Thursday, 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 @ 21:26  

Monday, 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 @ 20:12  

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Hello San Francisco. You've got Wi-Fi and it's free courtesy of Meraki

Rareshare is a social network for people with rare medical disorders

Where do you put your money in your newsroom?

Boston.com takes a look at the changing face of customer service in a Web 2.0 world

Click this link if you want to know what the State Of The Web is for Summer 2008

How to find the best social media consultants

Here are 35 inspirational ad campaigns for your inspiration

What would Twitter look like during a zombie outbreak?

If you happen to be a surfer and think you're hardcore - you better think again

A Russian blogger has been sent to jail for criticizing the police. Not cool

If you're a web developer, here are all the cheat sheets you'll ever need

Does Facebook really have the best ads on all social networks?

Can these 15 websites make or break your brand?

Just who owns what on American broadcast television?

Labels: abduzeedo, American television, blogging, branding, facebook, lava surfing, Meraki, newsroom, Rareshare, Russia, San Francisco, State of the web, twitter, Zombies

posted by olli @ 19:51  

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

How to buy an entire village online

How to comment about your company on blog posts without being spammy

45 websites where you can get free music

But you know what? None of those are as good as Blood Is Truth

Say hello to the iPhone running Windows XP

Say hello to Android running on the Nokia N95

Need a job? Engadget is looking for writers

Is LinkedIn really worth $1 Billion?

Reddit goes open source. Will Digg follow?

If you like the Smart car, you might want to check out the Think

Say hello to the shape-shifting military robot

The Harvard Business Review has a manifesto for the next industrial revolution

Aster & Sage make really lovely iPod and mobile phone holders

Labels: Android, Aster and Sage, blogging, Blood is Truth, Engadget, free music websites, Harvard Business Review, LinkedIn, Nokia 95, Smart, Think, Windows XP

posted by olli @ 19:16  

Friday, April 18, 2008

Why journalists should not become bloggers

Why real people don't have time for social media

What's the perfect length of a pop song? 2:42, apparently

Should SEO be standardized?

What happens when abortions and art mix? You'd be surprised

Google offers you some useful best practices when transferring or moving your website

We'd love to get our hands dirty with 37 Signal's internal app - In/Out

Is this the new wave of web designers for 2008/2009?

Do you know the 12 Commandments of Twitter?

If you're suffering from Twitter overload, you should have a look at Twhirl

Celebrate the architect in your bird friend by giving them this special birdfeeder

Designing Magazines launches an Amazon store

Ars Technica takes a look at AT&T's idiotic new browser Pogo - do we really need another?

Say hello to the interactive lighting workshop in London May 10th and May 11th

The long, sad story of a man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours

Labels: 37 Signals, art, blogging, browser, Designing Magazines, Google, in/out, journalism, New Yorker, Pogo, pop songs, SEO, social media, Tinker.it, twitter, web designers

posted by olli @ 20:58  

Monday, April 7, 2008

Has blogging become a modern day version of the sweatshop?

Independent filmmakers should say hello to Cinema Daily Motion

This is a great cheat sheet on Software Engineering for Internet Applications

Say hello to really, really superfast Internet courtesy of Grid Computing and the Large Hadron Collider

Say hello to Yahoo!'s new ad sales system

David Seah has a nice look at issues around "inadvertent branding"

Say hello to talking photos on Facebook

HA! A recent study says 95% of 18-24 year olds "illegally" download music

The Audiotool is a great virtual TR-909 and TB-303 player

What's driving innovation in food packaging?

How To Personalize The Web - nice, short article by last.fm on GigaOm

11 innovation lessons from the makers of World Of Warcraft

Labels: Audiotool, blogging, Cinema Daily Motion, David Seah, digital music, facebook, food packaging design, GigaOm, Grid computing, last.fm, Razz, software engineering

posted by olli @ 07:49  

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Say hello to a prototype of the Half Life 2 Hunter Synth - built by DARPA

Say hello to the iPhone...clamshell...

The LA Times has a great in-depth look at the Tupac/Notorious B.I.G./P Diddy saga

This is one of the best measuring cups we've ever seen

Radiohead want you to make a music video for them

Advertisers are saying NO to user-generated video

Looks like your London Oystercard has been cracked. Stop laughing Boston. You too!

Should Internet addiction be treated as a mental illness?

Would you fire your ISP over privacy concerns? Read our lips: "In a heartbeat"

How will mobile be monetized?

Do we still need resumes now that we all have blogs?

Here are some good ideas on managing your personal brand online

Are you a Francophile? If so - France Magazine is for you

Labels: big dog, blogging, DARPA, France, Half Life 2, hinter, iPhone, ISP, London, measuring cup, mobile, Oystercard, personal branding, privacy, Radiohead, UGC

posted by olli @ 22:38  

Thursday, March 13, 2008

What you've been waiting for: Business Week finally spills Apple's design process

Now, YouTube really is everywhere

Which tools does Google use internally?

Tyler Brule has rules about how to launch a startup. Too bad he forgot "No Cliches"

How to get bloggers to write about you

Twiddla is a cool online whiteboard collaboration tool

Here are some nice thoughts on convergence and its role in the digital agency

Say hello to Pixel Qi - the $75 laptop

Africa will soon be lit up with cheap LED's

It looks like Yahoo! will be joining OpenSocial in April

If you're doing research on old ads, The TJS Labs Gallery Of Graphic Design is for you

It looks like America is finally catching up to the rest of the world in mobile usage

Does DAB really cost the British license fee payer £25 per set?

Labels: Africa, Apple, bbc, blogging, convergence, DAB, design, digital agency, Google, LED, mobile usage, Open Social, Pixel Qi, startup, TJS Labs, Twiddla, Tyler Brule, YouTube

posted by olli @ 21:31  

Monday, March 10, 2008

We're not sure about the "world's 50 most powerful blogs"

The NY Times takes a look at the future of web surfing

This is a blog that takes a look at The Future Of Work

FoundRead takes a look at the dangers of a democratic startup

Mindomo offers you free web-based mind mapping software

Have widgets killed privacy on the web?

Why widgets are the future of online advertising

More on that - Why widgets don't work

10 simple steps to keep your employees happy

If you're a SF based designer, Adobe will pay you for taking part in a research survey

If you're into live sharing of images and/or video - check out the Jing Project

How Bluetooth got its name

How to create awe inspiring local television commercials

Search.io is a search engine and not a search engine

Labels: Adobe, advertising, blogging, bluetooth, Jing Project, mind mapping, search.io, software, survey, the future of work, web surfing, widgets

posted by olli @ 20:06  

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Never fear! The Design Police are here to save the day!

"Influenced" or not, you can't deny Dieter Rams and Jon Ive are both design pioneers

What to do about brand squatting?

We've been wondering for a while now - is London losing its lustre?

Jeff Jarvis takes an interesting look at the new metrics of campaigns

The Guardian takes on Facebook in this curious attempt at an expose

Is it time for an international Burning Man festival?

Poynter asks: "What makes reporting and blogging so successful?"

If you like Halo, you'll probably like the new Hummer HX concept

Fabulous idea - say hello to the RFID clothing care label concept

Live in NYC? You might want to check out the Virtual Lower East Side

Another stunning bit of information graphics - Web 3.0 web trends

How to train your eyes to "see" colours again

Labels: 0, blogging, brand squatting, Burning Man, colour, design police, Dieter Rams, Halo, Hummer, information graphics, Jonathan Ive, London, New York, Web 3

posted by olli @ 07:23  

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Bloggers beware! Blogging can be hazardous to your health

More on that - what can M*A*S*H teach you about blogging?

The Experience Stack is a great way of approaching user experience

This is an interesting look at what happens when you start talking to the music industry again

Moderato is a literary blog from Sarajevo

Shameless is a new magazine aimed at teenage girls

Say hello to the Atari Punk Console

If you want to know how much you really matter, have a look at this

This is a great coffee mug for interaction designers

Swiss Miss has a nice round-up of logo trends in 2007

The Washington Post hires Wonder Factory for a big re-design

The Guardian has a nice look at Mali's Festival Au Desert

Labels: Atari Punk Console, blogging, coffee mugs, Experience Stack, Festival Au Desert, logo design, Mash, Moderato, Shameless, Washington Post, Wonder Factory

posted by olli @ 21:48  

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

The Next Web is a new blog covering the European start-up scene

Holy information design overload, Batman! It's the Tokyo Traffic Control Centre

Does MTV have any relevance to the music industry anymore?

Say hello to Yahoo!'s newly re-designed mobile homepage

More Yahoo! - what's going in their music department?

Why non-obvious brand icons work

Is the future of the music industry...Pac Man?

This is an awesome real-time blog of a World War I solider. Real-time!

This is a nice look at new building work in Wellington, New Zealand

The unsexiest magazine covers of 2007

Is 2008 the year that the IT department becomes obsolete?

What are the Pantone colours of Canada?

Labels: blogging, branding, IT, magazine design, music industry, Pantone, The Next Web, tokyo, traffic, Wellington, World War I, Yahoo mobile

posted by olli @ 20:38  

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

The Digital Design Blog discusses consumer insights from Avenue A | Razorfish

London calling? Why Hong Kong's Octopus puts the Oyster card to shame

Catalyze is a new community for UX and design professionals

Graffiti Archaeology is a study of how tagged walls change over time

Say hello to Boing Boing TV

What it's like to go back to design school at Age 45

Have blogs become the new battleground for old and new media?

A nice collection of videos from the architectural insanity that is Dubai

These are 25+ productivity modules for iGoogle

The evolution of Wired magazine by ReadWriteWeb

Bulthaup who? Porsche's new kitchen design is aimed at male consumers

Say hello to Gibson's new self-tuning guitars

Say hello to the secret apartment recently discovered in a US shopping mall

This is a collection of posters from the London Transport Museum

Indaba is a social network for musicians

Labels: blogging, Boing Boing, Catalyze, design school, Gibson, Graffiti, guitars, Hong Kong, iGoogle, Indaba, kitchen design, London, Octopus, Porsche, Razorfish

posted by olli @ 10:48  

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Fasten your seatbelts - Yahoo! gets shaken up with a re-org

NBC Universal & NewsCorp launch a YouTube clone - Hulu.com

Picnic sounds like a brilliant tech conference happening in Amsterdam from Sept. 25-29

The Washington Post takes a look Japan's internet future

More from Asia - South Korea looking to build "Robot Land"

Say hello to the Nestle chocolate museum

The iPhone now has its first seminar - Sept. 20th in Los Angeles

Say hello to the £3 Million book

Charli is Heineken's new beer targeted at female drinkers

Ten industrial design trends you can't ignore

Is blogging trapped in a metaphor?

How the algorithim killed Ask Jeeves

Ferratum is a Dutch site that allows consumers to get personal loans by SMS

This is a website that offers advice to squatters

This is a London Evening Standard headline generator

Labels: beer, blogging, books, Charli, Hulu, industrial design, iPhone, London Evening Standard, Newscorp, South Korea, squatting, yahoo, YouTube

posted by olli @ 07:21  

Friday, August 17, 2007

How to run a corporate blog

Say hello to Kadoink - another mobile oriented social network

Gaming sill remains the most popular online activity

On that note - MTV is investing $500 Million in video gaming in their programming plans

Skidmore, Owings and Merril showcase their awesome visualization of the new SF Transbay Center & Tower

MK12 did a really nice job of data visualization in the film "Stranger Than Fiction"

Say hello to the Swiss Poster Poster

What's this? Are the younger MySpace users fleeing to sites like Mebo and Facebook?

In case you forgot - the psychology of colour, explained

What's going on with USAToday's attempt at social networking?

Are you a creative director stumped for ideas? Say hello to The Idea Generator!

These are ten "awesomely bad dolls"

Universal music plans to track DRM free music with Watermarking

Say hello to The Dulwich Horror - H.P. Lovecraft and the crisis in British Housing exhibition

Labels: blogging, colour, dolls, Gaming, HP Lovecraft, ideas, Kadoink, MySpace, psychology, San Francisco, social networking, Switzerland, USAToday

posted by olli @ 08:12  

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

StyleMob lets the user decide what's fashionable and what's not

Interesting way to visualize your email inbox

This railroad crossing sign is really a table

Tips and tricks on how to be a guitar hero

Ten things your corporate IT department won't tell you

Sleevage is a blog dedicated to album cover art

Say hello to IKEA's new hostel. Yes. Hostel

Need a place to stay? The Couch Surfing Project might just be what you need

How to write better through design

Take a look at The Future Of Software with GigaOm

Avast! Watch ye out for the dreaded Blog Pirates! Arrrrr...

How to stream media to a PS3 from a Mac

Ten reasons to throw away your mobile phone

Slate launches a video magazine: SlateV

Labels: blogging, Couch Surfing Project, GigaOm, IT, Mac, mobile phones, PS3, SlateV, sleevage, software, StyleMob, visualization

posted by olli @ 07:13  

Friday, June 15, 2007

Say hello to Powerset, a new natural language search engine

This is a list of social media bloggers

Which "classic" albums do you think should really be burned and forgotten about?

Just how far away are we from the 3D real/virtual world hybrid?

Forbes magazine: Microsoft vs. Google - who wins? Apple?

Are you an executor or are you a contributor?

Can in-car telematics systems be used as real time evacuation software?

Say hello to the world's strongest industrial robot

Simon & Schuster launch YouTube channel for authors

Sketching with a Sharpie - great advice from 37 Signals

What are the ten most popular MMO's?

Tim Berners-Lee gets a well deserved Order of Merit from the Queen of England

Labels: blogging, MMO, Powerset, robotics, search, social media, telematics, virtual worlds, YouTube

posted by olli @ 08:10  

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  

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Live in the US? Then say goodbye to ad skipping on ESPN and ABC

The City List is a Digg type ratings system for local venues

Telephia says MySpace dominates mobile social content

Say hello to the new Google Analytics

BrandExperienceLab's Crowd Control is a new interactive experience for cinema audiences

Good for Party is looking for bloggers

So, is Twitter as popular as you think?

Why the BBC's new iPlayer "sells us all short"

What is so interesting about interactive environments?

Say hello to Yahoo!'s new mobile search

What exactly is a rathole?

Nine attitudes of highly creative people

Say hello to some really brilliant business card designs

Labels: ABC, ad skipping, blogging, business cards, creativity, digg, ESPN, Good For Party, iPlayer, mobile search, MySpace, Telephia, The City List, timeshifting, twitter, yahoo

posted by olli @ 07:46