Monday, December 31, 2007

Should web giants let start-ups use the information they have about you?

Innovative minds don't think alike

User Experience consciousness in business magazines

If you're moving to Tokyo and want to rent an apartment, you better read this first

The Magazineer is a blog about magazine design and print culture

How to install Wikipedia on your iPod

Social Objects for beginners, courtesy of Gaping Void

What's going on with Australia's relentless desire to censor the Internet?

Search Twitter in real time with Tweet Scan

The NY Times takes a look at China's new evolution of surveillance systems

Jaga make some of the coolest home radiators you'll ever see

Cool Hunting presents the best of Transport in 2007

Labels: Australia, censorship, China, innovation, ipod, Jaga, Social Objects, The Magazineer, tokyo, Transport, twitter, user experience, Wikipedia

posted by olli @ 08:49  

Friday, December 28, 2007

Meek FM is not a radio station, but an impressive typographic synthesizer

FlickrFan is a cool 3rd party Flickr app for OS X

Only 1/3 of adults who watched online videos have watched a political video

If you use Orkut, you might want to watch out for a worm

Say hello to the Visual Pollution Police

What if a plane flight were networked and became a social experience with its own economy?

Say goodbye to Wal-Mart's video download service

On that note - is it also time to say goodbye to the shopping mall?

If you're into the NZ music scene, "Soundtrack" might be a book for you

Who needs traditional advertising channels when you can have "Toastvertising"?

FohBoh is a social network for the restaurant industry

Last100 gives a nice roundup of the digital music scene in 2007

What is the ROI on requiring user registration to access online content?

Scintillating Bullshit is an blog about graphic design

iPhoneSender sends street addresses from your browser directly to your iPhone

Labels: FlickrFan, FohBoh, in-flight Wi-Fi, iPhone, Meek FM, movie downloads, NZ Music, Orkut, Scintillating Bullshit, Shopping Malls, Toastvertising, Visual Pollution Police, Wal-Mart

posted by olli @ 08:48  

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Charlie Brooker proudly presents "The 10 Biggest Cocks In Advertising"

More advertising fun: The top ad music of 2007

36 start-up tips from Software Engineering to PR

Moscow's Crystal Island will soon be the world's largest building

Gullwings are so last year. Say hello to the Disappearing Car Door

Why does everyone want to keep blowing up New York City?

Great story on CNN.com about how the OLPC is a huge hit in one Peruvian Village

Congrats! John Maeda named new president of Rhode Island School of Design

Is it just us or does Dasher look like a complete usability nightmare?

Open Source Living is a really nice aggregator of Open Source services and programmes

Labels: advertising, Charlie Brooker, Crystal Island, Dasher, Dissapearing Car Doors, John Maeda, Moscow, New York City, OLPC, open source, start ups, usability

posted by olli @ 09:06  

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

To all our non US friends: Happy Boxing Day!

Say hello to PingMag's new PingMag MAKE website

If Gangsta Rappers made powerpoint presentations, this is what they would look like

If fewer people are watching television, why are TV ad rates skyrocketing?

On that note, this is what video websites are getting for CPM's

Airlines planning to heavily censor your inflight Internet access

Looks like the Economist's social network (Project Red Stripe) is actually happening

More info on The Economist's Project Red Stripe can be found here

No prizes for guessing what the big Web 2.0 trends were in 2007

Yes. There really is an ABC's for LOLCATS

Managing News is a very impressive news aggregator

Mashable has a huge roundup of Avatar creators, if you're into that sort of thing

This is a pretty impressive last.fm visual connection map

Fast Company has a brilliant article on how why minimalism matters in the face of rapid growth

We're listening to a lot of Techtronic's dubstep releases at the moment

Labels: advertising rates, avatars, Fast Company, gangsta rap, in-flight Internet, last.fm, Managing News, Mashable, PingMag, Project Red Stripe, Techtronic, The Economist, web 2.0

posted by olli @ 09:28  

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Nokia has created a pretty lovely design concept called "The Eco Sensor"

MagCulture does a great round up of the best and worst of magazine design/content in 2007

Speaking of which - Magazines Are Dead!...conference hits London on Friday, 25 January

eMarketer: Social network spending looks to grow 70% in 2008

As part of a new iTunes deal, the CBS Records brand is re-born

Newscloud tells you the mood of today's news via weather icons

This is a really interesting report of user driven innovation in Nordic countries (.pdf)

Idealog does a great in-depth interview with MTV Europe's Brett Hansen

Say hello to the MySpace private profile viewer

This is a nice Computer World interview with Craig Newmark

Check out these "We're Famous!" Google stickers popping up around London shops

How to evaluate a new product idea

Dopplr, the social network for frequent fliers is now out of beta

Labels: Craigslist, Dopplr, Eco Sensor, London, magazine design, MTV Europe, MySpace, Nokia, product evaluation, user centred design

posted by olli @ 11:59  

Monday, December 24, 2007

shiner.clay would like to wish all of you crazy kids a very Merry Christmas

Essential Reading: David Byrne interviews Thom Yorke on the real value of music

How do you define "Web 2.0"? Nokia says: "By connecting people"

A Playstation emulator for the iPhone? Indeed. Say hello to psx4iphone

Why journalists suck at business

Why do Apple customers care so much?

World Changing takes a look at the user experience of bus design

ReadWriteWeb throw in their predictions for 2008

Speaking of next year - The Mobile City conference hits Rotterdam, 27-28 February 2008

Say hello to Wikia Search Labs. The private beta starts 07 January

Jason Munn designs gorgeous indie rock posters. We'll take 'em all!

Wired magazine takes a look at 10 startups worth watching in 2008

Google's Open Social posts their best practices list for social design

Why Paris isn't another Silicon Valley

The Guardian takes a look at Britain's local bloggosphere

Labels: 2008, Britain, David Byrne, Mobile City, Paris, ReadWriteWeb, Silicon Valley, social design, startups, Thom Yorke, web 2.0, Wired, World Changing

posted by olli @ 09:20  

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Hello.

This is a test of the shiner.clay broadcasting system.

We are currently moving hosting providers and you may experience some interruption in your programming. However, We shall return shortly and apologize for the delay.

In the meantime, why not have a peek at our previous links?

We'll be back soon! Promise!

Happy Holidays!

Olli @ shiner.clay

Labels: Beta, test

posted by olli @ 13:38  

Monday, December 3, 2007

Is the humble click-through now on life support?

ComScore says YouTube still leads the US video market

Is MySpace looking to woo more of the professional networking crowd?

Say hello to Graphic Design On The Radio, courtesy of Resonance FM

Why was the UK's Channel 5 left out of the Project Kangaroo VOD initiative?

How do you prepare designers for jobs that don't yet exist?

20 horrible habits of clients and how to deal with them

How to succeed in online journalism

The history of licensing from 1449 to today

Despite attempts from the usual suspects, orders for the One Laptop Per Child project are surging

Why AT&T and Apple aren't getting along so well these days

We're really looking forward to seeing Cloverfield next month

Labels: Apple, clickthrough, Cloverfield, design jobs, Graphic Design On The Radio, MySpace, OLPC, Project Kangaroo, Resonance FM, YouTube

posted by olli @ 20:16