January 2010
30 posts
Adobe Plays the Porn Card in Flash Campaign... →
Apple has clearly hurt Adobe’s feelings. When Steve Jobs demonstrated an iPad at Wednesday’s tablet event, its Safari browser clearly did not support Flash.
The Hebrew Writers Guild →
Related to the previous post, I’ve also found this collection of stamp designs. There are a lot here from the Mid Century Modern aesthetic too, including this beautiful Israeli stamp…
Howard Zinn: Don’t mourn, organize! →
After 3 months, Newsday's web site gets 35... →
In October Newsday (a Long Island daily paper that was sold for $650 million) began charging for online access. The price is $5 per week. In three months 35 people have subscribed. The web site…
How to Avoid Mediocre Co-Founders →
Just because your college roommate won the university’s engineering award in 1996, does not mean he’ll perform well in a VP role now. Early-stage startup teams come in many forms and while it’s…
After 3 months, Newsday's web site gets 35... →
In October Newsday (a Long Island daily paper that was sold for $650 million) began charging for online access. The price is $5 per week. In three months 35 people have subscribed. The web site…
Why We Need Tech Events for Women →
At the last Twiistup event, on a panel with diehard Los Angeles entrepreneurs and investors Yammer CEO David Sacks explained that Southern Californians wouldn’t need to have a panel on Los…
441 – Sense of POPOS: Secret Spaces of San... →
Scattered across the centre of San Francisco are almost seventy semi-secret spaces, privately owned but open to the public. Subject to the fine print of a little-known pact between…
Haptic Coat For The Blind →
Fascinating. Designed by Lynne Bruning, “Bats Have Feelings Too” is a fashionable haptic coat for the blind, or, in her term, “a wearable cane.”
Materials | lilypad arduino, conductive thread,…
More Surveillance in the UK →
This seems like a bad idea: Police in the UK are planning to use unmanned spy drones, controversially deployed in Afghanistan, for the “routine” monitoring of antisocial motorists, protesters,…
Public by Default, Private when Necessary →
This post was originally written for the DML Central Blog. If you’re interested in Digital Media and Learning, you definitely want to check this blog out. With Facebook systematically…
Freedom of information advocates network →
Freedom of information advocates network,international information-sharing network of organizations and individual working to promote the right of access to information,
Interview Project →
This is probably old news but this is a wonderful and inspiring road trip project.
David Lynch can explain it far more eloquently than I ever could
The route
Interviewees
Well worth…
WiseStamp – social media enabled email signatures →
Why Open Source is the New Software Policy in San... →
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announces a new open source software policy for San Francisco and discusses the benefits of choosing open source technology.
Anatomy of Japanese folk monsters →
Action tokens required in Elgg 1.7 →
Security is something I take very seriously in Elgg. Over a year ago action tokens were introduced to counter CSRF attacks. Since Elgg 1.5, forms that did not include action tokens generated visible…
Realism in UI Design →
Dewey Music →
Amazon Fires Missile At Book Industry, Launches... →
It’s already almost “game over” in the e-book business.
whose voice do you hear? gender issues and success →
Growing up, I loved to debate. With anyone. My debating tone used to drive my mother batty because she thought I was yelling at her. Exasperated, I would often bark back that I was simply debating….
UK Independent editor claims it may steal any... →
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The Independent used a photograph by Peter Zabulis without asking his permission. The photo in question is marked “All Rights Reserved,” meaning that the photographer…
Nostalgia for vintage ads →
Photo from Flickr user Moose Greebles This ad was sent by a reader a while back, and I understood their nostalgia for it. It’s a Lego ad from 1981. The text reads: Have you ever seen…
Nostalgia for vintage ads →
Photo from Flickr user Moose Greebles This ad was sent by a reader a while back, and I understood their nostalgia for it. It’s a Lego ad from 1981. The text reads: Have you ever seen…
GPS and Relativity →
GPS and Relativity (via). GPS satellite clock ticks need an accuracy of 20-30 nanoseconds. The satellites move fast enough that their clocks fall behind by 7 microseconds a day due to time…
Creatively Handling the Admin Side of Freelancing →
There are very few who would argue against the notion that most freelance professionals, especially those operating in the design/development and writing…
Light Writing Proposal →
This long exposure, and the making of footage, were shot over three nights in Raleigh, North Carolina as a proposal to Emily Kern. The words “Emily, will you marry me?” Were spelled out in light…
Jack's Life Lessons →
Seeking Profit in Open-Source Search Software →
Lucid Imagination, an open-source start-up, hopes to rival the likes of Microsoft and Google in the market for corporate search technology.
PHOTO: Every time I see the Burj Dubai tower over →
Every time I see the Burj Dubai tower over the surrounding skyline, I think of Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Totally different buildings, but similar skyline standouts.