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VoiceThread - oral tradition goes Web 2.0



VoiceThread allows you to imbue your static media (documents, photos, video) with recorded sound commentary, via webcam, phone, text or audio files and share them with anyone. It's an easy to use web app that has a nice wow factor. Now your photo or video collection can be just like the director's cut on DVDs, enriching the original piece with new perspectives from those involved and those who may just want to add ancillary comments like, "good work," or "this bites."

So, say for instance you have an old family photo of your parents in the day. With VoiceThread, you could have your parents leave audio comments on the photo. You could then share the photo with others in your family, giving them a richer insight and context to that moment in time and they too, if invited, could leave comments.

But like the Ginsu Knife set that seems endless, that's just the mere beginning of VoiceThread's features. You can doodle on your images to highlight something you really want to emphasize (or just pointless doodle), and you can video doodle, while stopping playback to convey a point. To see doodling in action, check out the holiday photo with comments after the jump.

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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