Mediasone kiosks displayed

Posted on 2008-12-01 by Jon Leirdal

The new "Mediasone" kiosk to be installed at Deichmanske Library in Oslo

I work at a Company called Computas. We have been developing a new search interface for a multimedia kiosk called “Mediasone” (=Media zone) this autumn. The development is not finished, but the hardware of the kiosks was publicly displayed on Friday.

It looks like this might be a great hit if my feelings have any votes on this. These kiosks are going to be used as user interfaces for a multimedia search feature that the Deichmanske Library is releasing soon. You will be able to search all kind of multi-media content available in the Library, including sources like NRK, movie companies and a lot of music. Everything trough a touch sensitive screen and on software running on Mac OSX.

The kiosks have been designed by students at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design.

More news to come at a later date.

Posted from Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Last chance to see Madrugada?

Posted on 2008-08-19 by Jon Leirdal

The Norwegian rock group Madrugada lost one of their key members, Robert Burås, last year. He contributed heavily on their last album, released a few months after his death. They have now decided that they do not want to continue as Madrugada any longer. According to the media of course. So if you are a fan, like me, this year might be the last chance to experience one of the greatest bands to come from Norway.

I recently attended a performance of theirs earlier this month in Trondheim. If you get a chance, check out their performance schedule and enjoy a great band and their music.