Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Say hello to Gizmo Call - VOIP from your browser

New school in the old school - Heavy.com relaunches

RTFM? No, thank you. I'm an active user

7 reasons why web apps fail

The sorry state of online advertising

Wishlists, Gift Certificates, and Gift Giving in E-Commerce

How to deal with shrinking populations architecturally

Form Follows Behavior is a blog about adaptive design

23 ideas for finding new readers for your blog. Hi! Nice to meet you

These eyeglasses vibrate to keep you awake

Say hello to the newly coloured iPod shuffle

Convergence happens: 1/3 of YouTube users are ditching broadcast TV for online viewing

Grasgroen is from the Netherlands

Asplund are from Sweden and they make furniture

posted by olli @ 10:06  

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

You can be the new Jerky Boys. Say hello to Funky Call

Social networking for productive people

New Zealand gets Windows Vista first

Has social media gone mainstream?

Wallpaperlab create custom wallpaper for the home

Who will succeed in the online subscription game?

PDF-Mags is the place for all your .pdf magazine needs

Why are Starbucks in Britain so filthy?

Internet brands leave music services to experts

First impressions of the Nokia N95. Mmmm....N95

This was a city but is a city no more

posted by olli @ 09:56  

Monday, January 29, 2007

Norway declares Apple's iTunes illegal

Idproxy lets you use your Yahoo! ID on other sites. Check it out

Say hello to Mashcodes - free stuff for your MySpace, Xanga, Piczo, etc...

Goodstorm launch a Flash t-shirt maker. Flash as in Macromedia, that is

Do you ever fake your online identity?

All sorts of changes going on at YouTube today

Can MTV find a re-birth in Second Life?

Q: What did one wizard say to another? A: Are you going to the Alchemy Conference in Las Vegas?

Apple lawyers, please start your engines. The queue starts here

If London Bridge ever become a block of flats...

Don't photocopy your face

Is BBC4 still relevant in the age of Big Brother and the 500 channel multiverse?

Say hello to the W Hotel - Maldives

posted by olli @ 13:56  

Friday, January 26, 2007

Say hello to iBlinds

More from our friends at Moo: Bebo Mini-Cards

Avvenu allows you to share your music across networks

Amazon launches Amapedia - a Wikipedia for products

Have you been hassled at the US border? If so - the EFF wants to hear from you

Is Apple's DRM illegal in Norway?

Fora TV is the thinking mans YouTube, it seems

8 technologies that can save the world

Do you have "The Design Disease"?

What is going on with Berlin's supposed cat mafia?

Gartner says that mobile phone music will surpass $32 Billion by 2010

To iPhone or Media Skin. That is the question

DesignBoom has a t-shirt

posted by olli @ 10:08  

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Need to snag that special table at that exclusive restaurant? Say hello to PrimeTimeTables.com

Coachella: The festival equivalent of a Big Mac and fries?

A sure sign of impending doom: NASCAR is getting their own social network

The Music Information Exchange allows you to share your mixes with others

Indie labels are combining to form a virtual "fifth" major

Will unlocked cell phone free consumers?

Say hello to the London Underground Tube Wallet

OFCOM vs. The BBC On-Demand

This is a colour swatch for typefaces. We have one and it's awesome

This is a survey for you to take about the current furniture market

All your PS3 European launch questions answered courtesy of Engadget

Sunnydale Trailer Park is a wallpaper for your home

How to photograph smoke

We've been listening to the Noise Enthusiast Descend promo mix a lot recently

posted by olli @ 10:25  

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Looking for work? Try hanging around in Second Life

Ten years late to the game, the music industry now considering DRM free mp3's

What kind of shoes do most designers wear?

More designer fun: 7 Habits Of Highly Annoying Web Designers

We (Live Nation) partnered with last.fm yesterday - should be interesting how this all pans out

Is Wikio the European Digg killer?

Why broadcast journalists don't use RSS

Say hello to really freaky living 3D video...from Japan, of course

Strange Harvest is a blog about architecutre, design, art and more

The Jesus and Mary Chain are reforming for a US gig

The worst album covers of 2006?

The Rising Deal Pool says that the Web 2.0 bubble is about to burst

Strange Maps is a cartography blog about... strange maps

posted by olli @ 10:13  

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

The Top 10 riskiest buisnesses to start

11 trends that will define logo design in 2007

Say hello to Earache Record's Extreme Metal Racing Game featuring Deicide, Akercocke, Morbid Angel and more

AIGA Design Forum: Designers vs. Clients round 1

BBC content officially coming to Google and YouTube

Le Car part deux? Toyota planning ultra-inexpensive car

OMG WTF! Do you have Internet Multitasking Disorder?

Train create aesthetic personal transports for urban environments

Lab is an online magazine

How to properly design a wine label

Say hello to the UFO FibertOptic Chandelier from Neues Licht

This is a collection of every ad in Times Square

posted by olli @ 15:41  

Monday, January 22, 2007

How you and your client can have a perfect relationship

Fabchannel Launches Video Player for MySpace

Freelance Central is a site featuring the work of up and coming South African designers

Designing for high-stakes decisions

Was the iPhone keynote a mistake?

These books are made from old cassette tapes

The Economist on the death of the record store

Arkitekturbloggen is a Swedish architecture blog

Look out Madison Avenue. Here comes The Ad Generator

Schmedly gives your homepage desktop widgets

HDTV not looking so great for the porn industry

How to rip DVD's with VLC

posted by olli @ 12:01  

Friday, January 19, 2007

Say hello to Nokia's Internet Tablet & Open Source Development Platform

What are the costs of exhibiting at Macworld? Rogue Amoeba explains

The evolution of the web developer/designer

Say hello to Sharp's LCD supermarket price tags

The ultimate design anorak: analyzing the design of purchase receipts

The Future Of Web Design conference is coming to London. We'll be there. Will you?

53 CSS techniques that you couldn't live without

The ultimate time waster: www.pointlesssites.com

30 essentials typefaces for a lifetime

New York will allow 911 and 311 numbers to accept digital images

A1One is a graffiti artist from Tehran, Iran and this is his work

More from Iran: Kolah Studio showcases underground art and more

posted by olli @ 10:32  

Thursday, January 18, 2007

We've seen this before - but this time, touch based interfaces are not Apple's alone

Why the US says "zee" for the English letter "Z" and everyone else says "zed"

Say hello to the Nokia Aeon, also featuring a touch screen

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Network Security

10 CSS tips from a professional web architect

Say hello to iJigg - a Digg for music?

37 Signals on Netflix's entry to streaming video releases

Dion Hinchcliff on Product Development 2.0

Prada and LG pull an iPhone - it's quite nice, actually

Say hello to Honda's in-car navigational system......from 1981

Get Some Love* is a blog covering "Fashion, Jewelry, Furniture & All Things uniquely designed"

The art and science of recommendation engines

The Social Issues Research Centre wants you to measure your website

Virgin Atlantic's environmental designers step up to compete with the luxury of Emirates and Thai Airlines

This is a heat map of the homeless populations in Los Angeles

posted by olli @ 10:52  

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Are you a horizontal or a vertical console gamer?

What is the origin of the concept of zero?

Say hello to the new DoCoMo mobile phones. Japan only, thank you very much

Clepe showcases some of the best upcoming New Zealand and Australian creative talent

How to design identities for small companies

EMI now actively seeking Chinese consumers

Restructuring today's newsrooms into tomorrow's information centres

How The New Yorker's media writer does his job

It dry cleans clothes and uses recycled water - Sanyo's new AQUA washing machine

Ever wanted to "grow" online worlds simply from your own data traffic? Now you can with Packet Garden

A trip down memory lane: Blogging about the upcoming Y2K end of the world

Come learn something at ididnotknowthatyesterday.blogspot.com

We've said it before and we'll say it again: Who Needs Record Labels?

posted by olli @ 10:00  

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Too Many Graphics! Jakob Nielsen vs. Web 2.0

Say hello to Music Nation - a YouTube for music videos

The Venice Project = Joost

Schneider TM: The Slide. Love the song. Love the video.

Inferus is about cultural resistance in the public space

Hollywood (finally) admits that DRM is not really about piracy

The life and times of the Internet in North Korea

Everything you've ever wanted to know about the Nike+iPod device

Robert Sandall. Punk Rock. The Times. Go.

MTV2 has a blog

Nice to meet you, Nice To Meet You

Vynil makes vinyl for the home and lovely it is

How do they make Lego?

posted by olli @ 11:05  

Monday, January 15, 2007

We know what people like on Digg, right? What about what they don't like?

What does a deleted blog post tell us about NBC's social networking strategy?

The Pew Internet Group researches the connection between social networks and kids

These three crazy kids know the secret to what lies behind Niagra Falls

The Sky News experiment with citizen journalism

The NY Times gives you the ultimate FAQ to Apple's new iPhone

Say hello to the Bump Top desktop

V2 Records restructures - White Stripes and Moby now free agents

Archinect on the architecture of Second Life

A tour of Nokia's tour booth at CES 2007

Say hello to The Living Abroad Sketchbook Challenge

Remember people's names at your next meeting by making a map

Turn your PC keyboard into a disco!

posted by olli @ 10:37  

Sunday, January 13, 2007

Four reasons to kill off your Web 2.0 company

30 dark web designs you should have seen

Top 10 ad tricks in Tokyo's subway station

Say hello to Keenag - a pop art gallery in Second Life

Wallpaper* announces their 2007 design award winners

Momus has made a mixtape for the iPhone and wants to share it with you

What are the jobs Americans won't do?

Eric Ryan, co-founder of Method (the soap people!) talks about their approach to product design

Aton Luminaries create beautiful lamps for your home made from clay and wood

The Guardian on the new wave of Lily Allen wanna-be's

So how does a freelance designer set their hourly rate?

Stephen Colbert weighs in on CES and the iPhone

posted by olli @ 17:42  

Saturday, January 13, 2007

How Apple kept the real iPhone secret for so long

It's a shirt. It's a hat. It's a Shat.

The history of the iPod from The Discovery Channel

Ooh. Ahh. The iPhone unboxed? We think not.

How to recycle your CD's into a disco ball

Despite Howard Stern, the US satellite radio business is not doing well

Original Signal launches a mobile version. We like!

Sphaus make some really lovely furniture

Is this the refrigerator of the future?

Got a spare £40 Million? Are you a goth? Then do we have the house for you!

Happy Birthday, Modern Art!

Netflix...is...dead....(insert rave staccato here)

Who are the 20 most important type designers of all time?

posted by olli @ 22:31  

Friday, January 12, 2007

Moob is an Australian social network centred around hip-hop

All Free Calls is a site that offers you free calls from the USA. No. Really.

Forget the Hummer. Real mid-life crisises call for a Mig-21F in your driveway

YouTube possibly considering launching a TV channel

Will Koopa be the first unsigned band to break the Top 40?

MTV will create mobisodes for Amp'd

Japan to iPhone: "Yawn. What took you so long?"

Amenity Space is an architecturally oriented radio show on Resonance FM.

Where does the sidewalk end in Dubai?

There are geeks and then there are typography geeks. Serious. Typography. Geeks.

More fun with type: Say hello to Fontzarelli. Aaaaaayyyyy.

Is Microsoft really taking email back 5 years?

Say hello to Hubble's map of dark matter

posted by olli @ 11:08  

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Apple's iPhone and LG's KE850 - seperated at birth?

More notes from a beta release of The Venice Project

What comes after usability?

So how exactly does one land a fully loaded 767 that's run out of gas at 41,000 feet?

Google and Friendster announce partnership

Cranky.com is a search engine for the 50+ generation

Borders now jumping on the Web 2.0 bandwagon

Say hello to air sickness bags for designers

Photos of discarded Christmas trees

Say hello to Banksy's new shop. Yay!

Design In Europe is a design directory for Europe

posted by olli @ 10:20  

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

How do you get your startup on Techcrunch?

Bokardo says that blogs enable more than they begin

Proekt is a Russian design firm

Rough Trade now offering more US titles on its download store

A List Apart would like to remind you about White Space

Napster is for sale but does anyone want to buy it?

Mike and Maaike make really lovely products for your laptop

Say hello to the periodic table of visualization

Start saving now for the iPhone

Have you been sucked into Vanishing Point yet?

Say Bonjour to MySpace France

CBS' Les Moonves really into social media, it seems

posted by olli @ 10:25  

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Are web previews here to stay and does anyone ever use them?

China falling hard for Web 2.0

This should be interesting: Second Life goes open source.

We just can't get enough of Aaron Spectre

Virgin backs out of US digital music market

It's like Wrestlemania XXXX - Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs part deux

It must be 2007 - Building a business on a mashup

Everything you've ever wanted to know about Boing Boing

Are bike messengers the new icons of fashion?

Vox and Nokia now playing nicely together

Say hello to Indistr - an indie music outlet

How the Internet economy is reshaping American business in '07

Wallspankers want you to swap graffitti and stickers

Are you ready for Nerdcore Rising: The Movie?

posted by olli @ 09:58  

Monday, January 8, 2007

Three predictions about Apple's software future

How not to apply for a job as a web designer

The Top 56 Music Videos of 2006

High Tech Soul is a documentary about Detroit techno

Vitamin Living make custom products from everyday things

Element Labs make really cool LED's

Wodcasts is a podcast about the "world of design"

Say hello to the war on terror - the board game

Mediaweek on the web's new frontiers

Say goodbye to Musicalbear and say hello to Spannered.org

Are foreign language films as good as we think?

It's all fun and games with the Parking Patrol in San Francisco these days

Mumm-Ra are a great new band

posted by olli @ 10:19  

Saturday, January 06, 2007

Editor's note: We still don't have internet access outside of work (neighbourhood technical glitch caused by BT/NTL) so weekend posting will be few and far between over the next few weeks. Here's some interesting reading to keep you occupied until Monday. Thanks for your patience.

The 50 loudest websites of 2006

What are your reasons for firing a client?

The 12 major projects of the London 2012 Olympics that have been green-lighted

Say hello to Wayfinder's mobile phone speed camera detector

Joris Laarman makes Bonefurniture

Confused? Then head on over to the Web Developers Handbook

Free-Soil is a blog about environmentally friendly art

Say hello to the homemade Pong watch

This electric guitar plugs into your PC via a USB cable

UK Pop Charts get a radical overhaul

20 tools to make your iPod better

Nintendo launches a weather channel for the Wii

This is an online metronone...tick..tock...tick...tock....

posted by olli @ 16:31  

Friday, January 5, 2007

For Social Networks, 2007 is all about money

The web designers sucess guide - a free eBook

The early days of plastic watches

Poppytalk is a blog about design

Google's answer to filling jobs is an algorithm

The evolution of the speech balloon

Mia makes t-shirts from New Zealand

Zeitraum are from Germany, they like wood and they make furniture

Australia really wants its bands in the US market

Say hello to the new Ikepod

Welcome to the dark side of prototyping

Lifehacker offers you iTunes power tips

posted by olli @ 10:35  

Thursday, January 4, 2007

Say hello to Finetune where "music on your wii starts"

"Web 2.0" is the most popular Wikipedia entry of 2006

Old school in the new school - the first issue of Thrasher magazine (Dec. 1981) now online

Some maps and infographics on Flickr

Heavy.com launches its foray into social networking: MyHeavy

So just what is the greatest Canadian invention?

SDesignUnit are from Korea and make nice things

PBS' Mediashift gets down with the Web 2.0 revolution

Can architecture make you fat?

We're really digging Protokoll at the moment

posted by olli @ 10:24  

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Quick note from the editor: Yesterday, we began final production work on a new shiner.clay album (as yet untitled). We'll be sequencing, mixing and mastering over the next few weeks, so watch this space. We're hoping for a mid-Feb release. In the meantime, help yourself to some of our older tracks if you're interested.

The story behind the merger between YouSendIt and DropSend

TuneGlue is a mashup between last.fm and Amazon UK

Say hello to the Segway Skateboard patent application

What's Next Magazine is from Australia and talks about the future

Jouko Kärkkäinen makes wooden tree seedling cubes

Avatared make special avatars for your online persona

Lounge72 have released their 2007 calendar

Travelling? Need a place to crash? Say hello to couchsurfing.com

YouTube pick their favourite clips of 2006

Forgotten subway signs from New York

Top 5 creative uses for LED's

BrandSpankingNew are offering 113 greyscale icons for your webpage needs

posted by olli @ 10:48  

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Happy New Year from shiner.clay

Phone to phone VOIP? Say hello to the Nokia Gizmo project

The Top 5 Mashup questions for 2007

All the latest about console hacking and more at the 23C3 conference in Berlin

Lounging Sound offers ambient and experimental music on demand

The 7 Deadly Sins of Advertising via Viral Video

Seongho Kim on the future of mobile devices

Zattoo offers you live TV wherever you go

The Guardian on the 100 new most useful websites

Just what is the new BMW mystery device?

What's the problem with liquid layouts?

posted by olli @ 11:06