Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Gizmodo takes on the RIAA

Second Life to offer person-to-person speech capability

Google now pulling a Yahoo! in searching out content deals

More sad tales from the world of aircraft wi-fi

Teapotters is a new social network for 3D modelers

When bloggers outsource content to other bloggers

RotaBoard is a pretty cool online app for tracking your staff's schedules

Are these the best magazines ever? (mmm...Spy...)

These are photographs of lost cities

Examining newspaper layout design on September 12, 2001

Japan's Top 30 emoticons

Goldfish is Goldsmith's College literary blog

posted by olli @ 08:02  

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

The world does a collective "D'oh!" as BitTorrent pulls a Movielink

Why MySpace blocks widgets

Read/Write/Web gives you a nice 3GSM round-up

What happens when bands become brands?

How to charge your clients for email marketing

How long will YouTube be part of the "gift economy"?

Why are many Italians conforming to the same fashions?

A rather comprehensive list of famous synth sounds

Google to hold web conference in Seattle on Scalability

An essay on why DRM drives piracy

Say hello to Five To Nine magazine

Are New Zealand mobile networks on the verge of an SMS crisis?

posted by olli @ 08:36  

Monday, Februrary 26, 2007

Google now including YouTube video clips in its search results

Apple's new iPhone ad

Discussing Web 3.0 in London

Say hello to Phillips Drag and Draw technology

When a logo can become truly scary

Which companies are building the TV of the future?

Apple to get into the ringtone business?

How to charge your stupid clients for web design

How Saatchi and Saatchi work

Get involved in a stock exchange of visions

Parents who lost a child can now have it re-created as a doll

Nintendo's Wii a big hit with retirement communities

Say hello to terrorist finger puppets

NY's School of Visual Arts begins podcasting

posted by olli @ 08:28  

Friday, February 23, 2007

YouTube signs deal with AubileMagic for copyright control

Bandwagon offers online iTunes backup for music aficionados

A behind the scenes look at the Wii's development process

The NY Times on the new trend of "thinking small" in new home design

Spotback launches a Digg style portal page for music

Say hello to The Graffiti Research Lab

How old do you feel? Disco turns 30 this year

What is Web 2.0's impact on the tourism industry?

Optimus Keyboard now to come in three flavours (aka prices)- from LCD to plastic keys

Why is the RIAA declaring war on open Wi-Fi?

You might want to wait a few weeks before buying that new Apple computer...

How to become an actor

posted by olli @ 08:22  

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Parking your car using your mobile phone

Podbop matches mp3's with upcoming live shows

Yackpack is like a walkie-talkie for your PC

iTunes uncovers a musical mystery

The Register on choosing a Mac or PC for your business

Designers as leaders

Is Wikipedia just a refuge for the lazy?

Running Microsoft XP inside Microsoft Vista

Could this be the future of TV news?

posted by olli @ 09:26  

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

What's the story with YouTube's TV deals?

Social Interaction Design white papers

How to create the "Big Book Look" (.pdf)

Everything you know about disks is wrong

Only in the UK: Please ignore your Sat Nav system. It's wrong

Say hello to the Typecube

The Alchemists is a film about the world's greatest advertisers

Ars Technica on Adobe Lightroom

A timeline of the US counterculture movement in the US

Say hello to VBS TV - more stuff to watch online

The flame war as psychoanalysis

The BBC has a great documentary on Iran

posted by olli @ 08:42  

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Say hello to an HUD for your car

XM and Sirius satellite radio plan to merge. Does it matter?

Why is Slifeshare scaring the shit out of some people?

If you know the exact cost & the exact schedule, it's probably obsolete

New York's Freedom Tower - a message of anxiety or ambition?

FBI Training Elite Swedish Anti-Piracy Force

TheBestDesigns.com offers designers and agencies to show their work

Are you suffering from wireless codependency?

The myth of superstar cities

This St. Patricks Day, say hello to Marmite + Guiness

Spiegel Online interviews Tom and Chris from MySpace

Does 21st century iconography equate to 21st century hieroglyphics?

posted by olli @ 08:43  

Monday, February 19, 2007

Marketing types love Badder Adder. MySpace? Not so much.

Is outsourcing to India dying a slow death?

Milk is a Mac desk from Denmark

Tropfest is the world's largest short-film festival

Which side of the road do you drive on?

Radio's saviour or worst nightmare? The Independent on Selector

The real secret to a successful blog/book/business

All Free Calls really allows you to make free calls from the US abroad

London punks from 1976 to 1984

The only pencil eraser you'll ever need

A behind the scenes look at automotive design in China

Iridium? Did someone say Iridium?

posted by olli @ 08:36  

Friday, February 16, 2007

Say hello to Tyler Brule's (ex-Wallpaper*) new magazine - Monocle

Thinking about developing a large scale disaster oriented social network

Browsegoods is a new kind of online shopping experience

Say hello to the new, NEW music industry

Birth is a Swedish design studio

Measuring the impact of blogs

The BBC quietly kills off BBC Radio 3's Mixing It

Mio make beautiful homewares

Could this be a Linux powered iPhone killer?

New York etiquette as told by The Morning News

The top web tools for college students

How not to design powerpoints for an important audience

Have you seen Mustang's new billboards?
Chances are you might have missed them

posted by olli @ 08:04  

Thursday, February 15, 2007

How social sites reveal what your audience likes

Brace yourself for the attack of the mini-Googles

How much control should our users really have?

685 links for the geeky programmer in you. Because we care

Ever wonder what America's favourite architecture is?

Nokia's N-series phones now getting YouTube integration

Is holographic storage not all its cracked up to be?

Podcasts: The next big ad medium

"Consumer electronics are a joke. It's everyone's fault but mine. You assholes."

Viacom to YouTube - thanks, but no thanks

posted by olli @ 10:22  

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Is Yahoo! planning to sell off Launch?

Look familiar? Say hello to Omnifone - a new mobile music application

Voss Water now making G - an energy drink

VW gets into the viral widget game

Nine Inch Nails debuts new concept album - it's all about the web AND the future!

How to name your company

Say hello to ringtones for your car horn

Dwell Magazine has a very comprehensive list of designers

Check out these 1980's drink coasters

All hail the 20,000 watt horn made entirely out of snow

Lots of interesting architecture links over at Hiper Croquis

Scoopit looks to be the New Zealand version of Digg

posted by olli @ 09:02  

Tuesday, Februrary 13, 2007

Does location matter when it comes to web innovation?

Tutorial Blog tells you how to do things

Say hello to the latest project planning helper app from 37 Signals: Highrise

Get your EFF stickers while they're hot

Five cool ways to use Yahoo! Pipes

MySpace now offering content media companies ability to remove videos from user profiles

Andrew Tuck offers a sneak preview of what to expect in Tyler Brule's new magazine - Monocle

The BBC is not buying Steve Jobs' latest rant against DRM

US Tax saving tips for the graphic designer/artist

Very big ships and very big things

posted by olli @ 15:28  

Monday, February 12, 2007

DRM was just the first step - now free our cell phones

On that note...Voeveo is from NZ and allows mobile content owners to sell direct to the consumer

What if iTunes went Web 2.0?

Whisher gets you free wi-fi anywhere in the world

Two ways to being more productive in the morning

Melbourne, Australia to get Apple's coolest store yet

Idea Connection connects innovators, designers and engineers

Say hello to Saatchi and Saatchi's new viral - Dynamite Surfing in Denmark

The IHT on the invasion of mobile video and blog content

Rethinking newspaper design in Norway

Say hello to the IQ Light

Did you catch the ridiculous amount of easter
eggs in the Not In Portland episode of Lost?

posted by olli @ 09:38  

Friday, February 09, 2007

Were you recently hassled by Viacom on YouTube? The EFF would like to speak to you

Fireworks, a comet and lightning all in the same photograph. Thanks Perth!

Barry Diller says YouTube's days are numbered

The Economist says music wants to be free

Chile says UFO's are real. Call Agent Mulder

Ten reasons why proposals fail

Say hello to Lycos Mix

Action video games now sharpen your vision by 20 percent

The illustrated history of barbed wire

Transmaterial is a blog covering new materials that transform our physical environment

Hearst Corp. mulls the future for teen magazines and it has a plan

The BBC's 15 web principles

Berlin gets a sewing cafe

Trentmoeller makes very cool electronic music

posted by olli @ 10:24  

Thursday, February 8, 2007

Say hello to Yahoo! Pipes

Print your own Dharma Initiative beer labels

25 apps to help grow your online business

How does one define "web engagement" exactly?

When is the US interstate highway network like a subway?

Collab is from the Netherlands

The Style Press is a blog about music, architecture, fashion and other goodness

Delica make gorgeous food trays and placemats

Ikea Hacker is a blog about modding your recent Ikea purchases

The GUI in Minority Report is now a reality

Say hello to Fast Company's Backstory mobile feature

Samsung's F700 is quite a lovely piece of technology

posted by olli @ 10:16  

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Apple to record companies - we'll open up to other players if you drop DRM. Deal?

25 things to see at the Googleplex before you die

More fun from Apple: Steve Jobs vs. the entire country of Norway

6 startup lessons for 2007

Tenant Market is a social network for landlords and tenants

Hello Sharon Osbourne. Thank you for making this year's Ozzfest completely free

Everything you've ever wanted to know about Black men's hair styles from the '70's.

Alternatives to Helvetica

What was the first thing ever sold on eBay?

Broadcast vs. Broadband. Discuss

Now you can follow Web 2.0 traffic trends from the comfort of your Aeron chair

posted by olli @ 10:12  

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Ten tips for new presenters and conference speakers

ConceptShare allows designers to post, review, comment and share prototype designs online

Techcrunch gives you an overview of social music sites

Now Public is a brand new participatory news network

The 7 deadly sins and their modern counterparts

Say hello to Polymer Vision's Readius device

We take it you've all seen the Folding Chair by now?

The entire archive of MTV's 120 Minutes playlists

Channel 4 has a radio station

What do you think about the new Times Online re-design?

The NY Times profiles Rick Rubin

You should be listening to more Holy Fuck in your life, don't you know

This car sun visor has an LCD TV and DVD player in it

Business Week's Top tech companies to watch in 2007

Say hello to the Jericho House. We'll take two, please

posted by olli @ 09:54  

Monday, February 5, 2007

Mobile phone companies plotting rival to Google

My name is Charlie Brooker. I am a genius and I hate Macs

There are ten types of blog managers - which one are you?

Hollywood Up Close is a YouTube for celebrity videos

Xhilarate create supercharged creative bookmarks

Brandchannel announce their top five most popular worldwide brands

The NY Times on the celebrity DJ manager

MoreType is a really nice type foundry

Say hello to MyDesignIn - a social network for interior designers and home remodellers

This portable generator converts waste into energy

The top 10 ways to hinder market adoption

Why having fun is being taken more seriously

How to open a Mazda with a tennis ball

posted by olli @ 10:22  

Friday, February 02, 2007

Thank the Gods for Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Courtney Love does the math on how bands are completely fucked by most record company deals

Say hello to the Blidget

History repeats itself: Microsoft now reported to be working on a Zune phone

This is the QBN typecase

Should Bloggers create commercial content?

These windows can become mirrors at the touch of a button

Esquire.com launches The Napkin Project

Build your own icons at the Tiny Icon Factory

The NY Times on the designer/vinyl toy explosion

Nokia presents the office of tomorrow

How to set up a record label in 12 months

We're really loving what Simplehuman are doing these days with household objects

posted by olli @ 10:26  

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Every mp3 at the Amie Street shop starts off free, you know

Users not so happy about Flickr forcing people to use their Yahoo! logins to sign in

Nice and useful: The MySpace Notifier

Say hello to Yahoo!'s new brand universe

The evolution of Saab

We're really loving this Secret Mommy Hawaii 5.0 release

Bert and Dennis are from the Netherlands and make cool stuff

Aqua Teen Hunger Force is the bomb! T-shirts

Convince Me wants to convince you to argue online. No, it doesn't. Yes it does!

BBC to offer internet TV service

Why are all the indie labels up in arms about YouTube?

Google can't use the "gmail" term in Europe - WTF?

posted by olli @ 08:45