Wednesday, November 21, 2007

The ins and outs of hyperlocal content

Interesting: Jajah says no to ringing tones but yes to adverts instead

What are the top areas of technological innovation through 2025?

New from Flickr: Say hello to Places

Will the internet run out of capacity in 2009?

Germany sends a big NEIN to locked and exclusive use of the iPhone with a contract

Urban life...what's it all about? How about congestion?

Material Vision hits Frankfurt with an interesting look at materials and industrial design

Why the concept of "selling out" is really not possible

What Facebook learned from search

Say hello to the 360 degree HD camera + projector

Labels: facebook, Germany, HD, hyperlocal content, iPhone, Jajah, Material Vision, search, selling out, technological innovation, urban living

posted by olli @ 14:05  

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

The BBC Radio Labs blog is back

Happy Birthday Wii! 1 year old and still looking youthful!

Say hello to 3D printing at home

Is user generated video becoming less attractive to viewers now that the pros are here?

What are the top 60 Japanese buzzwords of 2007?

A note to magazine publishers: Don't try to re-invent the web

Say hello to NME TV

Related: The NY Times profiles VBS TV

and of course, say hello to SYNC TV

This is a simplified map of London (and very accurate too!)

Magpie and Cake is a pretty cool arts and crafts blog

Blockbuster: From on the brink of death to...in-store kiosks?

Labels: bbc, Blockbuster, buzzwords, Japan, London, magazine publishing, Magpie and Cake, NME TV, Radio Labs, Sync TV, VBS, Wii

posted by olli @ 13:59  

Monday, November 19, 2007

I, for one, welcome our new QBN overlords

Say hello to Google Magazine?

This is a handy guide to London circa 1928 (.pdf)

Will mobile banking overcome the hurdles of the financial regulators?

Say hello to Epsom's electronic paper

Ten resources and inspirations for decluttering your home

Why extreme programming may not be the way forward

If Abraham Lincoln was a CEO, this is how he'd do Gettysburg

The NYC Muji store opens and Core 77 is there

This is a really nice collection of time-lapse photography from different cities

How did a homeless man become a fashion icon?

Villa Eugenie do not screw around when it comes to creating fashion shows

What do the colours in your dreams mean?

Labels: colours, Core 77, dreaming, extreme programming, Fashion, Gettysburg, Google, London, Muji, QBN, time-lapse, Villa Eugenie

posted by olli @ 13:41  

Friday, November 16, 2007

Wow! Is this the VW Up! Space developed by Apple?

Brijit is billing itself as a "thinking man's Digg"

If you're a budding filmmaker, you might want to check out Blowtorch

Say hello to free, ad supported music downloads via RCRD LBL

How to scout locations using Flickr

Taking a look at a developers thoughts on Google's Android

On that note...why is Google shutting down the feed to Newsmap?

Say hello to IKEA's new track and trace system

ReadWriteWeb offers you 5 essential mobile web apps

IBM now offering ready-to-use Cloud computing

These are 5 emerging social networks

If you ever needed a wall-mounted shoe dryer, we've got you covered

Why is MIT suing Frank Gehry?

Now you can text your ads directly to consumers via shopping trolleys

Labels: Android, Brijit, Cloud computing, Frank Gehry, Google, Ikea, MIT, Newsmap, shoe dryer, Shopping, social networking, Up, VW, web apps

posted by olli @ 12:55  

Thursday, November 15, 2007

What happens when Craigslist ads become books?

Can you believe its been 25 years of Computer Aided Design?

Rupert Murdoch says the Wall Street Journal will be free

Warner Music - we were wrong to treat consumers as the enemy

Why the community CEO doesn't work

6 things you should know about Google's OpenSocial

Say hello to the Interactive Pattern Gestures Library

StyleIgnite takes a look at the anatomy of Web 2.0 design trends

More on that...do canonical web designs actually exist?

Say hello to ITV's new music section

Building is a magazine about the construction industry

Is the secret to life, the universe and everything really just an E8 Pattern?

Labels: CAD, CEO, E8, interactive pattern gestures library, ITV, Open Social, physics, Styleignite, Wall Street Journal, web 2.0, web design

posted by olli @ 12:59  

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Say hello to low-power Wi-Fi radio

Is this the worlds greatest copy shot?

The 25 most baffling toys from around the world

Say hello to MIT's stackable car

Essential tips for presenting your work to clients

What is the future of BitTorrent?

Say hello to Meta Serif

Did you know you can now get stainless steel in liquid form?

And if you really want to get crazy - these are 35 footer designs for you

We're really into the Out Of Office collective

And if you really want to get crazy - these are 35 footer designs for you

This is a really excellent print ad from Saatchi & Saatchi

Labels: BitTorrent, clients, copy shots, design, footer, liquid stainless steel, Meta Serif, MIT, Out Of Office, Saatchi, Toys, Wi-Fi

posted by olli @ 13:53  

Tuesday, November 14, 2007

Are mobile downloads and mobile labels the saviour of the music industry?

Say hello to a new vision of Coney Island

99 top resources for designing Web 2.0 sites

Why you need to be organised to be creative

Is Microsoft building a Flickr competitor?

Say hello to the BBC Radio Labs blog

An interesting piece on the band as "brand"

Guitar Hero? Bah! You got nothin' on Accordion Hero

Hollywood movies don't make money anymore. Truth or Fiction?

Content strategy - long or short articles?

Are these the top 50 graphic design blogs?

How to reclaim your site from domain squatters

How selling and pitching a TV show works

Labels: Accordion hero, band as brand, blogs, Coney Island, domain squatting, graphic design, Hollywood, mobile, music industry, TV show pitching

posted by olli @ 13:56  

Friday, November 9, 2007

Has the iPod Touch 1.1.2 release been jailbroken before it's even released?

Cory Doctorow (who else?) on how to use Creative Commons licenses

Looks like the HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray fight has hit a stalemate

Say hello to VBS TV - a sort of mash-up between YouTube and current.tv

First a backlash, but now is Facebook's new social ads system illegal?

Believe it or not, this is a lovely collection of spam one-liners

Radiohead says ComScore results are completely inaccurate

Is web surfing dead?

What motivates Wikipedians to do what they do?

Why creating a software start-up is not as easy as you might think

If you ever missed the UK ITV Indie Chart show during the 1990's, here's your chance to catch up

These are fabulous network idents for Norway's NRK

Labels: Comscore, Creative Commons, facebook, indie chart, ipod, ITV, jailbreak, NRK, Radiohead, software, spam, startup, Wikipedia

posted by olli @ 13:57  

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Has the Facebook ad backlash begun?

Housefront allows you to get house prices by SMS text message

Michael Eisner blames Steve Jobs for the current music industry downturn

Your two minute guide to AT&T wiretapping

Say hello to Sony Ericsson's music store

On that note - will Red Bull be the next online player in the music market?

Is Verizon hijacking your web browser?

Re-Design Me offers crowdsourcing solutions to product design

What makes 12-24 year olds happy? MTV just might know

How to be a successful freelancer

What does 24 hours of air traffic look like from space?

Labels: air traffic, crowdsourcing, demographics, facebook, freelancing, mtv, Red Bull, SMS, Sony Ericsson, Verizon, wiretapping

posted by olli @ 10:20  

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

How will Open ID change your site?

Did you know? Google is coming to a petrol station near you

An excellent look at tag cloud UI best practice

Songza is a music search engine and jukebox

Say hello to the worlds narrowest house

These are more photos of London pubs than you could ever shake a stick at

62% of all visitors paid nothing for the new Radiohead release

This is an academic study of social network demographics

Say hello to Nokia's new touchscreen interface

If you're looking for customer management tools, this is a good place to start

Alpha Channel is MSNBC's in-house design blog

Your life is not complete without a garbage eating robot goat

Labels: alpha channel, architecture, customer management, msnbc, Nokia, Open ID, Radiohead, robotics, social networking, Songza, touchscreen

posted by olli @ 13:37  

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Attention mobile developers: Say hello to Android

More of that: social design best practices for Open Social

Say hello to the new improved NPR music site

Payscale allows you to compare your salary with others in your field

Could vinyl be the last nail in the coffin of the CD?

What's the worst typeface of all time?

Could "self-serve hyper-targeting ad networks" be the future?

Our old friend Jello Biafra gets an interview in the Guardian

Love may tear us apart but this poster will bring my wallet and this site together

What works and what doesn't in the social enterprise

10 types of programmers you'll encounter in the field

How to resolve conflicts easily with the 4 agreements

Half-Life in sixty seconds

Labels: Android, conflict resolution, Google, Guardian, Half Life, Jello Biafra, Joy Division, NPR, Payscale, programmers, social enterprise

posted by olli @ 09:37  

Monday, November 5, 2007

Is America's consumer culture sustainable?

02 removes 200MB fair use policy from its UK iPhone offerings

Engadget reviews Nokia's mobile music store

How widgets are becoming the coin of the social realm

Like sushi? Then say hello to "smushi"

Attributor is a service that attempts to track copyrights on the web

7 lessons learned from trying to launch a UK startup

Does the ghost of George Orwell really live in Mark Zuckerberg?

What Gordon Ramsey can teach software developers

How to hack your Roomba vacuum cleaner

Say hello to Kylie Minogue...the social network?

The MusicMap allows you to see who's listening to what, where

Instymeds make vending machines for prescription medications

Labels: Attributor, Gordon Ramsey, Instymeds, Kylie Minogue, Mark Zuckerberg, Musicmap, Nokia, O2, Roomba, smushi, social networking, startups, widgets

posted by olli @ 15:48  

Friday, November 2, 2007

Say hello to Google's new social network OpenSocial

...and The Economist has the analysis of what it could mean for social networking

Do virtual worlds threaten our moral values towards children?

The University of Reading has an MA course in typography

Time magazine's invention of the year.....yup. It's the iPhone

Beat reporting within a social network - can it work?

Art Lebedev have created the greatest clothes pins ... EVER

How to actually search Craigslist

Venture capitalists take note: "The Pattern Analysis of MegaMillions Lottery Numbers"

This is an interactive look at the Global Seed Vault

Say hello to the Strictly No Photography gallery

What is the state of the office 2.0?

The new version of Twitterific is out and it's pretty cool

Undercity is a blog about what's happening UNDER New York City

Labels: Craigslist, Economist, global seed vault, Google, Office 2.0, strictly no photography, twitter, Typography, Undercity, virtual worlds

posted by olli @ 07:45  

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Read my lips: No Internet taxes for the next seven years

AugMe offers t-shirts with 3D barcodes on them

Serial Consign looks at architecture for digital spaces

This isn't a hotel - it's one of the new Airbus A380's

Two simple truths about producers and game designers

The ultimate cheat sheet for copywriters

Ten ways on how to avoid a Google reputation nightmare

Need to make the logo bigger? Then this cream is for you!

Has Phillips Design nailed the marketing behind getting virtual in Second Life?

Say hello to Facebook Music. It's about time you got here

Designing for e-commerce? You might want to read Amazon's crib notes on their re-design

How can design help communities afflicted with disaster?

The BarCamp conference hits Auckland on the 15th of December. Looks promising and its free!

This is a USB key holder

Labels: Airbus, Amazon, AugMe, BarCamp, copywriting, design, Facebook Music, Google, internet taxes, logos, Phillips Design, Second Life, Serial Cosign, USB

posted by olli @ 07:39