Thursday, 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 @ 19:57Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Does Google own the rights to everything you send through its Chrome browser?
How to keep brands secure in insecure times
Seriously. Is Los Angeles about to get a subway? We'd have thought a tram!
Say hello to the iPhone document scanner
What went right and what went wrong in BioShock
Contract basics fore freelance designers
How Battlestar Galactica invented a new word
How to manage long breaks in your software side projects
The disastrous mistakes that game developers music avoid
This is a list of social media marketing examples
Say hello to Nokia's new digital music service
"Fuck Helvetica. Sincerely, Myriad Pro" - the t-shirt
Labels: Battlestar Galactica, Bioshock, branding, Chrome, document scanner, freelance design contracts, Fuck Helvetica, Google, iPhone, Los Angeles, Nokia, social media marketing, software management
posted by olli @ 20:03Tuesday, August 5, 2008
What exactly happens when you click that StumbleUpon link?
Are these the top 10 most annoying British commercials?
Could Globalization actually be going in reverse?
Design Research takes a look at the myth of the "average"
These are some really lovely images of Tokyo being overrun by nature
But back in real life - This is a really nice collection of house photos in Tokyo
This is an interesting look at how Americans are moving to the inner city and deserting the suburbs
Mozilla Labs wants to know what you want the future of the web to be
Is American Apparel getting its money's worth from social network advertising?
Say hello to Nokia's new mobile web browser - Tube
Apple is still the no.1 music retailer in the US. Amazing
If you're looking for a pouch for your iPhone/iPod - have a look at Hard Graft
Say hello to Obscura Digital's holographic user interface
Who needs a pooper scooper? Say hello to Poo Poo Bags
Labels: American Apparel, Americans, Apple, British commercials, globalization, Hard Graft, Mozilla labs, Nokia, Obscura Digital, Poo Poo Bags, StumbleUpon, tokyo
posted by olli @ 20:57Monday, July 21, 2008
Is Internet radio on its last legs?
Why are Apple's investors suddenly so worried about Steve Jobs' health?
Say hello to the new ValueClick Precision Behavioural Targeting Tool
Why the battle for your television won't happen on your television
Where did all the Facebook ads go?
Nokia vs. Apple in the Internet mobile device market
Is the computer mouse heading for extinction?
Can EMI really bounce back and show that the music industry isn't really dead?
Venture Beat takes a look behind the new Facebook re-design
Are Web 2.0 startups wasting their time with early adopters of Web 2.0 tech?
This is a site detailing the interesting architecture of Mike Tyson's former mansion
This is a site detailing the interesting architecture of the Burj Dubai
The Password Chart will help you create stronger and more secure passwords
The Top 10 Female Product Advertising Icons & The Actresses Who Could Replace Them
These wine bottles may anger the purists, but they look fantastic!
Labels: advertising, Apple, Burj Dubai, EMI, facebook, icons, Internet radio, Mike Tyson, mouse, Nokia, Password Chart, Steve Jobs, television, Valueclick, Venture Beat, web 2.0
posted by olli @ 20:21Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Why don't JC Penney want you to see this ad?
Say hello to CNET's new re-design. We like it
Are we about to see a recession in the online ad market? Doesn't look like it...
Evernote is a virtual storage and connectivity website. Check it out
Raphael Grignani discussed Nokia's Homegrown on the Adaptive Path blog
Why good coders code and great coders reuse
Why the dead press is really dead and why Wikipedia is killing them all
Here's an interesting look inside Wikipedia's infrastructure
50 "kick ass" logos for your logo design inspiration
Why the coming Petabyte age won't be about more, but about difference
What makes a good cloud computer?
These are the 10 biggest parties in the world.
Forgot to complete your timesheet? Be glad you don't work at Razorfish
Labels: ad, Cloud computing, CNET, coding, Evernote, Homegrown, JC Penney, logo, Nokia, party, Petabyte, Raphael Grignani, Razorfish, re-design, recession, timesheet, Wikipedia
posted by olli @ 20:56Friday, 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 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 @ 20:13Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Now that Yahoo! is history, is AOL next on Microsoft's radar?
TwittEarth visualizes Tweets from all over the world
Are the global telco's plotting a rival to Skype?
If anyone has seen Peter Gabriel's server, please let him know
5 bionic exoskeleton suits of the future
Jakob Nielsen wants you to know how little users read
Smashing Magazine celebrates pixel art
Vodaphone snags the iPhone in ten countries including India, Turkey and New Zealand
The 50 greatest commercial parodies of all time
Forget flashmobbing, we're totally down with Photobombing
How to understand the Model-View-Controller concept
Check out the Graphic Design Festival in Breda, Netherlands from May to June
Say hello to the next evolution of Nokia
Village is a really lovely independent collective of type foundriees
Say hello to Foster + Partners new green complex for Singapore
Labels: AOL, Breda, exoskeleton, Foster, foundries, graphic design festival, Microsoft, MVC, Nokia, Peter Gabriel, photobombing, pixel art, Singapore, Skype, telco, Twittearth, Village
posted by olli @ 20:03Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Pull up a chair. Ad Age's 2008 Agency Report Index has arrived
How Google's checkbook stymied Microsoft
What next for Yahoo!?
How to bootstrap a niche social network
Let the Twitter backlash begin - Can Twitter not handle their own success?
User Experience Evaluation in Nokia (.pdf)
Information Design Patterns is a great resource for information architects
16 ways to keep a razor sharp focus at work
Tips for building next generation Web 2.0 applications
How not to build a stupid product roadmap
LiveJournal wants you to join its advisory board
How to build your own Iron Man suit for real
How city road networks grow like biological systems
Li Wei's photographs are amazing. Go check them out
Here's a great collection of print ads from the 1950's to 1970's
Labels: Agency Report, city road networks, Google, Information design patterns, Iron Man, Li Wei, Microsoft, niche social networks, Nokia, print ads, product roadmap, twitter, user experience, web 2.0, yahoo
posted by olli @ 20:55Thursday, April 10, 2008
Watch this space - Say hello to a new mobile social network for the iPhone
How to design and develop an Alternate Reality Game
Say hello to In-Cinema Gaming
How to divorce unsuitable customers
Cushy looks like an interesting, if not basic, CMS
What kind of Microtrend are you?
If every subway car was decked out with Ikea furnishing, it would be a good thing
Looks like the failing US economy is finally hitting Silicon Valley
How Nokia can create mobile phones out of recycled materials
How to get your band discovered on MySpace
And Skynet begins - say hello to the remote controlled sentry
Douglas Merrill, the new President of Digital for EMI does a Q&A with Billboard
The BBC vs. UK ISP's - greed, egos and absolute stupidity
Does the 60's counter-culture revolution come to nothing?
Labels: ARG, bbc, counterculture, Ikea, in-cinema gaming, ISP, MySpace, Nokia, sentry
posted by olli @ 14:06Wednesday, April 9, 2008
What drives your strategy for web design?
FontStruct allows you to build, share and download your own fonts
The top 10 traits of a rockstar software engineer
The Simpsons as Manga - absolutely brilliant image (.jpg)
If you're disappointed with Netflix's recommendations - you should have a look at Dyslexflix
Believe it or not: There are more avatars than people now in the United States
Why smart cards will be good for Montreal
Swisster is an interesting English-speaking magazine for ex-pats in Switzerland
These sneakers come with a GPS chip in them
Say hello to Nokia's new "iPhone killer"
10 common errors when implementing web accessibility
Say hello to the Google App Engine
A List Apart shows you how to take control of your maps
An interesting look at the divorce industrial complex
Labels: A List Apart, avatars, divorce, Dyslexflix, FontStruct, Google App, GPS, iPhone, Manga, Montreal, Nokia, Simpsons, software engineer, Switzerland, web design
posted by olli @ 21:48Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Internet ad revenue exceeds US$21 Billion in 2007
Has Google's paid click hit the wall?
iTunes becomes the no.2 music retailer in the US
Is BricaBox the beginning of social content platforms?
Say hello to the Nokia Morph concept
A good read: The Avenue A/Razorfish 2008 Digital Outlook Report
The page view as a metric is dead...but what comes next?
YouTube is back in action in Pakistan
Is there a connection between social networking and obesity?
What the hell is going on with Nike's new Arctic Women's Jacket?
Perhaps it was worn by one of the people featured in these cool ads from New Zealand
Orglex is a new blog, jobs and people search engine
A design classic: All your favourite Swatch watches from the 1980's
How to really sell social media
Labels: Bricabox, Google, itunes, Morph, music retail, New Zealand, Nike, Nokia, Orglex, page views, Pakistan, Razorfish, social media, Swatch, YouTube
posted by olli @ 21:59Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Say hello to Nokia's mobile touch interface
Houyhnhnms looks like a really interesting video blog
The social graph: Issues and Strategies in 2008
Yahoo! says no to Microsoft but maybe to AOL. AOL?
Silobreaker is another really interesting visual news aggregator
Speaking of aggregation - eDopter is a site that aggregates social trends
Gamescape allows you to play a game and build a 3-D city at the same time
Has Russia really become a superpower of spam?
How to turn usable content into winning content
Zzzphone allows you purchase and customize mobile phones any way you like
Your next UE innovation is only as good as the processor they throw it on
Labels: 3D, cities, content, edopter, Gamescape, Houyhnhnms, News, Nokia, Russia, silobreaker, social graph, spam, touch interfaces, trends, user experience, ZZZPhone
posted by olli @ 13:49Monday, January 28, 2008
Fontshop gives you their ten top typefaces of 2007
Don't tell your IT department: 7 great resources for Blackberry applications
The four elements of getting video to go viral
On that note - who's watching all that user generated video?
Has The Pirate Bay really topped 10 million users?
Note to PR teams: 44% of your customers don't believe anything you say
If you really like the iPod earbuds, why not get them for your home?
How to put Facebook apps on any website
Qtrax is an interesting P2P application that pays artists as you download them
Has BBC 6Music lost its way? The Guardian says yes. We're on the fence
This is the story of how the biohazard symbol was designed
Residents of Helsinki can now track their public transport via mobile phone. Very handy!
What's the better way to review books? Peer review or anonymous blog comments?
Looks like Nokia has agreed to share music revenue with with mobile operators
Need to build your own Apple store? We've got you covered
This is a timeline of modern web design
Labels: Apple, Blackberry, facebook, Fontshop, Helsinki, ipod, mobile, Nokia, peer review, SMS, symbol design, The Pirate Bay, typefaces, viral marketing, web design
posted by olli @ 20:35Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Are personas a complete waste of time?
US network HBO to put its shows online for its cable customers
Is corporate social responsibility good for business?
Charlie Brooker schools you on interaction design
What's going on with Nokia and Facebook these days?
This interview with for HP exec Thomas J. Perki offers a great look inside the corporate world
Is MySpace planning to launch a start-up incubator?
Is the new MacBook Air the biggest test for cloud computing yet?
PingMag offers a fabulous look at skate culture in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo neighbourhood
These are 20 analytics tools for bloggers
What is the secret to making something "great"?
Is it time for the 3-column web-page layout to die?
We're loving Belkin's new Ceylon messenger bag
Labels: Belkin, Cloud computing, corporate social responsibility, facebook, HBO, MacBook Air, MySpace, Nokia, personas, PingMag, products, web analytics, web design
posted by olli @ 21:08Tuesday, 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 @ 11:59Wednesday, 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 @ 13:37Monday, 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 @ 15:48Wednesday, October 17, 2007
The 2007 New Zealand BeST Design award winners have been announced
A List Apart has the results of the 2007 Web Design Survey
Say hello to Google's new "anti-piracy" video ID system
This is an interesting look at jailbreaking the iPod Touch
Related - In Nokia's eyes - Is the operator friend or foe?
Typography and Wheel Of Fortune. No, seriously
Fox Business launches to lukewarm reviews
Where does Yahoo! go from here?
Say hello to Skype on MySpace
This is a really cool lamp from Hiroshi Yoneya and Yumi Masuko
These four startups are looking to change the face of email
Dripbook looks like it's a competitor to image bookmarking site fffFound
Say hello to Ezmo - a flash based, web competitor to iTunes?
What is the future of software development?
How do we make the switch from "clients" to "products"?
The NY Times takes a look at the new Radiohead release
Say hello to the vending machine of art
Labels: A List Apart, Dripbook, Ezmo, MySpace, New Zealand, Nokia, Radiohead, Skype, software development, startups, vending machine, yahoo
posted by olli @ 07:52Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Say hello to YouTube's Project Direct film competition
What does the future hold for the Firefox browser?
Isn't it amazing that Radiohead are one of the few bands that really understand the music business in 2007?
Say hello to the Micropolitan Museum
Could PIFR have a solution for ensuring network neutrality regardless of ISP?
Architecture 101: How a wasp builds a house
Is social networking the next big thing for Google?
Frontline has a great documentary on the branding/advertising/marketing industry. Yes - it's all about you
Colour management for web designers and developers
Nokia has some great posters out mocking Apple's recent iPhone locking controversy
If you work in a recording studio, you NEED the Virtual Studio Visitor
These are amazing colour photos of the US pre-1960
Coghead is an interesting piece of software for extreme programming task management
Coroflot gives you 9 tips for killer presentations
Newspapers are adding blogs left and right, but where to put them?
The Guardian takes a behind-the-scenes look a the impressive new Pet Shop Boys video
Labels: advertising, Apple, Coghead, extreme programming, Firefox, Frontline, Micropolitan, Newspaper blogs, Nokia, Pet Shop Boys, photos, Project Direct, Radiohead
posted by olli @ 08:25Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Say hello to Netscape's new portal - Propeller
The porn industry is now thinking about how to combat piracy
Has the PS3 been a complete failure for casual gaming?
Long awaited - the war between Nokia and Apple finally begins
The eight product touchpoints of consumer use
Say hello to CreateSpace - an "inventory free self-publishing platform"
Mimoa helps you find cool architecture while you're travelling
The 10 biggest video game flops
Will the IAC create a new "Facebook for shopping"?
Mapskip mashes up Google Maps with blog entries
What is the holy grail for mobile social networks?
Engadget has the story behind the iPhoneSIMfree unlocking saga
Phillips now offering a remote control that's bigger than your head
Say hello to Vista's black screen of piracy
Say hello to Sidereel - mixing P2P and YouTube
Foster + Partners zero carbon emissions city in Abu Dhabi is pretty awesome
Labels: Apple, Engadget, Foster and Partners, iPhoneSimFree, Mapskip, Microsoft, Mimoa, Nokia, Phillips, porn, Propeller, PS3, Siderell, Video games
posted by olli @ 07:45Monday, August 27, 2007
Essential reading: An interview with Toronto's urban explorer - Michael Cook
MySpace launches an online animated series - Afterworld
Daylife is like Google News with a social networking component - check it out
Monocle takes a look at the Fuji Rock Festival
20 re-branding mistakes marketers make and how to avoid them (.pdf)
The NY Times takes an in-depth look at China's environmental crisis
Cover Browser is the ultimate comic book cover aggregator
Vint Cerf says that broadcast TV's days are numbered...
Heima is a new film from our Icelandic friends Sigur Ros
Nokia re-invents itself again with the N-Gage?
The Envelope Collective uses mail as an art medium
How to make a homemade record player
Israel is not screwing around when it comes to image resizing
Everything you ever wanted to know about the new attention economy
Having a homepage is not nearly as good as having a Lifestream
Labels: Afterworld, attention economy, Daylife, Fuji Rock Festival, Iceland, Lifestream, marketing, Michael Cook, Monocle, MySpace, N-Gage, Nokia, re-branding, record player, Sigur Ros, Toronto
posted by olli @ 14:52Thursday, August 23, 2007
The internet's main target demographic just got older. Much older
34 more ways to build your own social network
These are 45 web based operating systems
This is a brilliant viral ad against gun crime from London's Choice FM
The LA Times takes a look at the whole bloggers vs. journalists thing
Advertising hits YouTube with overlay ads
BUT...others are not amused - say hello to VideoEgg
Are we now one step closer to wireless electricity?
Will all of France get free music downloads?
Hmm...looks like you already can - say hello to Deezer
And of course...Nokia to launch its (long awaited) music download service soon
Marketers take note: Playboy launches its own closed social network (No "high schoolers or old dudes")
The basics of information theory
This is a nice collection of British industrial ruins
last.fm to publish Hype Chart
Labels: bloggers, industrial ruins, information theory, journalists, last.fm, marketing, music downloads, Nokia, Playboy, social networks, VideoEgg, Web OS, YouTube
posted by olli @ 07:51Friday, 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 @ 08:08Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Google's Eric Schmidt takes a crack at defining Web 3.0
TeeBeeDee is a social network aimed at the 40+ set
Forbes takes a look at what's next for Sony after the PS3
The 25 best typographic title sequences you've ever read
Why isn't the Apple logo on the Command Key on the new iMac keyboard?
How do demolish a building from the ground up
Why media should adopt the "MySpace" model to survive in the 21st century
BD4D and The Wellcome Collection are holding a Flash design competition
MapMag is a new travel and lifestyle magazine
50 Cent to debate Kanye West on live TV but do we care?
Say hello to The College Students Guide To Filesharing
IA Japan take a look at web design - Keep It Simple, Stupid!
Speaking of which - More cities have been added to Google's Street View
8 essential strategies to saying "No"
What is going on with the Nokia Prism range?
Labels: BD4D, Filesharing, Forbes, Google, MapMag, Nokia, PS3, social networking, TeeBeeDee, Web 3.0, web design
posted by olli @ 07:43Monday, August 6, 2007
A fabulous look at the entire Berlin Wall before it came down
Coldwell Banker now selling homes through Second Life
How agencies are hiring in this second dot.com boom
Manchester's famous Hacienda club now part of an exhibition at Urbis
Taking a look at The Angst Of Silicon Valley
What's going on with Six Apart deleting LiveJournals?
Clicktale is a cool web-based heat-mapping usability tool
Looking to join a virtual world? You've got plenty of choice. Here's a list
Mundu is a multi-platform IM client for your iPhone
More on that: Plusmo offers upwards of 10,000 iPhone widgets
Say hello to the Axis Of Evil toy series
Nokia launches a new design studio in Bangalore
Who really cares about Mobile Roaming?
This diagram examines the complex character relationships in the TV Show Heroes
What's next in the UGC world: User Generated Design for an established design company
Are startups too reliant on the M&A market?
Labels: Bangalore, berlin, Hacinenda, Heroes, hiring, mobile roaming, Nokia, Plusmo, real estate, Second Life, Silicon Valley, Urbis, venture capital, virtual worlds
posted by olli @ 20:48Tuesday, July 31, 2007
What makes a city great?
Speaking of which - Outside In is a hyperlocal social network for Brooklyn
More Brooklyn: Hypermarket is a cool design shop in Carroll Gardens
7 blog mistakes to avoid
Say hello to London's Workplace Co-Op 115
British attitudes to music downloading: "We don't care because it's free"
These Facebook apps can make you more productive
Ajax Rain will make also make you more productive with AJAX and Javascript
Could terrorists be using Second Life to plot attacks?
Say hello to the iPhone keyboard...on a Nokia N800
Online consumers who pre-shop actually spend more in-store
How to turn your Web 1.0 site into a Web 2.0 site
Why did Amp'd really fail? Too much VC investment in porn
How to create an online disaster plan
NotCouture has some really lovely fashion wares for sale
There are skeleton keys and there are skeleton key skull caps
Labels: AJAX Rain, Brooklyn, cities, Co-op 115, downloading, Hypermarket, iPhone, javascript, London, Nokia, NotCouture, OutsideIn, Second Life, skeleton keys, web 2.0
posted by olli @ 07:51Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Mashable present 400 tools for multi-media developers and bloggers
AT&T responds to Google's recent bid for wireless spectrum
Nokia acquires Twango - expands music and photo sharing capability
Forbes weighs in on the MySpace vs. Facebook class war
Some gorgeous stuff from the 2007 IDEA Awards
iRovr is a social network for your iPhone
Looks like YouTube has a new re-design in beta
Say hello to Yahoo! Design Week
How to write a business plan
In three years, will there even be a desktop OS?
Emerging design trends for the web 2.0 world
Are working families saying goodbye to the suburbs?
Note to self - never stand directly behind a 747-400 when it's about to take off
Labels: business plan, Google, IDEA, iRovr, multi-media, MySpace, Nokia, productivity, Twango, working, yahoo, YouTube
posted by olli @ 07:47Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Russia shuts down AllofMp3.com
Get your Friendwheel application on Facebook here
This is a really nice roundup of Nokia's talk on the future at the recent PSFK conference
Brush up that CV. Google now stalking media planners
The top 18 skylines in the world
Universal Music may not renew its iTunes contract
101 essential freelancing resources
Taiwan replaces all its traffic lights with LED's
Why poor countries are poor
British media organizations are looking at the US market and beyond
How to create environments that are brain compatible (.pdf)
ReadWriteWeb looks at some recently re-designed mainstream news sites
Soundsnap showcases free sound effects and loops
Labels: allofmp3.com, facebook, Friendwheel, Google, itunes, Nokia, poverty, skylines, Soundsnap, Taiwan, Universal Music
posted by olli @ 08:03Tuesday, 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 @ 07:37Monday, 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 @ 07:47Wednesday, May 30, 2007
CBS purchases last.fm for $US280 Million. Congrats guys!
Apple releases iTunes 7.2 today - DRM Free!
Say hello to the next volley against Apple - it's called Microsoft Surface
More Apple influence - Nokia's mobile phone design ideas for 2012
Social networking grows significantly in the UK
How to build your personal brand online
UFO theme park coming to Roswell, New Mexico
Branding network TV in an era of mass-less media
Wikipedia's list of cognitive biases
Designing cities for people, rather than cars
Newsgaming is a site that marries video games and current events
This (unofficial)Modest Mouse video was made by animating 4133 photocopies
A rather extensive list of mobile phone related art from Golan Levin
Fordesign.biz is your essential online design event calendar
The best place to live in the world? Vancouver
EA sells movies rights to the Sims - can they really make it a film?
Labels: architecture, bias, design, itunes, last.fm, Microsoft surface, mobile, Modest Mouse, Nokia, Sims, UFO, Vancouver, Wikipedia
posted by olli @ 07:59Friday, May 25, 2007
One for the weekend: Quite possibly the greatest Fark thread ever
Say hello to Facebook Platform
Web 2.0 for Business: Innovation, The New New Internet, and Change
Desktoptwo is an online desktop for your applications
Will your new Nokia phone warn you of an impending lightning strike?
These figurines are from Hieronymus Bosch
Imeem is a social music aggregator
Lostmitten make a really cool Pac Man business card holder
How to think like a client
Why the Big Brother report is bad for Channel 4
The Maldives opens a real embassy in Second Life
More avatar fun: Tween girls dressing up in Second Life are getting noticed
What comes after communities dominate brands?
How to build a space shuttle
Labels: Art Direction, brands, channel 4, community, facebook, fark, Nokia, Second Life, social innovation, social music, space shuttle, web 2.0
posted by olli @ 07:51Thursday, May 24, 2007
Music playlist service WebJay is closing
ASDA decides to drop CD singles from its stores
Fugitive Toys sell great vinyl figures
India - No iPhone please. We'll take the cheap version. Say, $19?
Time magazine profiles 37 Signals
Wired magazine suggests some mashups. Developers take note!
34 places to get design inspiration
Say hello to the wall-mountable wireless printer
Variations in the McDonalds menu around the world
Uservue is a user experience/usability tool
Babickavokda - nice site. Even better product design
Tribbler is a YouTube, last.fm, BitTorrent mashup application
Now you can design your own Nokia N76 mobile phone
Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor speaks openly about life on a major label
Labels: 37 Signals, ASDA, design inspiration, major labels, mashups, mobile, Nokia, product design, vinyl, Webjay, wireless
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