Archives for the day Friday, March 14th, 2008

How would you change Chumby?


As with Pleo, many may argue that Chumby is simply too cute to tweak. But if you can manage to shuffle your emotional attachments to the side for a tick, we’re confident there’s quite a few things you’d like to see changed. Sure, this totally unique hodgepodge of glanceable information and bedroom mainstays can handle quite a broad variety of tasks right out of the box, but considering that it’s built on an open, hackable architecture, it’s just begging for someone to come along and do things better than its creator. So, now that you’ve had ample time to roll this critter around your domicile, enjoy its abilities and install that hefty firmware update, what’s left to be done? Tell the world below, we’re all listening.

 

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