Ten picks from this week

This week I attended an interesting digital conference through work. Here’s some of the bits and pieces I took away.

Fairly random it may be – but (hopefully) providing some interesting links;

1. Blogger Russell Davies showed us this bit of geekery using web cam technology. Hours of optical illusionary fun, go on, give it a go!
2. Plenty of interest for Cloud computing from an expert panel, particularly for the possibilities it offers for personal libraries – think music or films.
3. 3D imagery emerging as a viable platform for work based conferencing – think meetings in an Second Life with avatars attending to help lead to flattened hierarchies for cross-departmental input without baggage.
4. Swedish directory publisher Eniro not only provides address, phone number, map etc. but also offer searching by service e.g. haircut, plus time and date allowing for user click-though to booking.
5. Also some excitement around the old-stuff, paper – e-paper , readers such as Kindle but also the real thing with Paper Camp and sites such as Lulu.
6. Guardian News & Media director of digital content Emily Bell gave delegates a presentation about the new integrated newsroom. Pictures available here.
7. Fun and silliness using RFID tags to add music to teddy bears or “feed me” demands to plants for example. Check out Tikitag to get started.
8. The Guardian’s Message to Obama Flickr group resulted in a hardback book which was put on sale.
9. The US intelligence services have set up their own wiki called Intellipedia .
10. Finally, favourite quote of the week from Russell Davies again: “Digital natives don’t think of themselves as digital people any more than we all think of ourselves as oxygen breathers.”