Friday, May 23, 2008
Please, Microsoft - put ads in the Zune so we can watch you and your desperation shrivel up and die
As for Nokia, you might want to re-consider your latest little foray into DRM
How to get meaningful insights from qualitative research
Why do we buy what we buy?
These are great photos of television
TimeTube arranges the last YouTube videos by date and subject
The eight types of annoying people you'll find inside Starbucks
Say hello to Clearspring - "The Widget Network"
Does college really generate a decent Return On Investment?
Think you know who the final Battlestar Galactica Cylon is? Wanna bet on it?
Is London's planning sector over-reliant on Australians?
We really like this felt "flip" chair
Why early adopters are not the mass market
Bandini make awesome bathrooms
Labels: Bandini, Battlestar Galactica, Clearspring, DRM, early adopters, London, Microsoft, Nokia, Starbucks, television, TimeTube, widgets
posted by olli @ 20:31Friday, May 16, 2008
Here's the latest IAB Internet Advertising Report - $21 Billion, anyone? .pdf
Are social networks dragging down CPM's?
Why is Google's Sergei Brin "bearish" on social ad revenue?
How the Pentagon is making Iron Man real in five easy steps
Why Generation Y is going to change the web
The promise and peril of ubiquitous computing
Here's a nice collection of open courseware links for aspiring web devs
How to get personal value from web surfing
Say hello to Reuters' Spotlight - more API's than you can shake a stick at
How Apple is changing DRM
Labels: API, Apple, CPM, DRM, Gen Y, IAB, Iron Man, open courseware, Pentagon, social network, ubiquitous computing, web surfing
posted by olli @ 06:54Friday, May 9, 2008
Do managers do better with an MBA or a level 70 character in WOW?
What are the five best file sharing services?
Can mobile phones actually alter your behaviour?
Plurk is like Twitter meets IM on the web. Interesting
Is IKEA the world's largest charity?
7 types of development articles that set kittens on fire
What would a perfect magazine look like?
DRM is dead! No wait - it's not!
Is MySpace really ready to embrace data portability?
Here's a nice look at Nokia's recent NFC developments
Why do workaholics fixate on inconsequential details?
16 telcos sign deal to build undersea cable system
Here's a nice guide to get you started on LinkedIn
Labels: cable, data portability, development, DRM, file sharing, Ikea, LinkedIn, MBA, mobile phones, MySpace, NFC, Nokia, Plurk, undersea, World of Warcraft
posted by olli @ 20:13Monday, February 25, 2008
Say hello to the release of IE8 Beta 1 (Dev only...for now)
iFob is a mini-social network for all of you iPhone/iTouch owners
Apple profile agency extraordinare Big Spaceship
More from Apple - say hello to the iPhone/iTouch multi-touch input surface
Television New Zealand says "NO" to DRM. Good on ya, mates
Behind every great brand, there is a great audience
Now this is a great idea - say hello to the Deutsche Post's Packstation
Everything you've ever wanted to know about The Future Of Reputation
It's like 1999 all over again - The An-Nahar newspapers creates a virtual newspaper online
Typesites is another lovely site about type
Social marketers take note: More women blog and share than men
How does one manage over-achievers?
Say hello to ad-supported GPS - via adNav
Creative Review gets a re-design. What do you think?
Labels: AdNav, An-Nahar, Apple, Big Spaceship, Creative Review, Deutsche Post, DRM, IE8, iFob, Packstation, TVNZ, Typesites
posted by olli @ 19:00Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Is the BBC getting ready to shed 12% of its workforce?
Yahoo! to any labels selling DRM - drop dead
Led Zeppelin to eBay - drop dead
Marketers take note: 8 totally useless infomercial products
Say hello to the Dasher Project
10 businesses facing extinction in ten years
Max Kiesler takes a look at the design patterns of minimalist websites
Is the internet actually good for writers?
Say hello to the Liquid Cities Symposium
Is MySpace getting ready to roll out its own application development platform?
Should you trust Facebook with your business?
Allan Leinwand takes a look at the myth of infinite bandwidth
These are some great examples of shipping container architecture
Hand drawn credit card statements, anyone?
What can Star Wars teach us about handling money?
Labels: architecture, Bandwidth, bbc, Dasher, DRM, eBay, facebook, layoffs, Led Zeppelin, Liquid Cities Symposium, music, MySpace, shipping containers, Star Wars, yahoo
posted by olli @ 11:58Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Stop Press! Amazon creates its own DRM free music store
Is your user experience team too big?
Say hello to Nokia's Point and Find technology
More cool UI tech - check out Uniqlock's Visitor Atlas
Be a responsible parent and tell your kids to make their own fonts
Yesterday was not a good day to be Vonage
The top ten coolest American small towns
Why scary video games are better than horror movies
IPTV is growing in the UK
10 more future web trends
This Happened is an ongoing interaction design meetup in London
More on that - everything you ever wanted to know about improving your design skills
What are the nine most repulsive buildings on Earth?
Design Boom looks at how to design for Second Life
Labels: Amazon, architecture, Design Boom, design skills, DRM, interaction design, London, Second Life, This Happened, UX, Video games, web trends
posted by olli @ 08:28Thursday, September 20, 2007
NBC to offer DRM'd shows on-demand, on the web
Stephen Fry is a genius BUT did you know he's an expert on mobile phone UI?
Zipcar is now available on your mobile phone
Say hello to The Gloamer. He's made up of rolled up newspapers
Nobody puts on a fashion show like New York's Jack Spade
Ever wonder what happens when you open EVERY application on a Powerbook at once?
The Hoerboard is a really lovely custom made DJ workstation
The top ten laughably bad tech ads courtesy of CNET
These are the brand guidelines behind Verizon's "Can you hear me now?" campaign
Looks like this faux-GPS iPhone hack actually works
Why Europe's mobile startups are singing
Twitter + audio and video? Say hello to Utterz
Is your taste in music determined at birth?
Labels: branding, CNET, DRM, Gloamer, Hoerboard, mobile, music, NBC, startups, Stephen Fry, twitter, Utterz, Verizon, Zipcar
posted by olli @ 08:36Friday, 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, May 17, 2007
Feel free to test out some of Google's experimental search interfaces
Yahoo! offering a sneak peek at some new enhancements for My Yahoo!
The New Yorker on how use, not innovation drives technology
Amazon will sell non-DRM'ed mp3's by the end of the year
We Are Food Geek is a blog about the future of food
The onomatopeta of Batman's "Biff!", "Bang!", "Pow!" cutaways
Seven tips on how to run a successful community online
Are you a music blogger? If so - b5Media might want to hire you
Foster + Partners to create the world's first zero carbon, zero waste city in Abu Dhabi
Burst Labs have a great experimental interface for finding content. Check it out
Nielsen says if you want online buzz, you better have a campaign
Design By Grid is a resource for web designers
Wired Magazine offers a pictoral on 40 years of video gaming
The Guardian turns A&R with a "band of the day" feature
Labels: Abu Dhabi, Amazon, architecture, Batman, blogging, DRM, food, Google, Grid, Guardian, innovation, marketing, music, New Yorker, Nielsen, Video games, Wired, yahoo
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