Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Holy shit! Gordon Freeman spotted inside Hadron Collider test chamber!
44 essential design tools for freelancers
Do you know where your brand is online?
What do CIO's think about social media?
If you really gotta have more cowbell, this site can help with that
The US Senate is now investigating the price of SMS messages
5 reasons to move your startup out of Silicon Valley
Say hello to advertising...on your iPhone
Why trying to sell music legally online is commercial suicide
Why the Harvard Business Review is asking that same question
Radio Zamaneh is a radio station for Iranian bloggers
The New Yorker takes a look at Serato Scratch
Is Sony Ericcson about to bundle music with its headsets?
Say hello to the vertical garden
Labels: brand identity, CIO, cowbell, design tools, Harvard Business Review, iPhone, music, Radio Zamaneh, Serato Scratch, Silicon Valley, SMS, social media, Sony Ericcson, startups, vertical gardens
posted by olli @ 20:20Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Russell Davies looks at how we can "unbrand" and "unproduct"
Say hello to NYC indie band blogcast New York Noise
The BBC teams up with Adobe to enhance iPlayer
Also - the BBC's iPlayer will be free on the UK's Cloud network
Putting People First looks at the "fifth screen" - mobile interaction in the future
Etsy has some really fabulous wall graphics for your home
Eos Mexico also make some really lovely things for the home
Will TV networks actually matter in the future?
It looks like the glory days are really over for Napster
Why RSS is broken
Is a pay-per-click recession looming?
Say hello to the current.tv re-design
The 15 most ill advised career re-inventions in rock music
Dick Tracy at last? Say hello to the Hyundai watch phone
Half vinyl, half CD - is this the future of music?
Labels: bbc, Cloud, current.tv, Eos, Etsy, Hyundai, interior design, iPlayer, music, music comebacks, Napster, New York, pay per click, RSS, unbranding, watchphone
posted by olli @ 08:18Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Is the BBC getting ready to shed 12% of its workforce?
Yahoo! to any labels selling DRM - drop dead
Led Zeppelin to eBay - drop dead
Marketers take note: 8 totally useless infomercial products
Say hello to the Dasher Project
10 businesses facing extinction in ten years
Max Kiesler takes a look at the design patterns of minimalist websites
Is the internet actually good for writers?
Say hello to the Liquid Cities Symposium
Is MySpace getting ready to roll out its own application development platform?
Should you trust Facebook with your business?
Allan Leinwand takes a look at the myth of infinite bandwidth
These are some great examples of shipping container architecture
Hand drawn credit card statements, anyone?
What can Star Wars teach us about handling money?
Labels: architecture, Bandwidth, bbc, Dasher, DRM, eBay, facebook, layoffs, Led Zeppelin, Liquid Cities Symposium, music, MySpace, shipping containers, Star Wars, yahoo
posted by olli @ 11:58Monday, 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 @ 22:02Thursday, September 20, 2007
NBC to offer DRM'd shows on-demand, on the web
Stephen Fry is a genius BUT did you know he's an expert on mobile phone UI?
Zipcar is now available on your mobile phone
Say hello to The Gloamer. He's made up of rolled up newspapers
Nobody puts on a fashion show like New York's Jack Spade
Ever wonder what happens when you open EVERY application on a Powerbook at once?
The Hoerboard is a really lovely custom made DJ workstation
The top ten laughably bad tech ads courtesy of CNET
These are the brand guidelines behind Verizon's "Can you hear me now?" campaign
Looks like this faux-GPS iPhone hack actually works
Why Europe's mobile startups are singing
Twitter + audio and video? Say hello to Utterz
Is your taste in music determined at birth?
Labels: branding, CNET, DRM, Gloamer, Hoerboard, mobile, music, NBC, startups, Stephen Fry, twitter, Utterz, Verizon, Zipcar
posted by olli @ 08:36Friday, August 31, 2007
YouTube will now pay royalties to songwriters
This is a great summary of research revolving around elderly technology users
Avant-garde music makers take note - The Amazing Rolo for the Wii is pretty cool
The AIGA asks - "What is success?"
The Economist asks - "Who's afraid of Google?"
Uh-oh: CNN to stop using Reuters to help cut costs
Say hello to supposed spy photos of the Zune 2 and Zune Flash
Why I went to South America to incubate my start-up
This is another fantastic campaign from Nike
Top 20 reasons why you don't want to move to Dubai
The struggling musicians tool kit. What? No Abelton Live?
Say hello to Google Gadget Ventures
If you work for Helio, you might want to polish up that resume
Best practices on how to avoid spam
These 11 foods will make you happier
last.fm now doing live gigs in London. Yay!
Speaking of which - looks like tough times ahead for Ticketmaster
Labels: AIGA, CNN, food, Helio, last.fm, London, music, Nike, personas, spam, Ticketmaster, Wii, YouTube, Zune
posted by olli @ 07:40Friday, August 3, 2007
These are really cool visualizations of activities in various scriptures
More cool visualizations about alternate London tube ticket designs
Ars Technica says it's not just one but many Google phones that are coming
This Ironman watch can control your iPod
Masha has a really nice collection of motion graphics on Yuxt
Anywhere FM allows you to upload your iTunes playlist and listen to it anywhere
Japanese companies aren't so thrilled with YouTube's copyright control
More on that - Yahoo! now gearing up its own video service against YouTube
Companies aren't so thrilled with Adobe either for adding a FedEx/Kinkos button into its software
How to use MySpace to build a blogging audience
These are some cool photos from The Soviet Union in the 1970's
Have you had a chance to play with LiveSurface yet?
There are iPod knockoffs and then there is the Meizu
Newser is an interesting news aggregator that reminds me of Google News meeting Newsmap
How to become famous architect
The Guardian offers a podcast that looks at new Canadian music
Labels: AnywhereFM, architecture, Canada, data visualization, Google, Ironman, Japan, LiveSurface, London, Masha, Meizu, music, Newser, Soviet Union
posted by olli @ 07:59Thursday, June 7, 2007
Say hello to the Flickr Facebook app
Incuby is a social networking site for inventors
Is Amazon looking to buy Netflix?
Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates part deux. You need to watch this
How to delete an undeleteable file
Who is watching mobile video?
A List Apart looks at web standards and large companies
Wired has a great look at Soviet-era arcade game design
Design Diary offers excellent design inspiration
Looks like your chance is almost up to join the Open Source movie project
What is a product service system?
To rent or own your set-top cable box. That is the question
Virgin Mobile changes branding tactics via billboards
Councils in the UK are cracking down on outdoor music festivals
Labels: Amazon, facebook, Flickr, game design, Incuby, mobile video, music, Netflix, product service systems, web standards
posted by olli @ 12:25Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Boing Boing has a nice wrap-up of all the comments surrounding Google Street View
Here's a great fan created iPhone ad
Mashable has a great review of the new entrepreneur oriented social network: Vator
Five things you may not have known about Google's search
Is USphere really like a match.com for US college applicants?
Crains looks at the strange new world today's music industry is faced with
Interesting: Mobile games are selling better than ringtones
Consume Helvetica has some new t-shirts for you
Wired takes a look at Web 2.0 in Japan
Crush or Flush in a mobile dating service
Labels: clothing, college, Crains, Google, Helvetica, iPhone, mobile, music, US Sphere, Vator, web 2.0
posted by olli @ 08:04Thursday, May 31, 2007
Apple + YouTube - the next piece of the convergence puzzle falls into place?
Dan Hill's been blogging from the Postopolis conference in NYC
HP creates personal shopping kiosk tailoring products specifically to you
Say hello to the Journal Of Popular Noise
Correlate.us brings all your Web 2.0 feeds together in one place
Say hello to Jason Calcanis' new human powered search engine: Mahalo
The Google Gears API Developers Guide
Don't mess with the users: LiveJournal deletion sparks mini revolt
How to make Tetris ice cubes
Which US ISP's are spying on you?
The official guide to "calling Shotgun"
Adrenalin junkie? Thrill seeker? Have we got the home for you!
Labels: API, Apple, Google, HP, ISP, LiveJournal, music, personal shopping, Postopolis, Tetris, web 2.0, YouTube
posted by olli @ 07:52Thursday, 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 @ 14:29Friday, May 4, 2007
The ultimate insiders guide to Best Buy's Geek Squad
Check out this tunning site from Red Interactive Agency
Why making mobile phone software is a losing battle
MSNBC takes a look at Twitter
A Motorola survey says that 45% of Europeans watch TV online
Yahoo! finally shuts down Yahoo! Photos in favour of Flickr
These clothes are made from condoms
How to learn media consumption rules from iTunes
More iTunes: Magnetosphere is a cool iTunes visualizer
Looking at human computer interaction in science fiction movies
This rug has zippers
Is Disney's foray into Silverlight apps the future of marketing?
The In The City music conference comes to New York
Say hello to Sweden's talking ATM's
What's the deal with indie bands and choreographed dance moves?
Labels: agency, clothing, geek squad, indie, itunes, marketing, motorola, msnbc, music, silverlight, tv, twitter, yahoo
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