Speaking from the heart

So in a quest to be more open and share my world with others, I am going to make an effort to speak from the heart. I have continuously been making an effort to be more open with others as I feel it’s how we connect, through the sharing and conversing with each other. Beyond that it’s also how we evolve as a species, and I’m a strong advocate of that, as I feel we could all use some more evolution and refinement.

It’s very easy for me to speak intimately with someone one on one, but for some reason when it comes down to opening up my world, thoughts and experiences to others for their consumption and judgment I feel hesitant at times. So I day F$&@ it, you only live once, right? Although I may at times question of whether or not we do in fact only live once, I am still going to do my best to share my life and its givings and it’s misgivings. I hope you enjoy what I have to share, if not sorry, either way let me know as I always like to know how my words impact others. It helps inspire me to keep doing what I’m doing.

We’ll thanks for reading, I hope you enjoy as I speak from the heart and I encourage you to do the same.

Wolfram Alpha one of the coolest Technical apps

My computer science teacher put me on to this site WolframAlpha.com a couple of months ago, and I was thoroughly amazed. He also informed me that they have a Iphone app available for $50.00 and I was actually considering purchasing it from the impression I got from there website, luckily they have lowered the price to a measly $1.99 a couple of days ago, so I couldn’t help myself.

I just started poking around, and you can find all sorts of information like the magnification of photography lenses at different focal points, to the wingspan of a  specific model airplane. You can look up information about DNA, you can enter a math function and integrate it just by typing it in. There really seems to be no limit to the amount of information available in this application, and the great part of it is all the sources are completely  reliable.

So basically if you like knowing intricate details of stuff, or you like an easy way to access information you really should check this out.

My name is Chris Nolte and I approve this message

Also here is a great video explaining some of the amazing features of the Wolfram Alpha project

Groove Shark Trumps Pandora Radio

Well from the headline, it’s obvious this is just an opinion, but I am thoroughly impressed by this new site Grooveshark . I don’t know about you, but when I discover one of these many gems throughout the internet I just wanna talk to whoever listens letting them know how cool they are. I get really excited about these things, sites like this inspire me to learn more everyday so I may be able to give back one day in some reasonable proportion… But I digress, and I didn’t even get started. Sorry about that.

Essentially you can play any song at anytime, create playlists, even upload your own music. It’s really amazing, I don’t know how the RIAA is going to feel about this, but for now I guess we can just enjoy and explore the possibilities. This is a portable playlist at it’s finest, you can create a playlist at home, and play it anywhere you have access to a connection. You can also connect with friends and share songs. It also has similar functionality as Pandora does with the way it picks similar songs to the ones that you have listened to.

Many people may now be wondering, is this a sharing site, as in can I download from this site. Currently you can download from the site through either Amazon mp3 or Itunes.

So some may think I am easily impressed, but I hope this site impresses you as much as it did for me. So I encourage you to check it out at Grooveshark.com please leave some comments of your thoughts and or discoveries. Thanks for reading.

Attend Stanford and Harvard classes for free

Who would have thought that technology would enable anyone anywhere to attend classes at such esteemed colleges and universities as Harvard and Stanford, among other great schools like MIT and Berkley. I’m in heaven, as a philosopher by nature to have all this additional information at my fingertips.

I have recently started exploring these classes and podcasts, and now I can even watch lectures on my AppleTV. I am currently enrolled at NYIT and I often find myself looking for information to supplement what I get in my classes. Initially this was only available through podcasts which I have enjoyed for the past several years, but recently Itunes has just added a new tab called Itunes U for Itunes University. The best part about these videos and audio files is they are shared  free of charge, in the same spirit that the internet was developed.

I have watched many different videos and listened to many audio only lectures, and I have to commend the people who participate in this. So if you have not already done so definitely check it out in your Itunes store. If you like information I am sure you will not be disappointed. This makes me think of the quote from Good Will Hunting “You wasted $150,000.00 on a education that you could have got for a $1.50 worth of late fees at the public library”. Don’t  get me wrong I am not attempting to belittle those of you that attend these fine schools, I am just grateful that this information has become available to some of the underprivileged. Thanks for reading

Here is a couple of the sites with additional info or you can just open up your Itunes and click the Itunes U tab under the Itunes Store.

Stanford Itunes U

Harvard Itunes U

MIT Itunes U

Gowalla Iphone app put me on the map

So I am on this new Iphone app kick, and I am getting into checking out all different sorts of applications. One that I have recently started using often is called Gowalla and you can check it out at Gowalla.com . Basically it uses GPS to track you position so you can share with friends all the places you go and explore. You can create places if they have not already been created, which is pretty cool, at times I feel some resemblance  of a astronaut stepping on some uncharted territory. Well maybe that’s a stretch of the imagination, but what’s wrong with that. I enjoy seeing other people exploring this new technology and thinking of the possibilities of expanding on this.Yesterday I was thinking it would be cool to develop app using this GPS information to track Ice cream trucks, because really who doesn’t love ice cream. So I encourage you to download this app and explore away, you can also create trips so that others can enjoy some of the hidden pleasures that you have enjoyed. If you do decide to download this app look me up and I’ll be your friend chrisnolte is my username.

Another similar application to this is called FourSquare which I use as well and it has all the same features as Gowalla I use that app as well because I really enjoy the possibilities of these apps. I hope that you find this post helpful, and I hope you enjoy these apps as much as I do. Thanks to my brother Jeff for recommending this app.

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