Friday, June 6, 2008

Sta.rtup.biz is a social network for small business. What's with the silly URL?

This is a cool video about advertising in Times Square

Who will rule the new Internet?

Oh yeah, baby. Say hello to the Handbook of Disco

Iceberg is a site that wants you to be a programmer without being a programmer

Why tiered broadband is the enemy of innovation

Here are some gorgeous news information graphics for sale

How to design user interfaces for bank ATM's

Say hello to Facebook's "Supercool School"

We'd rather be living in a Finnish summer house

What's going on with Google's 20% time ideology?

What are your last thoughts before falling asleep?

Labels: advertising, Disco, facebook, Finland, Google, Guardian, Iceberg, information graphics, programming, sleep, sta.rtup.biz, summer houses, tiered broadband, Times Square

posted by olli @ 06:52  

Friday, March 28, 2008

The music industry looks to introduce stealth fees for music downloading via your ISP

Why are the web and print still so separate?

Will Microsoft Surface finally hit the stores in 2011?

Mysterious pianos are popping up all over Birmingham

Say hello to weather engineering courtesy of China

How to deal with email overload

If you have a manufacturing idea, you might want to have a chat with Ponoko

When the best service is actually - no service

If the news is really that important, will it just find you?

It just might - say hello to the Guardian's new developer network

66 Degrees is an interesting social network for artists and designers

Say hello to Arup's new Living Buildings initiative

Google's top 17 easter eggs, gags and hoaxes

Say hello to the new GTA IV street map - we can't wait to play this

70% of online marketers question online advertising

Zemanta is an interesting mix of blogging and the semantic web. Check it out

Labels: 66 Degrees, advertising, Arup, China, email, Google, grand theft auto, Guardian, ISP, living buildings, Microsoft, music industry, Ponoko, print, social network, Surface, weather, web, Zemanta

posted by olli @ 09:55  

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  

Friday, October 19, 2007

How to disarm 10 difficult requests from clients

How do you market advertising to an audience that finds it unacceptable

The Guardian/Observer to launch online media archive

More on that - say hello to The Guardian - America

25 reasons you might be a hardcore web designer

How room colours can affect your mood

Art? Craft? Design? Why, yes. Say hello to Reform School

Techcrunch has a good dispatch from the recent Web 2.0 summit

PingMag takes a look at interactive architectual action in Tokyo

Need lifestyle management? Say hello to Consider It Done

Siemens has a fascinating look at factories of the future

Smashing Magazine gives a nice roundup of BIG typography

New Zealand's The Church has a lovely re-design

Is Twine the first mainstream semantic application?

Are Americans eternally restless?

Did China purposely re-direct search engine traffic because of the Dalai Lama?

A nicely in-depth article about the legendary punk band Crass

Labels: Americans, China, client management, Consider It Done, Crass, Guardian, mobile advertising, New Zealand, The Church, Twine, Typography, web 2.0

posted by olli @ 08:10  

Monday, September 3, 2007

The IHT has a great profile of Rick Rubin and a look at the future of the music biz

There's Google Search and Google Search from your BMW

Jeff Jarvis on correcting errors when publishing content

Idents.tv is a blog that looks at the design of television and news idents

Boxes and Arrows looks at banking form usability

BLDGBLOG takes a look at making music from plants

Confessions of a wedding photographer

kAk is a Russian design magazine

Check out this highly stylized users manual for the original Macintosh 128 circa 1984

FiLife is a finance blog from the Wall Street Journal

Is Facebook blocked for you at work? Here's how to get around the block

Format is a magazine that looks at urban art and fashion

One man and his 100mbps fiber connected life

MMS and Buy will be an on-demand e-commerce mobile phone service

Say hello to Beijing's Internet police force

Have you played with Google Earth's hidden flight simulator yet?

The Guardian looks at the UK's Top 50 designers

Labels: Apple, avant-garde, Beijing, BLDGBLOG, BMW, Boxes and Arrows, design, facebook, Flife, Format, Google, Guardian, Jeff Jarvis, kAk, MMS and Buy, usability, wedding photography, wideband

posted by olli @ 07:47  

Thursday, 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 @ 07:53  

Friday, 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 @ 08:08  

Thursday, 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 @ 20:40  

Monday, July 9, 2007

35 perspectives on online social networking

This is a map of Google products

Engadget Mobile has a run down of why people switched to the iPhone

FFFFound is a great resource for photographers

The Insitute For The Future takes a look at the most future thinking cultures

DailyType is a Russian fontographers collective

The Guardian G2's staff on what it was like blogging from Glastonbury

Is device art coming to America?

How to edit video on the Nokia N95

How to find property for sale using Google Earth

Is hyperlocal news reporting such a good idea?

How to make your web apps look and feel like the iPhone

Labels: Daily Type, FFFound, Glastonbury, Google, Guardian, Hyperlocal News, iPhone, social networking

posted by olli @ 06:41  

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Lifehacker has a nice round-up of all the new features in Apple's upcoming Leopard OS

Nokia doesn't seem very impressed with touch-screen interfaces

Everything I know about design, I learned from the Sopranos

How to hire the best people you've ever worked with

Hello Liverpool. Is that a rotating wall on your building or are you just happy to see me?

This Day In Type is a public typographic calendar

The Guardian weighs in on the 2012 London Olympics Logo

If you're into MMORPG's - TotalMMO is something you should check out

Say hello to the Storage Staircase. Brilliant!

In Finland, the amount you pay on a speeding ticket depends on your income

Rich? Bored? Into Architecture? Why not build a 60 story (yes - story) home?

Say goodbye to the 404 Page. Say hello to the Resurrect page

Say hello to Adobe Air

Center Networks nicely wraps up the FOOA conference

RCRD LBL is a new online record label offering ad-supported free music

Labels: Adobe Air, Apple, architecture, Day In Type, design, Finland, FOOA, Guardian, Leopard, Nokia, Resurrect Page, touch screen

posted by olli @ 07:37  

Monday, June 4, 2007

Say hello to the very first "proper" iPhone ads. Oh yeah - June 29th!

Are we entering the golden age of concert halls?

Goodbye Amp'd Mobile. We hardly knew ye

The ultimate mobile phone accessory - the drunken salaryman strap

Adaptive Path on being "hot for features"

How to make your own M41-A pulse rifle from Aliens

The International Herald Tribune begins podcasting

We're liking the direction of CNN.com's upcoming re-design

Have you played with Google's new Mashups editor?

Dasher is an interesting new text entry interface

The evolution of Microsoft Windows: from 1.0 to Vista

Reboot is looking at how Web 2.0 will change the future of the web

The Guardian offers an interactive look at this years UK music festival season

Labels: Amp'd, Apple, architecture, CNN, concert halls, Google, Guardian, IHT, iPhone, mashups, mobile, Reboot, redesign

posted by olli @ 08:06  

Thursday, 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

posted by olli @ 14:29  

Friday, May 11, 2007

Say hello to the new Guardian website re-design

How social media will change the world

BT enters the convergence market - say hello to BT Vision

Are gmail users younger, richer and really better in bed?

These lithographs are of post-apocalyptic Toyko

Ticket Design create excellent telematics devices from India

In Japan, you can watch an ad and get a free drink

Motorola now stepping up against the iPhone

Who are the five enemies of the future?

Everything you wanted to know about fake brands in China

70 expert ideas for better CSS coding

What's next for US cities?

Emergency Architects create buildings for disaster relief

Labels: architecture, BT, convergence, CSS, future, gmail, Guardian, iPhone, motorola, sensory branding, social media, telematics, tokyo

posted by olli @ 13:37