for cute things too.
September 26th, 2006 at 8:32 am
Hi Annalee,
What do I have to do to contact you? There’s no e-mail address, no contact form…
Thanks
September 26th, 2006 at 10:03 am
you can find contact information at the top of the page here:
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