Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

2008-11-20 Thread Andy Polaine
Can I put one on my postman? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35610 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

2008-11-18 Thread Todd Zaki Warfel
I'm posting this on behalf of Marcel. He's one of the guys behind SNIF. To the IXDA group %u2013 thanks for all the interest on your group. I have received multiple forwards of this post today. In the interest of an intellectually fruitful discussion, I wanted to highlight and clarify some of the

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

2008-11-17 Thread Joshua Muskovitz
And yet, they can't even make a landing page that properly handles even slightly larger fonts. Sheesh. Is basic testing dead? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35610 _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

2008-11-17 Thread Jake Trimble
Hmmm...so now I can see if my dog is active enough? It's a dog! What a colossal waste of money and your employers time. Not to mention Active RFIDs can interfere with medical equipment such as implantable pacemakers. For far less of an overall cost you can just buy webcams. Unless of course you can

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

2008-11-17 Thread Rob Tannen
Seems similar to Fitbit (although Fitbit isn't available yet) - I wonder why people couldn't wear Sniftag and dogs Fitbit? I guess it's an issue of canine-centered design. http://www.fitbit.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org ht

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

2008-11-17 Thread Todd Zaki Warfel
On Nov 17, 2008, at 9:52 AM, Eva Kaniasty wrote: Clearly, you're not a dog owner, Casey. :) I've been watching this company for a while. They just released the snif tag, and chances are pretty good my dog will be getting one for Christmas. It's a pretty innovative use of the technology,

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

2008-11-17 Thread Eva Kaniasty
Clearly, you're not a dog owner, Casey. :) I've been watching this company for a while. They just released the snif tag, and chances are pretty good my dog will be getting one for Christmas. It's a pretty innovative use of the technology, and I can just picture this being used on kids next. :)

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

2008-11-17 Thread Todd Zaki Warfel
I actually met the guy who started this at Overlap this past year. Pretty amazing and smart guy. Really hope it succeeds. On Nov 14, 2008, at 10:15 PM, Casey Edgeton wrote: I love this - its a bit more than a lot of people would like to spend though. I wonder how big of a user base they have

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

2008-11-17 Thread Casey Edgeton
I love this - its a bit more than a lot of people would like to spend though. I wonder how big of a user base they have. On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A pretty amazing piece of interaction design. > > http://www.sniftag.com/ > > -r- > _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] SnifTag

2008-11-15 Thread Andy Polaine
It's Sports Do for dogs! http://www.sportsdo.net/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=35610 Welcome to the Interaction Design Associatio