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I’m a university student in marketing currently working on a school project. I am required to do some research on social media and I was hoping I’d be able to talk to someone who is involved in your website’s digital publishing or audience engagement. Maybe a site manager or product manager would be wonderful. I have chosen the “Do It Yourself” industry, because it is of great interest to me and your website has caught my eye. I’d really appreciate any feedback you can offer me to help me proceed with my research and a phone conversation would be even better. It would only take 5 minutes of your time to answer 5 of my simple questions. If you are unable to contact me, please see the following questions below, and you may reply the answers to me via email at [falsabag@ryerson.ca]. If you would like me to call you instead, I’d be more than happy to, just as long as you provide me with your number. I will provide my number if you want that too.  1) Would you say that your company has an established social strategy? 2) Do you believe that keeping consumers engaged on your site is beneficial? 3) How is your company’s social strategy measured? 4) Do you currently have commenting tools for the content your site generates? a. If yes i. Who are you currently using? ii. Are you happy with the level of engagement being delivered? iii. What is best part of the service being provided? iv. Does your current provider offer analytics? v. Are you using any other social media analytic tools? vi. What is the one feature that you believe is missing with the current offering? vii. What price range is your current service in – set range? b. If No i. Are you aware that there are platforms that allow you to generate comments from content that you create greater engagement? ii. Would capturing data from those who visit and interact with your site be beneficial to your organization? iii. Would your organization value real time analytics and commentary from your content consumers? 5) Thank you for taking the time to answer my survey.  Would you like someone to contact you regarding potential social engagement solutions? If so, may I have your contact information, such as your name and phone number.

Hackerspaces have gotten pretty popular among makers across the world. They are a great place to borrow tools and share knowledge. But what about people that don't have local hackerspaces? The solution: social network. Digital hackerspaces! Great for people that don't have physical buildings, or can't afford to round one up.  If you think about it, that's what instructables is! The idea is to have video chat and forums to share knowledge for projects. If you guys would voice your ideas, that would be great!

I would love a button that would enable you to easily share a contest win on social media. Yes, I can type one up and post it, but share buttons are so nice in the way that they compose a simple message for you and provide an image. It would be another opportunity for Instructables to use social media to advertise contests and sponsors. The message could be something like "I just won some great prizes from ____ in the ____ contest on Instructables." It would also be an opportunity for us to thank and share some victory with our friends that support us. 

Hello everybody!!  I wanted o have a goup in mobile applications.  Like Telegram, viber, whatsapp, or ...  for example a Programming and computer group.  Who wants to?! Let's make a group!!  :-))

Well I've been conducting a secret social experiment using shopping bags and the environmental topics everywhere as a media for this to happen. Basically my plan was to see if I could affect the decision of whether or not to take a bag when it's not completely necessary, to change the course of decision I used different phrases and tried to get a more accurate measure by choosing the same people that come in for milk or bread each day.The phrases are:'Would you like a bag?''Do you want a bag''Do you need a bag?''Wee bag there, mate?'Bag?'The results were really quite interesting, the one putting emphasis on need (very subtlety) reduced bag takings by over half in a day, whereas 'Wee bag there, mate?' produced a very high bag taking day because it detracts from the bags impact as an object. The other things I found was that it's actually possible to control some customers bag taking completely, there's a customer that comes in every day to get milk and I have managed to control his bag taking with about a 95% success rate, so shopkeepers unite and we can eradicate unnecessary bag taking, thereby reducing the majority of plastic bags that end up in the street and ocean, landfills are another story, thankfully my stores bags are fully biodegradable...What do you make of all this, and is it possibly a bit much power to give to a shop worker...On another note I have curtailed the efforts of one customer I know as the bag thief, he used to take five or six for various uses, through gentle shame jibing he's now down to one.

Howdy, I've built a follow-up to my garduino project that I'm really excited about. Called growerbot, it's a fully-automated, wifi-connected, open-source gardening assistant. Check it out on kickstarter, and please let me know any ideas to improve it! -Luke  lukeiseman.com

Hi everyone, I have been working on an idea for a new type of electronic creative art form. Social media has increasingly become cloud and computer-based, enabling people to network and share ideas and concepts online with others from around the world; this community is an excellent example of the power of electronics in fostering shared creativity. Art has always been an important aspect of society, bringing people together through the power of self-expression. In recent years, graffiti parks have become a popular method for communities to express themselves in a constructive way. In the area of electronics, circuitry and robotics have become increasingly accessible through open-source programs such as Arduino, enabling anyone to build complex and beautiful projects in their own garages (or anywhere!). This idea focuses on blending the social aspect of conventional art mediums with the untapped potential of electronic technology. One new technology in particular that has taken the first step towards merging the different fields of creativity is conductive ink and paint, created by Bare Conductive. This graphene-based material enables users to paint circuits and electrical systems onto most surfaces, opening up the entire world as a building area. Essentially, this is the focus of the idea- creative communities making the world their canvas through the power of conductive ink and open-source electronics tools. Imagine the possibilites! Walls covered with lights that can be activated by touching a drawn image, buildings covered with playable arcade games and interactive media, and childrens' parks with community-sourced learning tools on the play area! Of course, there's another aspect here; the social possibilities. See a circuit that someone didn't ever finish, or a piece of electronic art that you wanted to expand? Whip out your Arduino kit and ink bottle, and draw it in! Every wall would tell a story, and it would never stop growing. Our imaginations would be the only limit... What does everyone think of this idea? Let me know any thoughts or input you might have!

How do i unblock facebook or myspace while i am at home on the school computers?

Hi friends! :D I'm starting a new project with a couple of friends: Buddies, a new idea of social network based on geolocalization. I would be glad if you'll have a look to our web pages, I'm actually following the desing/GUI of the whole thing. There's also a fill-up form in the landing page, so you can be contacted if you're interested in becoming a beta tester! Thank you :) Buddies landing page - click here! Buddies Facebook page - click here! Buddies Twitter page - click here!

Love the site. I wanted to suggest that in the social engineering area of the site, a badge system similar to CNN iReport's might be more motivating then patches. The iReport site awards badges (see attached pic) automatically based on stats - a badge for your first post, 10th post, first vetted post, a certain number of comments, 100th post, first time featured on CNN TV, etc. The badges are coveted and they show very quickly who's good at what and what they've done. Perhaps you could do patches for your first instructable, your 10th, your first one with 10 comments, featured ones, etc. until if you get enough badges, you get a pro account?

Good afternoon,I have been trying to use "login with facebook" on my website for 15 days. I have been using the code published by Facebook, at the link https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-log... web / v2.2. My problem with this code is that I want the customer after login with his facebook (through the window that pop out) to be redirected to a specific page on my website, but what happens is that after the customer does login with your facebook, the client is redirected to the same page that asks him to login.I have already followed the steps that are explained in the link that I mentioned earlier. Could someone help me? Thanks

One of my close friends from college , Jeremy Fritzhand, is spending a year in Bagru, India as a Union College Minerva Fellow.  He has created a business plan to allow the artisans of Bagru to market their textiles directly to Westerners by establishing a cooperative internet marketing strategy.  Read about Jeremy's journey and see how you can support his efforts and the efforts of the Bagru Artisans by visiting bagru.etsy.com. About Bagru Bagru - unique artisan village in India known for block printing, a technique that is used to create beautiful textiles.  It is one of the last print centers to use all natural dyes and no chemicals. The Problem The current system of textile trade in Bagru involves many middle men; the artisans have little to no interaction with the consumer. Jeremy's Solution Jeremy has formed a business plan to cut out the middle man and allow the artisans of Bagru to market their textiles directly to Western consumers.  He has been in Bagru for several months working with the Print Block Guild to establish a cooperative internet marketing strategy where the artisans can market their goods directly to the consumer.

Just wondering why I was invited to the instructables social. The email says that it is for authors, but I haven't been a featured author on instructables. Why send it to me?

Well ever since iv started home schooling I only have 4 or 5 friends that i talk to and there getting old (not that i wanna get rid of them).But they get boring and iv been googling for hour and cant find anything i just wanna find a place(not myspace facebook or any main stream social networking site) were i can meet people that like the same kinda stuff that i do e.g games movies proggraming computer hardware modding so on and so forth so please any answers would be appriciated

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Any body here got a bebo account bebo stands for blog early blog often

Hello everybody. What I would like to see, is more infos on users' profiles. Currently there are: Instructables (very good), Views (completely not important I think), Comments (somewhat important if We want to check if user is active). And that's it. Nothing more.  What is missing is: - Instructables User made - super important, right after list of instructables created. I am very surprised it is not there!!! - Some basic info where particular user is from. Description page is not enough. People most often leave it empty or They don't put any usefull infos. - Links to User's YouTube channels or other social media profiles. We don't live only in Instructables. Cheers Radek

Are you looking for the world's worst picture? Look at my profile picture! (As of now...) Since I've opened a new YT Channel, I decided that I'd make myself a channel intro (which I've already done) and nice banner, and most importantly: INSTRUCTABLIZE IT! (It would also be nice to have an option for a banner here on Instructables, since there is a lot of wasted space with the new update..) After a few hours*, I think I've finally come up with a nice one- See the screenshot below, if you're interested. (EDIT: Here is a link to may channel, in case I update it in the future, or if you'd like to give me some feedback-- I'd really appreciate that! :) It's not perfect, but I like it. I like how my name is in fairly bright green, the 24 is in blue. I also like how the robots hover all over the place, though I think I might have made them a bit too big... I made this with the Pixlr Editor, and if you want to make your own, feel free to use my image and modify it. If you do this too, don't forget to post a picture/ link to your channel below! EDIT: I forgot to write this, but this was actually my "second" try, since I tried to do something similar to this a few days ago... It is now a pinned (to the top) tweet on My Twitter (as of now, too...).  *This might look really simple, but it took me several hours to do this. Don't ask why!

Disclaimer: Nothing I say relegates to any sort of EULA/terms of service instructables may have. This is strictly concerning a matter of taste and public interest. I don't really know anything about the "legal" matters here, in fact, I could care less - I'm just seeking a practical solution. Before I begin my ranting and raving, I'd like to begin with these few questions. I don't expect you to respond tit-for-tat in list answer form - these are broad questions that you may choose to answer in your response I suppose, but the purpose of them is to get you thinking a bit: 1. Do you feel as though the quality of an instructable is important? 2. Does it bother you when you read an instructable that is very sloppy and appears as though no effort was put into making it appealing to the reader? 3. Does it bother you when you see instructables that tell you how to create things that appear to be ostensibly simple, as if you are being instructed on doing some menial thing? 4. Do you ever feel as though people post instructables in order to gain attention and don't seem to care about the instructable itself? If so, does that bother you? It appears to me that many people feel as though the content of Instructables.com is crummy at times. It looks as though more often than not as of late, people are posting a lot of negative comments on certain instructables. The populace is simply becoming frustrated with the amount of poorly-written, lame duck, perhaps "half-assed" instructables that are popping up on the site. Allow me to purge a bit before I create a storm: I am a man who preaches "For each, his own." I usually fall towards a laissez-faire policymaking attitude and I seek to just "let it lie" if necessary. I find that things work better uninterrupted. This is why I think I have held back here for a while about my thoughts on Instructables I didn't appreciate. Usually I would just mark it with a "-", leave a comment about what could be improved, and flag it if it was inappropriate. The problem is, I started to do this too much over time. Maybe I just became too acquainted with the functions, but it feels to me as though it is the quality of the instructables that have waned. I am evidently not alone with this feeling. I have remained as reserved as I can, but I think it is time to speak out about something because other people are starting to shed light on it. Perhaps we should be a little more conscientious about what we post. As the site grows, I think it is important we keep it tidy and nifty looking. There will be tons of new instructables every day, but I think we should reduce the number of them that many of us find pretty crummy. Perhaps a more overt ranking system. Instructables is a really awesome site that has a very strong backbone - it was founded by people who really cared about it's potential. They actively upgrade the website to our whims and make it as best as they can make it. At the least, we owe it to these people to post our best and brighest works and make instructables look like a decent site. My personal opinion: I hate to sound like an elitist jerk, but there are a lot of trashy instructables... they're not worthy of being labelled as instructables. It seems like every day the number of atrocious posts increases. At times, it seems as though instructables is no longer treated as a decent site, rather, it's just a landfill for people to post their junk. I won't name anyone or any specific instructables, but honestly, there are some that are just there to garner attention and get our juices flowing. It's not fun. Tear this to shreds, gents. G'nite ;).

Far be it of me to downplay the impact of activists on the Facebook ToS issue but it raises interesting questions about why some companies get pilloried while others seemingly get a free pass...More Here' GMJHOWE asked me to link to his posting on security at Facebook, so here it is....

So, I'm just starting to get into this Tumblr thing (I know, behind the Zeitgeist, but still...). Do you have any suggestions about who to follow? I'm looking for Makers, crafters, and other creative folk.   Oh, and I wouldn't mind a few followers myself... (These are my "new" goggles.)

Having moved to Google+ and seeing how alive the place is with interesting people, I am sad that I cannot easily share Instructables there. The Google+ Chrome extension picks up a random ad, which looks awful. Could we have a +1 button next to the Facebook and Twitter ones? Thanks, -Lars

Did you know Instructables is on Tumblr?  We've been on it for quite some time, but we haven't been very active in the last couple years (?).  We'll, we've decided to get things up and running again.   We've decided to expand beyond the normal sharing of projects and have decided to show you, not only that, but also what's going on around the office.  Curious what everyones work space looks like?  We're planning on bringing it to you! Come on over, check it out and let us know what you think!  What do you want to see?

In town for the Bay Area Maker Faire next weekend?  Come to our annual Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Social! There will be: Liquid nitrogen Ice cream made with liquid nitrogen Pizza (not made with liquid nitrogen) Beverages (possibly made with liquid nitrogen) Authors and other interesting people (playing with liquid nitrogen) Also, we may have some liquid nitrogen When:  5-8pm, Thursday, May 16, 2013  Where:  Instructables HQ, 82 2nd St, SF, CA (look for the big robot on the window!) Come see our lab, meet some amazing people, eat pizza and ice cream, meet the Instructables team, and take advantage of your last chance to really decompress before the craziness that is Maker Faire. If you can make it, please RSVP to: LN2 @ (instructables.com)     <-- slightly obfuscated to avoid spambots! so I can order enough pizza for the crowd!   We're looking forward to meeting you! Christy and the rest of the Instructables team

Doing favors for,  and asking help from your local friends, neighbors, and merchants should always  be part of significant problem solving  . Not always the first step, not always the last step. But there is no intelligence like local intelligence.   The paint guy at Mutual Ace hardware and I know each other by name. The cashiers at Craftwood Lumber and the guys who work the lumber counter there know me as well. It's not that I do that much business. But, when they are not busy, I have run ideas past them.  Neighbors here discuss improvement  and fix up projects., I've helped people; they have helped me. I';ve helped teach this skill to my kids and they have profited by it   If you don't know someone local, the sites: meetup.com and rentafriend.com can help this.  The skill is being lost; otherwise I wouldf not mention what used to be obvious.

Bricobart has proposed a collaboration contest, read more: here. I guess it would be great to introduce the less-noticed collaboration feature of instructables.  Problem: I think one of the main reasons why the collaboration feature is ignored is because it's difficult to use. Difficult in a way that two or more ible members are having a hard time exchanging ideas through email. Emails are are slow and bulky compared to social networking. Also one of the problem with collabs is that the people who contributed to the write-up doesn't show-up on the credits. My Experience: My former classmate and I had the same problem. We both did the same thing, e-mailing. It also took us hours to finish a write-up. Months after my first collab another friend of mine encouraged me to do another collab, this time with the help of Facebook. The chat and group feature of FB blended perfectly with instructable's collab feature. Proposal: I think that it would be good to have a new social collaboration feature in ibles without using Facebook as a seperate medium for planning and for discussing ideas. ____________________________________________ Concept: The concept includes a designated page for social ible collaboration. The page has six main parts, the six main parts are the following. 1st.) Proposal Page: Imagine this as the forum page, it's divided into all the possible channel categories. People can post ideas of their dream project (like starting a new thread in forums).  2nd.) Find Partners: The project proposal threads are now being viewed by fellow ible members (members willing to discuss and build the project). The project proposal thread should have a "COUNT ME IN" button. Those who wants to join the project should press the "COUNT ME IN" button. 3rd.) Discussion Page: Now that you have found fellow ible members who are willing to build the proposed project, it's now time to close the thread. The thread's status is switched to "In Progress", the "COUNT ME IN" button is now greyed-out. During the discussion, collab members are redirected to a new page, the private discussion page. This page should look like a private group of Facebook. In this page, you can share photos, videos, ideas with one another. You can post on the group's wall and comment on the posts. Notifications shall be sent automatically to the "you page" once a member posts something on the group page. We need to know if everyone is ready to build the project. Once everyone has checked the "I'm Ready" check box, the project advances to the next step. *The discussion page can be accessed by fellow collab members anytime.  4th.) Write-up/ Editing Stage: This is where the traditional instructable text-editor comes in. This time with the presence of a  live chatbox, similar to FB. The chat box should also have a "upload/ attach an image" feature.  5th.) Add Contest: bricobart's idea comes in here. Collab members can join regular and special contests (collab contests). 6th.) Publish: The collab members can now publish the guide! Credits should be given to the collab members. Ex. Designer:_____, Builder:_____ , Programmer:_____, etc..... ______________________________________ I hope this helps. If the idea is too blurry, just tell me. I'll make a HTML-PHP dummy page of how it looks like. 

Let me know what you think in one sentence, it's for my research for a dissertation ...Or if you want to be even more helpful and you're really bored, complete one of my surveys?, MASSIVE help! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZQNV77R            < If you use online tutorials and the social communities like this (instructables) http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5DHMLSB            < If you upload tutorials/how to's onto online communities like this (instructables) I know it seems like I don't care about craft etc like you do, but this project has made me want to do so many projects, I have made a list for when I finish uni and have some time =D Thanks anyway for your help/comments/thoughts/completion of survey!

It's that time of year again! In the spirit of Maker Faire and all things DIY, Instructables is hosting our annual Pre-Maker Faire Ice Cream Social - and you're invited! We want to thank our awesome community of authors for sharing all the cool stuff they're making, and for helping us grow our site to 75k projects! We will be hosting this free ice cream social at our downtown San Francisco headquarters for all our authors and maker friends. Come meet the team behind Instructables and get an inside peek at our lab. In addition to some frozen Liquid Nitrogen ice cream treats and adult-beverage popsicles, we will be holding a "Show & Tell." Bring along a small project of yours to show off! And, just in case you're not already going, we'll be raffling off a select number of tickets to the Bay Area Maker Faire. So please come join us! RSVP in the comments below When: Thursday, May 17 4-9 pm Where: 82 2nd Street, San Francisco Looking forward to meeting you, Karen and the rest of the Instructables Team

Hi everybody! Me and Lindarose92 are creating an unofficial Facebook Group for Italian Authors! After I've published my Understanding Italian Gestures ible, I found that there are a lot of users and authors from Italy on this magical website! So, we create this page in order to share ideas, comments and news about our hobbies! Here's the link, if you are Italian and you are on Instructalbes, come and join us! ^^ https://www.facebook.com/groups/712367995475463/

Hi there, I'm currently working on a University project for my Final Year and currently have some proposed ideas for a social device which can be worn or attached to clothing. My plan is to create a device which sends messages or other information using a sender/receiver which then stores the information, ready to be read later either through USB or simply viewing it on the device itself. It may even work in a similar way to another, similar project I have found on Instructables (see below). The user would simply wear this item of clothing in a specific environment (such as a nightclub - speaking hyperthetically) which would allow communication between people just by walking past another person with the same device. Think of this as a close-proximity, P2P-type device for communication. https://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Lilypad-Interactive-Passion-Sensing-Scarf/ I have talked the project over with my peers and found that there are two main options to creating such a device, which are: - Use several Arduinos (one for each user) which send and receive information via RFID Readers/Writers (again, a set of each for each user) attached to the board. One problem with this is that it will be incredibly bulky and unlikely to survive being washed or put through the punishment that clothing often takes on a daily basis. - Use a central Arduino board which receives information from Arduino XBees which receive information from the central Arduino and are sent information back from it. One problem with this is when several devices come into contact with each other, the central Arduino will be unable to tell which message has come from and should go to another device. However, one plus point with this is that I've heard XBees (Series 2 only) will be able to send and receive information on their own and are incredibly small. If you have any ideas on how this device could be produced or if you have any comments on the above, please let me know. I would greatly appreciate any feedback you may have. Cheers, KugarWeb.

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I recently become involved in helping people "On The Other Side Of The Digital Divide" homeless, immigrants, migrants & economically displaced people that want to stay in touch with technology & learn Marker Skills to cope with life. I've tried ant.com & flash video recorders, but I can't capture the images. If I could burn disc folks could watch them on portable players etc.

Hi can you please complete this questionnaire for my dissertation? It would be a massive help, the subject is about online how to's in terms of craft and the social community and whether or not people prefer this to learning in a classroom. If you could fill out the questionnaire or leave a comment below with your thoughts, that would be amazing. The questionnaire is anonomous! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5DHMLSB Also I am designing a dressing table so ladies, if you could complete this short one too that would be amazing! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5KPNJ6Y Thankyou for your time =)

These days not just isolation drives more and more people to try VR - virtual reality.It is great fun to watch a movie on a huge screen you have on your head and even more fun to actually play games while moving around and dodging bulltes.But when it comes to the famous Oculus headsets we might have to pay a hefty price - several times....Imagine you just forked out the $400 or so bucks for their latest headset and want to get going....It is a standalone device, so how hard can it be?....Pop it on the head, turn it on and follow the instructions that shall come.Well, before you can do this you find a piece of carboard covering your lenses and if you bother to read it you are getting slightly confused - if you are privacy concious person like me.I can set up basically any Android device I like without the need to have another mobile device or computer to do so....Not with Oculus, or to be precise Facebook as the actual company owning Oculus.You first need the Oculus app - appearently because it makes the setup process soooo much easier.How does this two stage initialisation actually work and what are (with FB always) possible privacy concerns?For totally unknown reasons Oculus insist that you need location services to turn on a VR headset for the first time....Without this you won't be able to proceed.Means in reality FB gets your pinpoint home location provided, whether you want them to know or not, whether you have a FB account or not.They also need a "real" Email address.Most freemailers are rejected here, claiming they would not allow for a verification.Disposable Email providers are rejected right away.Depending on your operating system clicking on the confirmation link in your Email will then also provide vital data on the OS, device and Email client you used, and of course the browser.So far so good, or bad...With your Oculus account finally ready you can proceed and try to link your headset to your mobile device to complete the setup.Isn't it great that you can type in your Wifi password on the phone instead of using the headset?Not claiming FB does but it would be dead simply to collect that info from you as and to send it home...Unlike Google Oculusis still unaffected from authorities getting concerned about data hoarding, tracking and privacy exposure.No wonder than that your only option is to agree to all terms and conditions - for everything FB deems fit.If you actually bother to read these terms and conditions two things become clear quickly.1. You basically have to give your identiy to FB unless you cheat properly right from the start and from well before trying to pair your new gadget.2. All concerning privacy and information sharing options will be turned ON BY DEFAULT. It is quite a long process for a new user trying to find the few things you can turn off...After all this you can put the headset on and try to explore - well, not so fast please...There isn't much free content in terms of games or good experiences, so you need a payment option - a verified one....At least this option is not forced on you right away and you CAN continue without setting up a payment option.For now anyway....You are finally there, you made it and can enjoy a 3D environment for the first time!A bit of fun and help from the UI to get you going and it is time to do things...No full game of any use comes installed, so it is the first thing most new users want to try.Not much free games at all, a few Demo games, previews and the rest...Well, let's say IMHO not worth wasting time on unless you are below 13 years of age and like simple shapes.You decide on some Youtube or some of the great 360° experiences on offer and might actually waste your first charge on them.While the thing recharges you start to wonder what else you could do....You have some nice movies in your DVD collection, wouldn't it be great to watch them on the big screen?Let's just say it is quite a hassle to get a real DVD to appear on your headset and play.But things like Netflix are a breeze to set up if you already have an account.For your normal Android, PC, Laptop or MAC you find a huge amount of really good and really free video players.The VR community though is locked out thanks to the content control in the store.Most things start out "free", like Skybox once did so the users can sort out bugs, help to create something users want and value.Then the support ends and there is only a paid version available.Unlike your other devices you won't be able to use the old, free version any more, it just refuses to work.Same for all the demo and preview games, once you start to like it, it is over already.Then you need to pay to keep playing the "real" thing.Frustration sets in as you did nt really buy a 3D headset just to watch some movies and do software testing.You need to buy something to make real use out of the headset.Great thing is that you get a 14 day full refund policy - read it carefully!You basically have about one charge of the batteries to try something new you paid for.Use it for two hours and it is yours forever...Even if you wife called for dinner and you just take the headset off and trust it goes in standby.It does, but unless you used the exit button the time for your new purchase will keep running while you eat.Yes, even a blank screen is standby then counts as time you used the app or game ;)You could accept all this, considering it all new to you and just need to keep an eye or better alarm on the 2 hour mark.Oculus does not like it though if you "test" a lot of things only to ask for a refund.Try 10 or so titles on a long weekend and ask for a refund, then check the response you get for the next weekend of unseccfull testing...For many titles and apps the price is IMHO outrageous!Even things that have been free or dirt cheap for often decades are now sold at a premium.Fruit Ninja, Tetris for the price of a good steak....A $50 "Game" is played through in often less than 2 hours, after that it is the same again and again, you only get more points but won't see anything new.And then there is is this addon or parts thing....You get a free game or experience only to find that most of what you are after is available at additional costs.It is very, very easy to quickly have a collection of a few apps and games that are worth more than the entire VR set....It is a scam...There are not many apps or games to begin with and even less you could label "exclusive".Especially for the Quest and GO Oculus uses ported games and apps - often those who were available for years on their higher end platforms.Often with higher prices than anyone could understand.A port costs you next to nothing, it a more or less automated process....Many things are available with a license of sorts.Steam for example makes it quie easy to use a game you pruchased on multile platforms without ripping you off in the process.You could buy 5 Oculus VR headsets for your family to enjoy lockdown in the virtual world together...Maybe a Quest each for the parents and then some GO's for the kids?Sadly Oculus does not provide anything for owners of multiple devices, unless you mean using a high end PC to stream Steam titles and hope the thing won't start smoking.You would think that if you bought a bunch of devices for the family that you could enjoy things together with ease.Well, every app or game you need will need to paid for every single device at full price...Suddenly watching you movie collection with the family sets you back well over 100 bucks just so that everyone has a player for the movies installed.Doing some family battles in a VR game can set you back $250 with ease!Suddenly a virtual family gets really expensive, really quickly...One of the reasons you find so many second hand devices that were only in use for about a month or two until the owners gave up on VR....Let's sum up what FB does to make a lot of money and collect a potential mountain of information on you in the virtual world:You provide the follwoing freely only to get the thing running:You name and full address - the later confirmed by your GPS location.Any location you use the companion app and pair with your headset, so your firends places as you need to set up a new WiFi connection...Your personal Email address and postal address unless you bought over the counter and decided not to register your device for warranty purpose - and who would need warranty for a device only worth a few hundred bucks.... ;)To really get going you also provide the following:Your credit card details.Accepting that there is no real security to prevent your kids installing what they like in paid apps once a credit card is linked.It is possible but again not really easy and straight forward to set up.Your social media accounts - FB already has you FB account if you used the same Email Address anyway without you making it offcial on your headset.Now, I don't know about you but should I really trust a company like FB would to only the right thing with these informations?? History showed us how much we can trust FB on privacy...Any further hassles?Well, if you do have a lot on you laptop, PC or just phone you do backups, at least you should.Oculus does not really provide such an option.So once you storage space runs out, and it can do so quickly especially on the 64GB models, you need to delete things.Appearently once you bought a title it is your to keep and you could, in theory, just download and install it again - once you deleted other stuff....You can't even connect to any cloud services or network storage you have for this.You need to constantly charge or use a cable with a battery pack/charger.I could not finish a 2.5 hour 3D movie on a single charge....What about community projects?Be it Playstation, Nintendo or just plain Android, you find thriving communities that provide a lot of additional content and usage options.Homebrew is great for everyone.Especially the GO and Quest models are basically nothing more than a stripped down Android phone with a split screen.Means Android or Android TV apps that can cope without any Google services and frameworks will work just fine.FB does not like this much so and makes it very hard to utilise what you might simply call emulators.Unless the Android(TV) app supports the gesture and controller setup Oculus provides many things just won't work as you need them, for example pinching to zoom in and out or tapping on the screen if the app expect a real touchscreen.An emulator would basically convert what is available in gesture and controller actions into what a "normal" app or game would expect.Some game controllers are supported but would it be great to move around for real while exploring your 3D game and to use your own hand to perform actions istead of holding an additional game controller?Oculus does not support "Thrid Party or homebrew", depending on how you read their agreements you accepted, it means your account might be banned, rendering your expensive device useless for any offcial stuff.There are unofficial, or if you like homebrew stores available.A place where you find early stages of new titles to try out, some free content and also experimental stuff.At your own risk and frustration though ;)A great project that never made it due to the complications with Oculus/FB was a robotics VR app.The goal was to control a robot or even mobile one, like a rover, through the headset and controllers/hands.The project ended when it was clear FB would not provide the required API stuff unless the app is devleoped under Oculus terms and conditions.Needless to say it quickly continued on a higher level for military use and remote bomb disposal.Some othe, private company saw the actual potetial in homebrew and snatched the developer off.Can't blame the guy considering the money...The main concern for any serious "hacker" providing real homebrew solutions are the offcial terms and conditions.Google for example still works o your Android phone if you install some custom firmware.You can even keep using the Samsung store and Apps if you did install homebrew on such a phone.Not to mention that you also install basically any other unofficial store you like on top.What you ultimately do with your device is up to you and might only affect your warranty based on claims that not always make sense.Oculus however reserves the right to terminate all access to their online features.This can include but might not be limited to:Updates, online store access, online features provided by Oculus and online features provided by apps and games from the official store.The concern here is that it basically means not a single Oculus app keeps working as they all call home once online.Games requiring Oculus services, like purchasing the next part of the experience fail then as well.And if played hard it means your linked account means even you favourite video player will fail to work.So far Oculus only made it hard and then even harder to give homebrew or alternative uses a chance.Not too many developers want to be responsible if their testers or users get banned and their devices rendered basically useless.What about predators?Vr is still a new thing in most parts of the world, some are already hooked in great numbers though.Especially in Asia Vr seems to be the new future already.Hackers showed in the past how easy it is to enter a room on a Oculus device and stay invisible, listen to conversations and even access the camera feed and take control of linked computers.Good hackers though who did this for the right reasons and results - those backdoors were closed.But it shows nothing is perfect, especially if age and content control is left to the user alone.VR works best with friends and if you don't have any (with a headset) you quickly find them with your heaset active.Many titles are "kid friendly" so to say and still offer chat options and virtual contact.No kid can buy these toys, so the responsibilty is entirely placed on the adults providing the technology to the kid(s) - usually the parent or unsuspecting family member thinking a VR headset is great xmas present for the teen..."Groomers" not only know what to say and when, they also know quickly if the watch a kid play and once they had a few minutes of chat they get ready.I have small kids in the family and with lockdown we are often reduced to doing things online instead.If you enter one of these virtual worlds and appear and act like a kid you soon find "new friends" especially if you pretend to by shy and prefer to be left alone.In the real world you won't find any kids bothering to become your friend if you act like this.The virtual world however seems to have an endless supply of kids like you and desperate to find a friend thinking and suffering the same....We all know how many of these kids are real on normal social media platforms and how reluctant they are to let the parents check on each other to allow these "play dates"....You might be able to monitor and moderate a written chat platform, no so much though if everyone is talking for real....A growing concer here is the nice option these VR chatplatforms offer to create "private" rooms.Be it for just chats and playing with wirtual Lego or to share a nice movie, there is an option for everyone.Parents usually don't bother to set up a screen for monitoring of what happens on their kids VR system, maybe they should...They don't see what the kid does and since it can get annoying, headphones are prefered, close the door and no one hears what the kids talks, if anyone cares.There are already pages on the dark web with all the required instructions to set up "a most pleasurable" VR experience - you just read them down so even a 6 year old can install and set up what is required - again use the few parental guidance options available on these headsets.So far the real risk is limited by the simple fact that not every sexual predator uses VR and that not too many kids (yet) have access to headsets.Does not mean there isn't planty of options to use their phone and some "CARDBOARD" to get going without a headset.There does not seem any concern to protect underaged kids in the virtual world - let their parents do it...Keep that in mind when handing over a VR headset for kids to use unsupervised for long periods of time...

I am asking this because I am creating a social networking site for particularly Christian Homeschoolers. What do homeschoolers want from a social network that hasn't already been provided? What new features would you be looking for? This site would not only be for homeschoolers though, but rather just makes it easier for them. Any suggestions? I have already started programming. I already have a preview of the site here: http://www.socialize24.com which I encourage you to read. Thank you!

Go back just 20 years and on a busy shopping street you saw the poeple walking around as they do today - or did they?I remember poeple talking to each other, standing in front of the shop windows and checking the offers.People greeting each other or stopping for a chat.Now all you see it zombies staring at their phone screen or texting.Even the dreaded "self talker" with a BT earpiece seems to die out.You like fast food don't you? ;)But did you ever bother to waste some time watching people going through the drive through?Back in the days they mostly tried to keep their cigarette going or the girls were busy with the make up.Today it is almost impossibe to spot someone making it through a drive through without playing on his or her phone.The shopping is finnished and all you want is to pay once your trolley was emptied onto the conveyor going to the register.If it were not for the person in front of you...On hand holds the phone to the ear, you hear the latest gossip you don't want to know anything about...And then painfully slow one hand tries to load the trolley again and then finally tries to find a credit with still some money left on it.My favourite are however all those people who are fully addicted to their phone and go mental if you try to tell them.You are having a cold beer with your mate and just want to reflect about the great day fishing.Hold on a second....Oh, did you see this today? ....Ok, just quickly checking FB...Your beer is already number three while your mates beer went warm and stale.Fair enough, was a long day...Then you knock at his door at 3AM to take the boat or or go on a trip.Still half asleep but the phone and all social media must be checked before even making it to the toilet...You get the picture, hopefully not by looking in a mirror now ;)When the "internet" started to be a thing I was already long on the wagon of "online".And back then some big players in the game said "One day we will all be connected in real time!".Of course everyone had a good laugh and moved on.No chance "everyone" could afford a computer, let alone get the skills to go "online".But look at today:You call your provider, tell them you need internet at home and you just plug a box in and have it.Oh, moible is prefered?No problem, just pick the phone you fancy, add a sim card and off you go minutes later.I remember libraries not just as a place to read books but also as a place to learn new things.Explore the world, see other cultures...If you could afford it you might have seen it all for yourself and in real.Today all this is replaced by a single term:"Google it!"What we have today is a simple money scheme created through the totally useless "need" to be connected.So how do you know that you are already addicted to you electronic friend and failed to realise it?Quite simple actually and in the same way as maybe your grandparents did with your parents - if they are old enough ;)Yes I mean the goggle box, the good old TV.Back in the day we said that 4 hours of TV time for a teen is already quite much.We can't escape screens for work or school needs anymore.What we can though is ask:How many hours per day do you spend on yo phone? The time that is not work or school related...How much of your daily life do you organise through your phone by texting, social media or just notes, reminders and so on?Do you complain that even the newest phone newer has enough charge for your "needs"? ;)Do you get cramps in your hands or fingers? ;)Or just plain simple: How long could you really be totally without mobile phone, computer and internet?The answers you give yourself might shock you ;)What are your thoughts on the mobile phone zombies of today?

Last week I was "volunteered" by friend to help setting up a rented and empty factory building for what he called a VR gaming party.My job was down to somehow get enough cables and power outlets from that rented industrial power box inside the building.And well, organising about 800m of network cables with routers, switches and whatnots :(After a hard days work and testing all we went for a well deserved beer.Next day I pooped in to see how the computers are going and where things like tables, catering stations, portable toilets and so would go.Well, the later ended outside for various reasons...To my surprise all hardware was basically boxed in and then padded all around.And although not even running at full capacity the computers already created a lot of heating the building.(Mind you we getting into the summer here)The most confusing thing was seeing several elevated work platforms with people creating a maze of wires about 2.5m above floor level.Now it dawned on me that this "party" might slightly more than what I was used to in my gaming years.Was curious enough to ask if I could jump in again when the actual thing starts and was invited for a quick test later that night.Walking around in an empty building while thinking you are inside some racing game was a strange thing to say the least.I learned why there where two people around me and my brain not always makes the right decisions without the sensory information provided by my ears matching what my eyes see.A bit later when most players where set up and active I realised that this type of VR is not for me.Ever seen those movies where someone has really bad halucinations and tries to fight against something that is not really there?Yes, that is exactly how it looked like LOLSometimes all is in slow motion then suddenly they jump shoot their virtual guns and go for cover...I guess if you are not in it then you just won't understand.Watching the screens for a while I could at least find some relation to the action but it was like another world if you know what I mean ;)What do you think will the near a slightly further future bring us in terms of virtual reality?Will it affect us as badly as social media and mobile phones already do or will it bring some real benefits for everyone?By the way: Virtual Reality Cars are already in the design visions!Self driving cars that put you into another world while driving - why think you sit in the car if you can put the seat back and immerse yourself into a virtual beach?

I want to know if someone can trace all the details of my phone and incase it's possible then how do I get rid of the same.

It's little known but robots were first invented by timid engineers who didn't want to dance at parties and also didn't want to seem socially inept. This is a video of a new breed of social robots created for companionship and dancing. This is also is why you should build this robot suit. LED robot suit

Everyone loves video games. And most everyone loves social change. So, video games for social change.... a sure winner!If you're in New York City next week, be sure to check out the Games for Change Conference.It's hosted by Parsons School of Design, the greatest school on the planet (I might be biased).

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This may be just me, but does anyone else feel as if Instructables is a social network of nerds?

We have an open position in social media at the company I work for.  We're looking for a confident self-starter who is interested in engaging with our community, as well as effectively produce content. www.thesyndicate.com This is an internship, with the possibility of intern-to-hire position for the right candidate. * Internship is 8 weeks long, unpaid, 2 days per week (maximum of 20 hours per week) ***** If you are an active college student seeking to receive credit for this internship, you MUST have your paperwork/syllabus/credit agreement prepared for us BEFORE you begin your internship with us. We also need a contact for your school and/or professor.****** * Your work will be reviewed every week, and feedback given. * Recent college graduates are welcome to apply, with preference given to enrolled/active students. Who we are: * www.thesyndicate.com * We are very HANDS-ON. If you are the type who likes to jump into a new project, put your personal stamp on it, and present something amazing to the world, you've got a place here! * We are open-source from top-to-bottom. We run on linux. * Do you know what MagicLantern is? * We have a strict no-whining policy. If you whine, this opportunity may not be for you. TO APPLY * Send us a message here on instructables or to hiring@thesyndicate.com. Include the basics of your name, what school you attend (or have attended), and why you're interested in this internship. * Provide TWO (2, only two!!) examples of your a recent project, product, or idea that you have actively helped to promote. Tell us 1)What your GOAL was for your social media outreach 2) What was your biggest challenge or failure as you completed this project 3)When thinking about your social media strategy, what techniques or methods did you use that did not work as expected? Why do you think these methods didn't work as intended, and what do you think you would do differently? *Provide a writing sample by answering this question: When considering hemp and cannabis, how do you think these crops have transformed the economy and politics? 300 words or less!

I know this is kind of random, and I just now, moments ago, accidentally discovered this, but there is a GOODHART's LAW  :-) It states:   once a social or economic indicator or other surrogate measure is made a target for the purpose of conducting social or economic policy, then it will lose the information content that would qualify it to play that role. This almost sounds like a parallel to the famous Quantum Mechanics rule of effecting the state of a particle by observing it.  This bulletin was brought to you by the Totally Random Goodhart Reseach and Useless Information Recovery team.  Thanks for reading.

I found this cool new site. It is sorta social networking site where people share their computers and share and discuss ideas. I normally don't like social networking sites but this one seems pretty good. They just got up on their feet so I thought I would help them out by spreading the word on them. So give http://www.specbox.net/ a try. Here is my profile page https://www.specbox.net/usersonly/profile.aspx?id=d4Az0MwUy7c%3d&sid;=YT95HtuskvE%3d

What's more fun that winning a prize? Why winning a mystery prize, of course! We're sending out mystery prizes to winners of the First-Time Author's Contest and Homemade Gifts Contest, and if you end up being one of lucky winners, we want to see your reaction when you open it. Share a picture of your mystery prize with us here or tag us on social media and we'll give you a shout out!  Check out the First Time Author Contest or Homemade Gifts Contest and make something awesome! 

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It's time for another Altered Barbie exhibition in San Francisco - perhaps the best thing that's happened to Barbie since her introduction over 50 years ago. Here Barbie "breaks out of the mainstream American concept of beauty and social stigma. The new Altered Barbie metamorphoses and naturally blossoms into a diversity of attitude, social roles, politics, and culture expressed through the medium of art." If you've seen lavonnesbarbies at Maker Faire, you already have a good idea of what you're in for.  If not, check out the great gallery hosted at Altered Barbie and find out more about the upcoming exhibition!

Does anyone know of a good DIY forum for solar/wind? I need a community to help with some real basic questions and this site while it is amazing has a low social to it. Looking for a group of solar/wind enthusiasts.