Ben Werdmuller

Month: April 2012

  • Attending a wedding at 5am (in my pyjamas)

    A few weeks ago, my friends Mark and Sana got married in Oxford Town Hall. My sister Hannah and I were invited, but sadly couldn’t attend, on the grounds that we were over 5,000 miles and an ocean away. They’re both wonderful people, and I’ve known Sana in particular for a very long time, so […]

  • Video technology is hard; latakoo is simple

    Video technology is still underdeveloped on the web. Over at latakoo, we’ve just started a technology blog to talk about what we’re doing: We’re proud of what we’ve built. Yesterday, someone sent a 2gb HD video file from Myanmar over satellite phone in nine minutes. At TechCrunch Disrupt last September, a visitor to our stand […]

  • Here’s what Google+ could have been

    Confession: I want to like Google+. I think competition is a great thing, and Google is in a unique position to do something fascinating with social platforms. It’s also significant that a lot of really brilliant people from the decentralized web community – Chris Messina, Will Norris and Stephen Paul Weber, for example – now […]

  • You need to be wearing Google goggles to think this is a good idea

    Today, Google released this video of Google Glass, an augmented reality project: Beautiful, right? It’s a virtual assistant that sticks with you wherever you go. Exciting features debuted in the video include: Automatic geo-tracking of both you and your friends. Seamless photo-taking and live video broadcasting from anywhere you can put your head. A head-up […]