I Am Still Alive

PokeLondon recently built an arduino-based physical interface for twitter (and a web app) that lets bakers quickly tweet about what’s fresh. It’s a great-looking device and a good idea.

“Everyone knows the best time to get your baked goods is when they’re fresh out the oven. So we figured that this could be a killer use of Twitter. Letting followers know that fresh goodies are ready right now. But bakeries don’t want laptops or phones lying around in the kitchen. Flour, eggs and technology don’t mix so well.

So we built BakerTweet.

It’s a bespoke piece of hardware (with Arduino-based guts) that allows our friends at Albion across the road to select what’s just been baked and ping the relevant Twitter message to local customers. Meaning that you can time your trips to Albion to pick up the freshest freshness. We’re pulling together a ‘how we did it’ post for all you geeky types to check out. Just give us a day or two…”

”$9 freaking creme brulee doughnuts 04-12-09 7:30pm balance: $219 about
17 hours ago from mobile web”

I think I recognize Francis Starlite from my class (2002) at college (Wesleyan), but I am not sure. Starlite runs a band called Francis and the Lights. I first heard of them some months back when they incorporated and took investment from Jake Lodwick

Francis recently set up a twitter account on which he tracks his purchases and bank balance. He even suggests that you “purchase a custom entry (give francis money) at www.francisandthelights.com“