Friday, August 31, 2007
YouTube will now pay royalties to songwriters
This is a great summary of research revolving around elderly technology users
Avant-garde music makers take note - The Amazing Rolo for the Wii is pretty cool
The AIGA asks - "What is success?"
The Economist asks - "Who's afraid of Google?"
Uh-oh: CNN to stop using Reuters to help cut costs
Say hello to supposed spy photos of the Zune 2 and Zune Flash
Why I went to South America to incubate my start-up
This is another fantastic campaign from Nike
Top 20 reasons why you don't want to move to Dubai
The struggling musicians tool kit. What? No Abelton Live?
Say hello to Google Gadget Ventures
If you work for Helio, you might want to polish up that resume
Best practices on how to avoid spam
These 11 foods will make you happier
last.fm now doing live gigs in London. Yay!
Speaking of which - looks like tough times ahead for Ticketmaster
Labels: AIGA, CNN, food, Helio, last.fm, London, music, Nike, personas, spam, Ticketmaster, Wii, YouTube, Zune
posted by olli @ 07:40Thursday, August 30, 2007
Fasten your seatbelts - Yahoo! gets shaken up with a re-org
NBC Universal & NewsCorp launch a YouTube clone - Hulu.com
Picnic sounds like a brilliant tech conference happening in Amsterdam from Sept. 25-29
The Washington Post takes a look Japan's internet future
More from Asia - South Korea looking to build "Robot Land"
Say hello to the Nestle chocolate museum
The iPhone now has its first seminar - Sept. 20th in Los Angeles
Say hello to the £3 Million book
Charli is Heineken's new beer targeted at female drinkers
Ten industrial design trends you can't ignore
Is blogging trapped in a metaphor?
How the algorithim killed Ask Jeeves
Ferratum is a Dutch site that allows consumers to get personal loans by SMS
This is a website that offers advice to squatters
This is a London Evening Standard headline generator
Labels: beer, blogging, books, Charli, Hulu, industrial design, iPhone, London Evening Standard, Newscorp, South Korea, squatting, yahoo, YouTube
posted by olli @ 07:21Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Nokia releasing several new phone models and a possible music store tomorrow
The Burning Man goes up in flame four days early due to arson
Boing Boing gets a re-design
Smashing Magazine takes a look at 45 excellent blog designs
Mobility is cultural not just functional (.pdf)
Charmr is a really nice medical device concept put together by Adaptive Path
A really cool collection of vintage TV logos
Nielsen says that drop is TV viewership is very real
But don't worry - celebrity blogs are no threat to gossip magazines
ReadWriteWeb looks at the future of podcasting
You can now create mosaics from your Flickr photos with Mosaickr
MTV launches TV channel in Ukraine
How to avoid the 10 biggest freelancing mistakes
Labels: blog design, Boing Boing, Burning Man, celebrity blogs, Charmr, Flickr, freelancing, Mobility, Mosaickr, mtv, podcasting, tv logos
posted by olli @ 07:46Tuesday, August 28, 2007
New research suggests that mobile phone users are turned off by advanced features
A List Apart on how to optimize your website for the iPhone
Can you judge a book purely by its cover?
Famster is launching a white label social network for all
Will the oft-rumoured Google Phone become the OLPC's new competition?
If you work for Earthlink, you might want to consider polishing up that resume
If you're looking to hook up tonight, these cufflinks are for you
Digg gets a mild re-design
Radar magazine takes a look at the "worst" universities in the USA
Facebook makes some changes to its developer platform
Crains Chicago Business interviews Jason Fried from 37 Signals
Rentometer will tell you if you're paying too much rent
Ten tips for new artists and designers
Why not start your day off with a Grindhouse breakfast cereal?
Labels: 37 Signals, book design, cufflinks, digg, Earthlinks, facebook, Famster, Grindhouse, iPhone, mobile phones, Radar, Rentometer, social networks
posted by olli @ 07:14Monday, August 27, 2007
Essential reading: An interview with Toronto's urban explorer - Michael Cook
MySpace launches an online animated series - Afterworld
Daylife is like Google News with a social networking component - check it out
Monocle takes a look at the Fuji Rock Festival
20 re-branding mistakes marketers make and how to avoid them (.pdf)
The NY Times takes an in-depth look at China's environmental crisis
Cover Browser is the ultimate comic book cover aggregator
Vint Cerf says that broadcast TV's days are numbered...
Heima is a new film from our Icelandic friends Sigur Ros
Nokia re-invents itself again with the N-Gage?
The Envelope Collective uses mail as an art medium
How to make a homemade record player
Israel is not screwing around when it comes to image resizing
Everything you ever wanted to know about the new attention economy
Having a homepage is not nearly as good as having a Lifestream
Labels: Afterworld, attention economy, Daylife, Fuji Rock Festival, Iceland, Lifestream, marketing, Michael Cook, Monocle, MySpace, N-Gage, Nokia, re-branding, record player, Sigur Ros, Toronto
posted by olli @ 14:52Friday, August 24, 2007
Say hello to the NY Times entry into web 2.0 - My Times
Does the Internet matter in election year politics?
Will all Americans have mobile phones by 2013?
Say hello to Kitchen Budapest - a rather excellent idea incubator
Will the future be about distributed media and comments?
How social media is conquering the web
More beautifully creepy photos from Chernobyl
The OLPC team shows off its user interface design
British children now becoming media junkies
And if that's not bad enough - will UK school uniforms soon be GPS enabled?
These are some nice wallpapers for your iPhone
Say hello to the first annual Architecture & Design competition in Second Life
How to block YouTube's ads
Yelp is a new local social network and reviews site
18 tips for killer presentations
Five simple rules for being a successful teenage celebrity
Labels: architecture, celebrity, elections, GPS, iPhone, Kitchen Budapest, listings, MyTimes, OLPC, presentations, Second Life, Yelp, YouTube
posted by olli @ 07:25Thursday, August 23, 2007
The internet's main target demographic just got older. Much older
34 more ways to build your own social network
These are 45 web based operating systems
This is a brilliant viral ad against gun crime from London's Choice FM
The LA Times takes a look at the whole bloggers vs. journalists thing
Advertising hits YouTube with overlay ads
BUT...others are not amused - say hello to VideoEgg
Are we now one step closer to wireless electricity?
Will all of France get free music downloads?
Hmm...looks like you already can - say hello to Deezer
And of course...Nokia to launch its (long awaited) music download service soon
Marketers take note: Playboy launches its own closed social network (No "high schoolers or old dudes")
The basics of information theory
This is a nice collection of British industrial ruins
last.fm to publish Hype Chart
Labels: bloggers, industrial ruins, information theory, journalists, last.fm, marketing, music downloads, Nokia, Playboy, social networks, VideoEgg, Web OS, YouTube
posted by olli @ 07:51Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Apple secures European iPhone revenue deals
Marketing alert: e-mail has overtaken snail mail for the first time in the UK
Wal-Mart launches mp3 downloads
MTV teams up with Twitter for the upcoming VMA's
This is a nice list of Web 2.0 API's
More Web 2.0 insanity: Simplespark is a Web 2.0 applications aggregator
Could YouTube become the next Craigslist?
More on that: How to get a job listed on Craigslist
How to design a menu for maximum revenue
Peepsnation is like Hot Or Not for your mobile phone
Say hello to Google Sky
Say hello to Microsoft's Tafiti
11 rules for life you won't learn in school
This is a USB cassette deck
Labels: API, Apple, Craigslist, email, Google Sky, iPhone, menu design, mtv, Peepsnation, Tafiti, twitter, WalMart, web 2.0, YouTube
posted by olli @ 07:37Tuesday, August 21, 2007
The self-censoring Google China goes live
Helium looks to be a social network for writers
The BBC's Olinda digital radio is a really interesting concept
Is AOL on its last legs in the US?
Say hello to Derinkuyu, the underground city
This billiard table is made from a Volkswagen Bus
Pic of the day: "Mall Death Metal"
Looks like Paramount and Dreamworks have dropped Blu-Ray in favour of HD-DVD
Bokardo looks at the psychology of social web design
More on that - interesting thoughts on the Social Graph
Is the decline of hip-hop music sales because of....whitey?
Vlingo is voice recognition software for your mobile phone
Remember that recent Skype outage? Blame Microsoft
The Magnetic Wrist Band is great for people who always lose things
Labels: bbc, Blu-Ray, Bokardo, China, Derinkuyu, digital radio, Dreamworks, Google, HD-DVD, hip-hop, Microsoft, olinda, Paramount, Skype, social web psychology, Vlingo, Volkswagen
posted by olli @ 07:37Monday, August 20, 2007
Beginning of the end? Bebo overtakes MySpace in UK traffic rankings
You might be down with the Pee Pants, but are you down with the HeadHoods?
Will artificial life arrive in three to ten years?
Gloji is a new beverage with some pretty awesome product packaging
Speakup makes a case for The Simpsons being the ultimate in brand expereinces
More on that note - Say hello to the ODG - The Original Design Gangsta
Will magazines thrive or die in the new digital era?
Say hello to the world's most expensive beers (we'll stick with the Lambics, thanks)
Can children's drawings be used as evidence of war crimes?
An update on the state of internet radio
The iPhone hacking kit - step by step
Did the future just arrive with Sweden's Skycab?
More on that - BusinessWeek looks at the future of work, 10 years from now
The NY Times takes a look at who's been editing Wikipedia entries
Four trends in newspaper web navigation
We're really enjoying a new band called Lights Out Asia
Labels: artificial life, Bebo, childrens drawings, future of work, Headhoods, iPhone, Lights Out Asia, magazine, newspaper design, original design gangsta, Skycab, Sweden, Wikipedia
posted by olli @ 07:08Friday, August 17, 2007
How to run a corporate blog
Say hello to Kadoink - another mobile oriented social network
Gaming sill remains the most popular online activity
On that note - MTV is investing $500 Million in video gaming in their programming plans
Skidmore, Owings and Merril showcase their awesome visualization of the new SF Transbay Center & Tower
MK12 did a really nice job of data visualization in the film "Stranger Than Fiction"
Say hello to the Swiss Poster Poster
What's this? Are the younger MySpace users fleeing to sites like Mebo and Facebook?
In case you forgot - the psychology of colour, explained
What's going on with USAToday's attempt at social networking?
Are you a creative director stumped for ideas? Say hello to The Idea Generator!
These are ten "awesomely bad dolls"
Universal music plans to track DRM free music with Watermarking
Say hello to The Dulwich Horror - H.P. Lovecraft and the crisis in British Housing exhibition
Labels: blogging, colour, dolls, Gaming, HP Lovecraft, ideas, Kadoink, MySpace, psychology, San Francisco, social networking, Switzerland, USAToday
posted by olli @ 08:12Thursday, August 16, 2007
Funding Universe is a social network set up specifically for entrepreneurs
Related - Facebook does the management shuffle
And...Stuff magazine shuts down. We hardly knew ye
So...Looking for a job? Welcome to the new world of video resumes with VlogyourJob
This photographic exhibition focuses on people who have had paranormal experiences
58% of Americans fall for internet scams
Is Meebo the most useful iPhone site yet?
Or is it Facebook - which seems to double as a massive iPhone phonebook
How Guitar Hero saved guitar based music
Say hello to the Warp Records London Bar Guide
How to create a minimalist home
Tips on how to stay motivated
How pirated software impacts free software
MIT's Smart Cities group is looking to make mass transport more personal
The Guardian looks at 10 UK dot.com's to watch in 2007
Labels: cities, facebook, Funding Universe, Guardian, iPhone, minimalism, MIT, paranormal, software, Stuff, VlogyourJob
posted by olli @ 07:53Wednesday, August 15, 2007
How to make people buy books
Why are most magazines Table Of Contents completely illegible?
Icon magazine offers design manifestos from the cream of the crop
WebUrbanist is a blog that looks at urban culture and alternative art
Adweek say that Old Media still resonates with consumers
How to be a successful web designer
Netflix rolls out social networking features
Tim O'Reilly takes a look at the virtues of print in the Web 2.0 world
Are RSS subscribers the same thing as a "hit" on your website?
This is a list of mobile and telephony API's and mash-ups
HeardonTV allows you to find music you heard on a TV show
Foodloops help keep your food organized
This is a great report from the NSBA that looks at the surfing habits of teens (.pdf)
Have you seen Wired's how-to wiki?
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic will be broadcasting a concert in Second Life
Labels: API, books, Foodloops, HeardonTV, mash-up, NSBA, Old Media, RSS, Second Life, telephony, traffic, WebUrbanist, Wired
posted by olli @ 08:09Tuesday, August 14, 2007
The OPA say website visitors spend half of their time on content, half on search
ReadWriteWeb offers you a rather tasty directory of online music services
12x12 is a blog that looks at album cover art
Why journalists must enter the race for innovation
Common mistakes designers make when designing online shopping carts
UK ISP's to BBC - Pay us or we'll throttle iPlayer bandwidth
Newsweek takes a look at the Facebook phenomena
T-shirt art is dead. Long live Deck Chair Art
The LA Times launches a Los Angeles homicide mash-up with Google maps
How China is planning to track its citizens
A beginners guide to mind mapping meetings
What's a big problem for Joost? American Broadband
This microscope can create 3-D movies of living cells
Labels: bbc, broadband, deck chairs, facebook, Google, innovation, Joost, journalism, microscopes, Newsweek, OPA, ReadWriteWeb, search, web design
posted by olli @ 21:31Monday, August 13, 2007
Know PHP? Like Facebook? Here's Facebook's leaked PHP code (apparently)
Watch this space: NZ papers outsourcing their editorial production
On that note - have you fallen for these 7 negative attitudes pushed by the media?
Say hello to Apple's foray into social music networking
The ten most expensive paintings of all time
Say hello to Artzmania's Web 2.0 web graphics e-zine
The Guardian goes in search of the worlds greatest soft drink
The Pew Research Center discovers the American public not so trusting of mainstream media
What distinguishing characteristics do you need to be a designer?
The NY Times looks at road sign design across The United States
Beware of the Sony Bravia Play-Doh bunnies
Looking for a job as an Architect? This might help
What industrial designers taught software designers
Labels: Architect, Artzmania, Bravia, facebook, industrial design, mainstream media, NY Times, NZ, PHP, roadsigns
posted by olli @ 16:32Friday, August 10, 2007
Say hello to Nokia's new MOSH (MObilize And Share) community
Also please say hello to iTunes widgets
Universal Music to sell music without DRM (but not on iTunes)
Gamasutra looks at writing for video games
Jamiroquai redux: Say hello to the Omnidirectional Treadmill
The Guardian interviews Jakob Nielsen
"Dear Architects, I am sick of your shit"
Google and Yahoo! lead online brand rankings
Say hello to Arkitip's new Intelligence site
Each Day says "Please make the bubble speech logo die!"
Is time travel really possible via a donut shaped vacuum?
Have you met the Lantern Fish yet?
Germany to issue mobile TV licenses by September
Why is Web 2.0 leaving the porn industry behind?
ReadWriteWeb offers interesting solutions on how you can be an internet radio DJ
Say hello to "The Dangerous Book For Boys"
Are you a video games physics geek? If so - Rings Of Rods is for you
For the rest of your physics needs, why not try The Jason Bourne Stunt Simulator?
Labels: Apple, books, DRM, Gamasutra, Germany, Google, Guardian, itunes, Jakob Nielsen, mobile TV, MOSH, Nokia, omnidirectional, Rings Of Rods, Universal, video game physics
posted by olli @ 08:08Thursday, August 9, 2007
Say hello to scrollovers
NBC Universal launches its own YouTube competitor - Didja
Tengu is a perfect companion for the cubicle shut-in
For those who have a lot of parking tickets, the PhotoViolationMeter might be something to look into
21 tips to deal with information overload
An interview and examples of some great work from Lichtfaktor
The right way to fix inaccurate Wikipedia articles
The Guardian Weekly relaunches with a social networking focus
10 things your favourite restaurant won't tell you
Can't say we didn't see this coming: Blockbuster acquires Movielink
Bokardo takes a look at the spectre of Feature Creep
Here's some nice cartoon inspiration for your 404 pages
What are your thoughts on the new BBC Radio idents?
Labels: 404, bbc, Blockbuster, feature creep, information overload, Movielink, restaurants, scrollovers, Wikipedia, YouTube
posted by olli @ 08:06Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Google's Eric Schmidt takes a crack at defining Web 3.0
TeeBeeDee is a social network aimed at the 40+ set
Forbes takes a look at what's next for Sony after the PS3
The 25 best typographic title sequences you've ever read
Why isn't the Apple logo on the Command Key on the new iMac keyboard?
How do demolish a building from the ground up
Why media should adopt the "MySpace" model to survive in the 21st century
BD4D and The Wellcome Collection are holding a Flash design competition
MapMag is a new travel and lifestyle magazine
50 Cent to debate Kanye West on live TV but do we care?
Say hello to The College Students Guide To Filesharing
IA Japan take a look at web design - Keep It Simple, Stupid!
Speaking of which - More cities have been added to Google's Street View
8 essential strategies to saying "No"
What is going on with the Nokia Prism range?
Labels: BD4D, Filesharing, Forbes, Google, MapMag, Nokia, PS3, social networking, TeeBeeDee, Web 3.0, web design
posted by olli @ 07:43Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Looks like the iPhone has been hacked, unlocked and confirmed
Me.dium.com is a new traffic sharing and activity monitor for blogs and content
Channel 4 is holding a graphic design contest for a new ident
Are black holes really portals to other universes?
A New City Guide offers an alternative take on travel guides
Guilty as charged: Facebook now attracting older 30+ types
Say hello to Knocka.Tv - the Israeli version of YouTube?
Seven ways to make money from MMO's
What are your best practices for email?
Black Hat says social networking sites are a security nightmare
These are the confessions of a LinkedIn dropout
Labels: A New City Guide, black holes, channel 4, email, facebook, Knocka.tv, LinkedIn, Me.dium.com, MMO, social networking
posted by olli @ 21:19Monday, August 6, 2007
A fabulous look at the entire Berlin Wall before it came down
Coldwell Banker now selling homes through Second Life
How agencies are hiring in this second dot.com boom
Manchester's famous Hacienda club now part of an exhibition at Urbis
Taking a look at The Angst Of Silicon Valley
What's going on with Six Apart deleting LiveJournals?
Clicktale is a cool web-based heat-mapping usability tool
Looking to join a virtual world? You've got plenty of choice. Here's a list
Mundu is a multi-platform IM client for your iPhone
More on that: Plusmo offers upwards of 10,000 iPhone widgets
Say hello to the Axis Of Evil toy series
Nokia launches a new design studio in Bangalore
Who really cares about Mobile Roaming?
This diagram examines the complex character relationships in the TV Show Heroes
What's next in the UGC world: User Generated Design for an established design company
Are startups too reliant on the M&A market?
Labels: Bangalore, berlin, Hacinenda, Heroes, hiring, mobile roaming, Nokia, Plusmo, real estate, Second Life, Silicon Valley, Urbis, venture capital, virtual worlds
posted by olli @ 20:48Friday, August 3, 2007
These are really cool visualizations of activities in various scriptures
More cool visualizations about alternate London tube ticket designs
Ars Technica says it's not just one but many Google phones that are coming
This Ironman watch can control your iPod
Masha has a really nice collection of motion graphics on Yuxt
Anywhere FM allows you to upload your iTunes playlist and listen to it anywhere
Japanese companies aren't so thrilled with YouTube's copyright control
More on that - Yahoo! now gearing up its own video service against YouTube
Companies aren't so thrilled with Adobe either for adding a FedEx/Kinkos button into its software
How to use MySpace to build a blogging audience
These are some cool photos from The Soviet Union in the 1970's
Have you had a chance to play with LiveSurface yet?
There are iPod knockoffs and then there is the Meizu
Newser is an interesting news aggregator that reminds me of Google News meeting Newsmap
How to become famous architect
The Guardian offers a podcast that looks at new Canadian music
Labels: AnywhereFM, architecture, Canada, data visualization, Google, Ironman, Japan, LiveSurface, London, Masha, Meizu, music, Newser, Soviet Union
posted by olli @ 07:59Thursday, August 2, 2007
Google using crowdsourcing to create maps in India
Great examples of cassette tape culture through the ages
MIT designs a...sexy...spacesuit?
Why Flash sucks
Viacom launches mobile an entertainment social network in Japan
Say hello to Shoeboxed - a place for your online shopping documents
Is American Airlines about to offer in-flight wi-fi?
Speedbit is an interesting download accelerator
How Apple will implement multi-touch functionality in its upcoming products
What's next for Web 2.0? Is it open/controllable social networking?
The pros and cons of digital video game distribution
The Wall Street Journal says that the Google Phone is coming
We're loving Benjamin Hubert's "Polynest" birdhouses
Billshare is a really useful tool for housemates who need to share bills
Elton John to The Guardian: Let's shut off the internet
Labels: Apple, Benjamin Hubert, Billshare, Elton John, Google, Guardian, India, MIT, Polynest, social networking, spacesuits, Viacom, Wall Street Journal, web 2.0
posted by olli @ 20:40Wednesday, August 1, 2007
StyleMob lets the user decide what's fashionable and what's not
Interesting way to visualize your email inbox
This railroad crossing sign is really a table
Tips and tricks on how to be a guitar hero
Ten things your corporate IT department won't tell you
Sleevage is a blog dedicated to album cover art
Say hello to IKEA's new hostel. Yes. Hostel
Need a place to stay? The Couch Surfing Project might just be what you need
How to write better through design
Take a look at The Future Of Software with GigaOm
Avast! Watch ye out for the dreaded Blog Pirates! Arrrrr...
How to stream media to a PS3 from a Mac
Ten reasons to throw away your mobile phone
Slate launches a video magazine: SlateV
Labels: blogging, Couch Surfing Project, GigaOm, IT, Mac, mobile phones, PS3, SlateV, sleevage, software, StyleMob, visualization
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