Thursday, November 13, 2008
Why we're so addicted to Hulu
The ten best ads according to Facebook's users
Even the Economist isn't immune - lays off 12 staff
Say hello to the Design By Build Blog
Is Apple building a search engine?
What's your favourite mobile application?
You know that "I'm Feeling Lucky" button on Google? That will be $150 Million dollars please
Say hello to Google's SEO starter guide
WallBlank offers you a new piece of art every week - nice!
This test will tell you if you're a sucky web designer or not
12 principles for keeping your code squeaky clean
Say hello to your new turntable - the HDD
Are area codes dead?
These are some lovely photos of New York in the 1930's
Labels: 1930, ads, Apple, area codes, blog, Build, Economist, facebook, Google, hard drive turntable, Hulu, mobile apps, New York, search engine, WallBlank, web design
posted by olli @ 20:45Thursday, October 2, 2008
I'm a blogger. You're a blogger. How the hell do we make money?
So - what's the best online music store?
Say hello to the Nissan Nuvu electric concept car
Adobe confirms Flash for iPhone - does anyone care?
As such...Ars Technica takes a look inside the iPhone SDK
NPR crowdsourcing its fact checking to Twitter
Pinel and Pinel make some amazing products
A real economist takes a look at the economy of EVE Online
Radioactive scorpion venom could actually be used to fight brain cancer
The top 15 modernist gas stations
The economy is doomed! John Lydon appears in a butter commercial!
Is Web 2.0 doing more harm than good?
Labels: Ars Technica, blogging, commercials, Economist, EVE Online, iPhone, John Lydon, modernism, Nissan Nuvu, online music store, Pinel and Pinel, radioactive scorpion venom, web 2.0
posted by olli @ 21:26Thursday, September 18, 2008
Say goodbye to Seinfeld and Microsoft. Are we saying goodbye to Crispin, Porter and Bogusky as well?
It doesn't get much better than this photograph (.jpg)
Are you a "super-influencer"? We hope so!
Social media and the future according to Google
How much it costs to fire someone around the world
Say hello to the hidden QR code on the 3G iPhone
India is cracking down on open Wi-Fi to prevent terrorism
Your level 70 is nothing. A professor has received a $100,000 grant to study World Of Warcraft
Clarifi is an iPhone case with a built-in macro lens. Cool!
Greatest gift ever: Real letterpresses made of chocolate
Design Public has some great home furnishings for designers
If my children are going to have desks like this, I'm going back to elementary school
Labels: 3G, Clarifi, Design Public, Economist, haptic, iPhone, Microsoft, QR code, Seinfeld, social media, South Park, Surface, Typolade, World of Warcraft, you're fired
posted by olli @ 21:19Thursday, September 4, 2008
Say hello to Nokia's new lifestreaming app
Ponoko is an online store for people who want to design their own products
Say hello to the Economist's new street vendors
Here's a collection of gorgeous Russian posters and artwork
Arup takes a look at the future of connected and sustainable cities
How deep linking could possibly be illegal
Pigs fly. Hell freezes over. Metallica acknowledges the power of the Internet
The world's demand for bandwidth still not impacting the Internet. What are we doing wrong?
Buzzd looks like an interesting geo-location and event based search engine
Will these trends help define the future of PR and marketing?
Vanity Fair writes the eulogy for New York's Greenwich Village
Healthy lessons from Architecture school
This is a $70,000 champagne fridge from Veuve Clicquot
Labels: architecture, Arup, Bandwidth, Buzzd, Economist, Greenwich Village, lifestreaming, marketing, Metallica, Nokia, Ponoko, PR, Russia, Vanity Fair, Veuve Clicquot
posted by olli @ 19:57Monday, August 4, 2008
Looking for anti-censorship tools? (Did you say you were in China?) Here they are
With money to burn in the Middle East, can culture really be bought?
How cloud computing is changing the world
Say goodbye to social.fm
The FT says the music industry should "embrace illegal websites". Even the FT is on our side!
Facebook may be the biggest thing since sliced bread but is it profitable?
The always excellent Smashing Magazine takes a look at some equally excellent album covers
This is a cautionary tale of why you shouldn't hire the former VP of a $100 Million dollar a year company
Is this the future of blogging?
Why mobile TV is a waste of time
How newspapers can turn problems into profit
Say hello to the Economist's style guide
If you're looking to commit the perfect crime, 15 Lombard Street is the book for you
So....Twitter's business model.....yeah, about that
Labels: 15 Lombard Street, blogging, censorship, China, Cloud computing, Dubai, Economist, entrepreneurs, FT, mobile TV, music industry, newspapers, Smashing magazine, twitter
posted by olli @ 20:12Tuesday, May 27, 2008
The sculp(IT) headquarters in Antwerp totally has the coolest bathtub ever
Here's some more cool shipping container architecture
How to understand the digitally savvy consumer (.pdf)
The Economist takes a look at the environmental excess of the music industry
Japan says that kids shouldn't be using their mobile phones so much
Why the YouTube lawsuit is threatening the entire Internet and it's not a joke
Why DVD's in magazines are often more important than the magazines themselves
Format Magazine has some really cool wallpapers for you
Can World Of Warcraft help build a better workforce?
If Twitter is just too much for you, then perhaps Adocu is what you've been looking for
Why are people leaving Google?
Do 1.3 million people really earn their living from eBay?
How can record labels actually make themselves useful? By becoming filters
Who needs a car when you can have an Avcen Jetpod?
Labels: Adocu, Antwerp, Avcen, digital consumers, DVD, eBay, Economist, Format Magazine, Google, Japan, mobile phone, music industry, sculp(IT), shipping container, World of Warcraft, YouTube
posted by olli @ 21:02Monday, May 12, 2008
Say hello to the new Economist.com
Hip-Hop plus Bluegrass equals Gangstagrass and it's fantastic
Why filtering is the next step for social media
Why teens are taking embarassing ailments to doctors in Second Life
TechCrunch has a great look at the evolution of the press release
The 10 worst workplaces in tech - is yours included?
The future of business is social and here's why
Is it a brand? Brand Tags can tell you
Looking to set up a design firm with some tax breaks? Move to Detroit
Are the 8 strangest communities on the Internet?
What are the 5 stages of a consumer web startup?
Into Lofts? Check out Loft Life magazine
Are you a vagabond? If so - Vagabondish is the magazine for you
One to bookmark? How to survive a nuclear blast
Is the Handphone the next iPhone killer? We don't think so...
Designing The News is a great site about news design
Uniqlo has a pretty cool music sequencer on offer - check it out
Labels: brand tags, consumer web, Detroit, Economist, Gangstagrass, Handphone, Loft Life, press release, Second Life, social media, Techcrunch, Uniqlo, Vagabondish
posted by olli @ 20:51Friday, 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 @ 07:45Monday, October 8, 2007
New head of EMI says "Embrace digital or die". A bit late to the party, no?
An interesting look behind the product design of razor blades
Are employers interested in your online reputation?
The Economist says - "Don't invent. Evolve"
Analysts are saying Yahoo! is actually worth more if the company breaks up
In 2008, will we will move from the Information Age to the Connected Age?
intune.fm allows you to discover new music on Facebook
Say hello to Coroflot's 2007 Annual Design Salary Survey
The ten habits of highly effective brains
Say hello to the Wi-Fi Detector T-Shirt
With this scale, you'll know how much you weigh in animals
Say hello to MIT's WikiCity project
The sad truth about "revolving doors" in advertising agency turnover
The songs that inspired the new Hives album
Labels: Coroflot, Economist, EMI, facebook, Hives, information age, intune.fm, MIT, music, product design, razor blades, salary survey, Wi-Fi, WikiCity
posted by olli @ 22:02Monday, September 24, 2007
Flashsourcecode.com offers excellent open source flash code for you to play with
EU Benchmark showed mixed results on public service UX
MySpace to launch ad supported mobile phone
Say hello to the new BBC brand portfolio
Resonance FM gets a nice re-design
The ten rules of Twitter and how to break them all
Will Internet video really deliver a Nielsen ratings point?
City Of Sound looks at the recent Tokyo Type Directors Club exhibition in Sydney
Bokardo looks at the value to visualizing information
Great infographic on mobile phone OS usage by region - what's up with the US?
6 ways on how to find a parking spot via mash-up
More on that - Intel wants you to mash it up with MashMaker
Copwatchers is a YouTube page that watches out for police brutality
XM Radio launches a radio station dedicated to the '08 US Election
The Economist now offering unpublished content to bloggers
Megadeth will webcast a performance in real time on YeboTV
Labels: bbc, Bokardo, brand identity, Copwatchers, Economist, Flashsourcecode, Intel, mash-ups, Mashmaker, Megadeth, mobile, MySpace, Nielsen, Public Service, Sydney, Tokyo Type, UX, XM, Yebo
posted by olli @ 08:43Monday, June 11, 2007
Fasten your seatbelts for Steve Jobs' keynote at the 2007 WWDC today
More on that - The Economist looks at lessons companies can learn from Apple
The top ten reasons why Web 2.0 sucks
Zen Habits is a great site for personal productivity
Check out Tuzki's - China's new tour-de-force in emoticons
US entrepreneurs ask the FCC to carve out a slice of bandwidth for sandboxing
Techcrunch goes head-to-head with Joost and Babelgum
Why designers will never succeed in product design by just doing product design
It's about time! Nokia releases mobile media transfer software for OSX
Live in Tehran? Kolah Studio is looking for the best Iranian graffiti for an exhibition
Into games and play? The 2007 Come Out & Play Festival in Amsterdam is where you want to be
The IHT launches "Globespotters" - a blog about cities and travellers
Jarvis Cocker discusses his upcoming Meltdown Festival in London
Blockhunter is a Web 2.0 real estate site for the UK
Say hello to the Moleskine City Notebook Experience
Labels: Apple, Come Out and Play, Economist, emoticons, FCC, Moleskine, Nokia, product design, productivity, Techcrunch, Tzuki, Video games, web 2.0
posted by olli @ 07:47Thursday, May 10, 2007
How much textual information do you consume daily?
last.fm to include video scrobbling by end of the week
Say hello to the Tokyo Ubiquitous Network Project
You're not a consumer anymore. You're really a "transumer"
The high price of getting paid for content
Looking for windows? Just might want to look up Piezofenestration
Telepark is a tag based contact management system
How to start a business
Technology review takes an in-depth look at Apple's design strategy
Is Google preparing to police the web?
Happy 50th Birthday Helvetica
The Economist takes a look at sensory branding
Say hello to Dordles - when doodles are not quite doodles or drawings
The value of vertical search for B2B marketers
Boutique Camping offers pop-up hotels at music festivals
Labels: Apple, B2B, Dordles, Economist, Google, Helvetica, last.fm, scrobbling, sensory branding, telepark, textual information, tokyo, vertical search
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