October 2009
77 posts
Kenya Hara On Japanese Aesthetics →
What makes Japanese design so special? Basically, it’s a matter of simplicity; a particular notion of simplicity, different from what simplicity means in the West. So are things in general better…
Xerox’s Printable Circuitry →
Xerox has developed a silver ink that can be used to print electronic circuits on fabrics, films, and materials other than boards.
“Mac users cannot bank or shop online, nor do these users have access to...”
– The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - Korea’s Internet Is Mired in a Microsoft Monoculture
“For many researchers, augmented reality is a solution looking for a problem....”
– Programmer Joe » 50 Things I Learned at ISMAR 2009
Glue: From Browser Plugin To Web Service →
I’ve thought a lot about whether you can build a business via a browser plugin. I wrote a post a while back on that exact topic. I have seen web services successfully use browser plugins to…
Glue: From Browser Plugin To Web Service →
I’ve thought a lot about whether you can build a business via a browser plugin. I wrote a post a while back on that exact topic. I have seen web services successfully use browser plugins to…
“But in knowledge work we need to manage for creativity — in effect, we...”
– Fuzzy goals on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
“1. Data is the bank.
2. Meaning is the currency.”
– Digital Strangelove (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Internet)
“In the Postcode Paper, Tom Taylor, Gavin Bell, and Dan Catt brought together...”
– Nodalities » Blog Archive » Postcode Paper: What you can do with the right data.
“No content makes its way from its creator to the public without aggregation....”
– Aggregation and curation: two concepts that explain a lot about digital change – The Shatzkin Files
“The argument of this fascinating and deeply provoking book is easy to summarise:...”
– LRB · David Runciman: How messy it all is
“How does this work? Well, if you’re standing in a corn field and thinking about...”
– …My heart’s in Accra » Jonah Lehrer: Outsider Intelligence
“Relegence’s real-time “intelligence automation” monitors, indexes and filters...”
– AOL Acquires Financial News & Info Search Technology Firm Relegence; Between $50-100 Million | paidContent
“In addition to the content coming in from thousands, or even tens of thousands,...”
– Tim Armstrong’s Secret Project Is To Turn AOL Into A Low-Cost Content Machine
“Every trend comes with a ticking clock. It may feel inevitable, but its days are...”
– Grant McCracken: Death of concept: beginning of the end of the local movement?
TURUGA - componente si accesorii pentru pasionatii... →
The light bulb that lasts 25 years goes on sale →
LED lighting is not terribly new, but this little gem is, and if you bought one today, you could still be using it in 2035.
The new Pharox bulb is the first environmentally-friendly product…
Those Weirdo Kids These Days (by a 23 year old) →
*Tell you one thing about them echo-boomer kids — they were never forced to punctuate or spell.
http://simon-dufour.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-communication-will-change-our-world.html
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Zynga’s Mark Pincus: I got kicked out of some of... →
(I’m live-blogging from Startup School, a daylong program from startup incubator YCombinator held at Berkeley today. Mark Pincus is the CEO of social gaming company Zynga. If these notes…
Howard Stern 3.0: The future of entertainment →
We just got a glimpse of Howard Stern’s next life, I think. I was running errands today listening to a repeat of the show from this week when I heard Stern talk with a caller about what he could do…
“That one curious reader is worth 50 times the value of the drive-by reader.”
– At Slate, small is the new big | Knight Digital Media Center
“A longing for love and approval. That’s the dirty little secret of success.”
– Dirty Little Secret of Success – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
Sustainable baked goods by weekly subscription →
Last month, we reported on Milk Made: a Manhattan members club for artisanal ice cream. Operating on the same principle—food produced in small batches and delivered locally to pre-paying…
Sustainable baked goods by weekly subscription →
Last month, we reported on Milk Made: a Manhattan members club for artisanal ice cream. Operating on the same principle—food produced in small batches and delivered locally to pre-paying…
“It makes you wonder: Is it wise to prepare a business plan featuring steep...”
– How Long Does it Take to Build a Technology Empire?
“The 24 hour news cycle is to blame. Television pundits are to blame. The...”
– ComingAnarchy.com » Ideal reporting
SocialCalc Comes Out of Beta, Marking 30th... →
On this day 30 years ago, Dan Bricklin’s VisiCalc spreadsheet program changed the way people thought about computers and how they applied to business. Bricklin remains a leader in the field…
“When you introduce money, you completely change the meaning of the interaction,”...”
– Hotel Case Study: Peer Pressure’s Impact on the Environment: Scientific American
“Results indicate that television increases the tendency to borrow for household...”
– Television and Debt
“Drawing on a panel of 7000 online users in Australia, Nielsen argued yesterday...”
– Publishers warned: charge and be damned
“Why would such talented people voluntarily leave Silicon Valley, a place that...”
– Beware The Reverse Brain Drain To India And China
The GOOD 100: Artificial Photosynthesis →
Fake Plastic Trees
Some 2.4 billion years ago, tiny blue-green algae figured out a neat trick. Using sunshine, water, and carbon dioxide, they produced plant food as well as the oxygen that…
liniute despre publishingul online →
- informatia/continutul e atata de ieftin de produs incat diferenta este si va fi facuta de o combinatie legata de brand si de functionalitati media (informatie, analiza, scoops etc) ce furnizeaza…
“So what are the problems with email in a corporate environment, and what does...”
– danieltenner.com — What problems does Google Wave solve?
“What exactly is a “futurist” and how do you become one?”
– Will the future really look like “Minority Report”? - Salon.com
“In the place of Unique Selling Propositions, fired often and loudly at a mass...”
– Grant McCracken: Business as the new rocket science.
“These families don’t care about recipes as they used to. This is...”
– Grant McCracken: Gourmet, Saveur and the paradox of food in America
“Keys, money, and a cellphone are the three most important things that people...”
– 10 Big Ideas From Jan Chipchase - PSFK
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Technology, not policy,... →
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger just left the stage of the Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco, where he gave a short speech extolling the importance of technology. He…
Google Wave More Secure than Traditional Email →
Google Wave, the company’s new real-time collaboration platform currently in private beta, is more secure than traditional email, claims the company. According to Greg D’alesandre, Google Wave…
“Path Intelligence uses sensor technology to understand shopping behavior in...”
– Google Analytics for the Real World: A Conversation with Sharon Biggar of Path Intelligence - O’Reilly Radar
“The notion of overnight success is very misleading and actually rather harmful...”
– Overnight success takes a long time… - Spotify
“Enter Steve Jobs, stage left, proffering an appealing concept (I make lots of...”
– I, Cringely » Blog Archive » Apple and the Future of Publishing – Part One - Cringely on technology
“ElectroCity is a new online computer game that lets players manage their own...”
– ElectroCity
“This video shows some of these ingredients and explorations that activate the...”
– Near Future Laboratory » Blog Archive » Nokia N900 Hacks
Continental: Scade numarul studentilor care vor sa... →
Doar unu din cinci studenti romani vrea sa lucreze intr-o companie multinationala, tot mai multi preferand companii de marime medie, potrivit “Sondajului de opinie in randul stundentilor”,…
Real-Time Collaboration Has Stalled...For Now →
A Forrester study reports that real-time collaboration has stalled in the enterprise due in most part to the lack of adoption in technologies such as web conferencing and instant messaging….
Kayak Opens Access to River of Travel Search Data →
Travel comparison site Kayak just opened access to its search data. Best known for aggregating travel deals on roundtrip flights, hotels and rental cars, Kayak is now offering the public a peek…
“Many, many tech companies I meet start with a set of “awesome features” and...”
– 3 Sales Tips for Startups – Creating a Burning Platform
“But basically as long as you can couch something — people don’t like to work on...”
– Ozzie on the realtime wave