November 2011
3 posts
NZ ad 42 below →
I liked a YouTube video: hahahahahaha.
Ghost Noodles (Ghost Chips) →
I liked a YouTube video: WANNA-BEn Election special, 10pm Friday 25th Nov, TV3.
ITS PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!!! →
I liked a YouTube video: ITS PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!!!!
October 2011
10 posts
Visualising UX research →
I’ve never seen clients stand around a written report gesturing at various pages discussing their implications… but when this happens with a drawing, I really feel like my job is done.
A written…
Introducing the Fairdale Dograck →
Fairdale is so ahead of the curve. Knowing that a front-loaded basket on a high-trail bike can be dangerous, the guys developed the first Dograck. Simply load your pooch up on the…
Showing all Walmart Locations through 'HexBins' →
Cartographer Zachary Forest Johnson has presented a novel way of representing a large number of geo-located points on a map. He took inspiration from the original ‘hexbin’ visualization…
How the Guardian’s iPad app changed the way that I... →
We’ve had a lot of products launch over the last few weeks at the Guardian, including Android and Windows phone apps and our Facebook app, but none have been as high profile as our iPad…
Introducing Fuego for mobile, with an extra for... →
Today we’ve got a little treat for smartphone users: Fuego for Mobile.
Fuego is, of course, our heat-seeking Twitter bot, our tool that amalgamates the best and most interesting stories the…
WFMU wants to shake up radio storytelling…with a... →
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This looks awesome!
Since Man invented the conference, Man has complained about the conference. Conferences bring together the brightest people and best ideas in an industry,…
I’m Never Gonna Let You Go! [Sing in Sloth Voice] →
I’m gonna hold you in my arms foreverrrrrrrrrrr [yawn]
Gonna try and make up for the times [Oh boy I’m tie-tie]
I hurt you sooooooooooo [falls asleep]
Romantic sloth times courtesy of…
Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow - Ava Vidal →
I liked a YouTube video: Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow Ava Vidal
Linking in ebooks: How much is too much? →
This is part of an ongoing series related to Peter Meyers’ project “Breaking the Page: Transforming Books and the Reading Experience.” We’ll be featuring additional material in the weeks ahead….
Prison →
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I love Apple products they are generally the best option available. However I do agree with rms - Apple do create digital prisons (metaphor people!) that while are technically…
Ass Savers →
LOL at the name but that’s some really clever design intuition. I just wonder how effective it is. For more information, check out Ass Savers.
September 2011
4 posts
pbsarts:
“On the back of your ID card, you can... →
pbsarts:
“On the back of your ID card, you can sign away your organs, so it seems like you should be able to sign away your intellectual property.” Evan Roth, artist and F.A.T. Lab…
My God, It’s Full of Maru →
I think I actually saw this in a dream.
Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Kittens, Maru
Four observations (and lots of questions) on The... →
This morning, The Boston Globe took the cloak off its brand new website, BostonGlobe.com. And I really do mean “brand new” — this is no redesign. Years ago, rather than building its own…
Wrapped in plastic! →
Mitch O’Connell presents a small gallery of plastic-wrapped pipsqueaks.
August 2011
3 posts
Bait and Switch, By Golly →
Free AutoCAD Training (Accept Jesus Today) at Lagos’s computer village.
August 20, 2011 →
What’s this? All of the SMBC Theater DVD… for FREE?
New Visual Proportions for the iOS User Interface →
“The 44-pixel block is, in many ways, the basic unit of measurement for the iPhone interface, establishing the visual rhythm of many iPhone apps. That metric is significant as the…
July 2011
6 posts
...Do You Have Any Other Questions About Your... →
Guy: I constantly wake up with Glee songs in my head. Does that mean I’m a gleek? Girl: No, it just means you’re gay. —Rite Aid Overheard by: Sally Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs…
hitler! weeping angels! cybermen!!!! Loved... →
German Cafe Pavilion →
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mmm brutalist
German architects Martenson and Negal Theissen created this pure and visually secure pavilion. What made me want to post this is the reflection of the…
Building a simple IP geolocation service →
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This is beautiful. But puts me in Indianapolis. Might be because I’m on a corporate proxy. Who knows?!
One of the really nice features of Intercom is that you can see…
Favela Futurism, Very Chic →
The future of global innovation is the Brazilian favela, the Mumbai slum and the Nairobi shanty-town. At a time when countries across the world, from Latin America to Africa to Asia, are …
Bing for iPad 1.1 →
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If you have to toggle a button to get into this mode, why use a lasso gesture? I would think that a highlight (dragging finger over desired text) would have been easier.
Very…
September 2010
24 posts
#NewTwitter →
Yes, it is a step up for power users, but I imagine it must be intimidating to n00bz and is a little too crowded for my tastes. But having finally spent some time with #NewTwitter, deeper problems…
tinySrc →
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fantastic!
provide the URL of a large image, and tinySrc dynamically shrinks it down. Simply provide the address of the image, indicate how you want the image to display, and …
A bubble Cursor, based on the 2005 paper "The... →
A bubble Cursor, based on the 2005 paper “The bubble cursor: enhancing target acquisition by dynamic resizing of the cursor’s activation area” by Grossman and Balakrishnan
Hipster Bike →
ROBOT9000 and #xkcd-signal: Attacking Noise in... →
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on auto-moderating xkcd IRC channel
I was trying to decide what made a channel consistently enjoyable. A common factor in my favorite hangouts seemed to be a focus on original…
A new twist on "data-driven site" →
The distinction between platform applications and websites doesn’t need to be as defined as it often is. Companies simply choose to develop apps and sites as separate products. TripAdvisor is…
Why Wilco, the White Stripes and the Black Crowes... →
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The WSJ on fans recording video in concerts. Read in tandem with this chapter on social objects in museums (http://www.participatorymuseum.org/chapter4/). Lots of interesting…
Customer Journey Mapping Resources On The Web «... →
Customer Journey Mapping Resources On The Web
UI and Us — UI and Ux design — Interface — User... →
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Keith Lang on the novice/URL problem
Keith Lang
Digital Agencies of the Future: UPDATE 1 →
Hilariously embarrassing for these major digital agencies.
My First Week with the iPhoneBehind the Curtain |... →
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Austin Seraphin who is blind talks about how the iPhone changed his life
The other night, however, a very amazing thing happened. I downloaded an app called Color Identifier. It…
A good CMS gives you total markup freedom →
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amen to that!
Why is it that so many CMSs make it harder than it should be to use the markup you want to? And why do CMSs still, in the year 2010, output…
On admin interfaces →
A few minutes ago, I tweeted the following: “Starting to feel like any site which requires a separate admin interface is not fully baked. Am I crazy?” A couple people responded asking for more…
Loading spinner animation using CSS and WebKit →
It’s hard to stifle a smile any time I get a glimpse of the future thanks to WebKit-based browsers like Safari and Chrome (and their mobile counterparts on iOS and Android devices). That happened…
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg opens up : The... →
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from the New Yorker’s “the face of facebook” 1 in 14 - I’d never thought of it like that before.
Today, at least one out of every fourteen people in the world has a Facebook…
Amazon’s New Kindle Commercial →
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that add is a cheese-fest! but I still want a Kindle more than an iPad
Taking the iPad head-on as an e-reader: cheaper and works in bright sunlight. Note also that the woman is…
What the browsers should be doing →
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great
What the browsers should be doing Related: alistapart.com · quatermain.tumblr.com Breaking News With The Social Hammer: TPUTH
Domestic Conflict, Explained by Stock Photos →
“Kevin Nguyen imagines the backstories behind the stock photos he found of couples fighting.” (Via Jim Coudal.)
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Inkling for iPad: eTextbook Reading Done Right →
An exciting new iPad app called Inkling has recently come to the App Store. Inkling is a beautiful textbook reader with a built-in bookstore. It’s simple to search, annotate content, and browse by…
How Censoring Craigslist Helps Pimps, Child... →
[Originally posted at Huffington Post]
For the last 12 years, I’ve dedicated immense amounts of time, money, and energy to end violence against women and children. As a victim of violence…
The Motivator Behind the Windows 2000 Development... →
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Brian Valentine at Microsoft
“Decisions in 10 minutes or less, or the next one is free.”
The Anti-Mac User Interface (Don Gentner and Jakob... →
We reverse all of the core design principles behind the Macintosh human interface guidelines to arrive at the characteristics of the Internet desktop.