Friday, November 21, 2008
The amazing and mostly true story of Helvetica and the NYC Subway
Etherpad is a real-time collaborative writing website
Here's a great user interface for temperature control
Say hello to IBM's Pass It Along - a P2P learning site
Hi-Fructose takes a look at the recent installations from The Glue Society
4 steps to ensure you're the worst developer ever
The OLPC is now available for $399 on Amazon to EVERYONE
Say hello to the 1 pixel webcam
The Internet now considered more reliable than TV
Why "naming and shaming" won't keep "offensive" content off the web
Does the Long Tail create bigger hits or smaller ones?
Wonkette interviews Get Your War On's David Rees - YAY!
Labels: 1 pixel webcam, David Rees, Etherpad, Helvetica, Hi-Fructose, IBM, Long Tail, New York Subway, OLPC, P2P, Pass It Along, temperature, The Glue Society, user interface, web development
posted by olli @ 21:46Thursday, May 1, 2008
Why don't people trust Bloggers?
Here's a nice look at how the New York Times runs its web team
How Paris is beating traffic without congestion pricing
If you're thinking about using faceted browsing in your website, have a look at this article
Can anyone rescue the poor old OLPC from Windows?
Is journalism nothing more than a culture of toxicity?
Design Float is like Digg, but for designers
What's with the hoaxes of con-men impersonating authors at book signings in Los Angeles
Radiohead's recent challenge to the music industry was predictably...a one off
Pretty soon, MySpace's ad targeting will be optional
Is Google building an interactive map of the Earth's oceans?
Is social media marketing right for you?
Labels: ad targeting, bloggers, faceted browsing, Google, journalism, MySpace, New York Times, OLPC, Paris, Radiohead, social media marketing, web team, Windows
posted by olli @ 21:34Friday, March 7, 2008
US Mobile Internet registers 154% growth in 2007
iTransit is a handy little New York MTA subway line map for your iPhone
Google Analytics benchmarks and the future of portable data
How to sell content in a content-free world
The iPhone SDK looks like it's exceeding developer expectations
FYI: The OLPC is looking for a CEO, PDQ
Say hello to the iPhone User Interface Guidelines
In the future, will all social networks be like air?
Indie Solo gives independent bands one day of fame
How exactly do you build a public library in this age of Google?
A List Apart offers you a healthy checklist of getting designs done right
Speaking of which - say hello to the Photoshop Disasters blog
For all your Mac Air Book needs, there is the AirMail notebook sleeve
Core 77 takes a look at the art of motorcycle design
Labels: AirMail, Core 77, design, Google, Indie Solo, iPhone, mobile internet, motorcycle, MTA, OLPC, photoshop, SDK, user interface
posted by olli @ 08:24Monday, January 21, 2008
MIT knows what all the nouns in the English language looks like
Ouch! Wal-Mart stops selling over 1,000 magazines to focus its sales on specific titles
Should Yahoo! employees be worried about their jobs?
Another leap forward for the semantic web? Say hello to Proximic
The Pacemaker is a very interesting portable DJ mixing tool
DataPortability allows users to remix and share open standards platforms
Jango is a social music discovery service
Why Baidu is beating Google in China
How to evolve your user interface to educate your users
How to hack the OLPC XO Laptop
Everywhere is a fabulous next-generation travel magazine
If you're into modern kitchens, have a look at what Gorenje is offering
Urbanffffinds collects architectural photos from FFFFound
David Gedge is offering some handwritten tablature for your guitar playing enjoyment
Labels: Baidu, DataPortability, David Gedge, Everywhere, Google, Gorenje, Jango, MIT, OLPC, Pacemaker, Proximic, Urbanffffinds, user interface, yahoo
posted by olli @ 19:35Thursday, 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 @ 09:06Monday, 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 @ 20:16Friday, August 24, 2007
Say hello to the NY Times entry into web 2.0 - My Times
Does the Internet matter in election year politics?
Will all Americans have mobile phones by 2013?
Say hello to Kitchen Budapest - a rather excellent idea incubator
Will the future be about distributed media and comments?
How social media is conquering the web
More beautifully creepy photos from Chernobyl
The OLPC team shows off its user interface design
British children now becoming media junkies
And if that's not bad enough - will UK school uniforms soon be GPS enabled?
These are some nice wallpapers for your iPhone
Say hello to the first annual Architecture & Design competition in Second Life
How to block YouTube's ads
Yelp is a new local social network and reviews site
18 tips for killer presentations
Five simple rules for being a successful teenage celebrity
Labels: architecture, celebrity, elections, GPS, iPhone, Kitchen Budapest, listings, MyTimes, OLPC, presentations, Second Life, Yelp, YouTube
posted by olli @ 07:25Monday, July 23, 2007
Say hello to the iPhone Dev Wiki
Fantastic! The internet as (based on a Japanese)subway map
Will YouTube play a major part in the upcoming US Presidential election?
Google to US Government - Here's $US4.6 Billion - please give us wireless spectrum for free Wi-Fi
10 signs your startup might be on the rocks
This is an amazing new ad for Skittles
60 excellent collaborative tools for productive teams
Say hello to the Magical Spaces Project
MySpace weighs in on the Dow Jones sellout - advises TV/Video is the next step
More on that - is it because MySpace now wants to get into TV as well?
VisualSize can give you 3D dimensions of a physical space from a 2D photograph
Start queueing now - production on the $100 OLPC laptop has begun
Teens to the Internet - email is sooooo dead
Say hello to Pinqy - one of the coolest fire extinguishers ever
Is Steve Albini hosting a Q&A session on the 2+2 forums?
The Bio-Mapping project has finished mapping San Francisco
Labels: ads, Bio-Mapping, DowJones, iPhone, MySpace, OLPC, Pinqy, productivity, San Francisco, Skittles, startups, Steve Albini
posted by olli @ 07:33Friday, June 8, 2007
UBroadcast lets users create their own online radio station
Need a "Web 2.0 button"? Mycoolbutton has you covered
Confess your sins to a global audience anonymously with Penance
US Gen Y store Hot Topic get a makeover - goth out, light in
The fine art of Wikigroaning
MSNBC launches iPredict - user generated news trends and predictions
What are the top web apps in Hong Kong?
Searchthebeat is an AJAX powered music search engine
Live coverage of the Future Of Online Advertising conference is here
In case you haven't seen it - Interactive Paper is pretty fantastic
The CD Store is dead. Long live the CD Store
Here's a nice update on the One Laptop Per Child project
This is an interesting map of "buzz" happening in Brooklyn right now
Ask.com publishes a really interesting full page newspaper ad about its search algorithim
Say hello to The Festival of Xtreme Building
Labels: AJAX, architecture, Ask, FOOA, Hot Topic, music search, OLPC, Ubroadcast, web 2.0, Wikigroaning
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