September 2009
Nokia Acquires Dopplr →
Today, we’re thrilled to announce that Dopplr has been acquired by Nokia. Nokia shares our vision of the Social Atlas, the idea that social location data can improve our experience of cities.
To…
Top 50 Real-Time Web Companies →
As part of our lead-up to The ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit, which is just over two weeks away, in this post we’re listing 50 leading companies of the Real-Time Web. Like any list, it is…
FastPencil →
Unlike self-publishing approaches that focus only on printing, FastPencil is about helping you get your book written and published. Write and edit with powerful, free tools; have friends review your…
Light Bulbs by Marcus Tremonto →
Presented as part of London Design Festival, enjoy new light bulbs of designer Markus Tremonto. See all models & pictures here.
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Lasse's weblog - Ways to split user stories →
Lasse presents six different approaches to splitting user stories, and provides useful examples, too! I know Lasse (the author of the blog), he’s a really great guy. This post is about splitting…
Shares in New Zealand beehives help protect Manuka... →
New Zealand start-up Your Pure Honey is offering customers the chance to own a share of a beehive in and enjoy the Manuka honey it produces. A basic share costs USD 285 per season…
Notepod →
The iPhone style Notes, the Notepod($18 / 3 pack), on one side you’ll find 52mm by 77mm of blank spa..(more…)
The Extraordinaries app for micro-volunteering →
The Extraordinaries is an interesting new concept in the growing field of iPhone applications — it allows people to use the every part of their spare time cow (waiting for a movie to start,…
SVN Server Admin Issue: Fix It! →
A few months ago, Anton Isaykin in collaboration with the company 2comrades discovered a serious security problem that is quite typical of big projects…
Early photorealism →
At the end of the 19th century, Henry Harrison created color photographs by painting them on-site. Tags: Henry Harrison photography
OneRiot Aims to Bring Real-Time Search to Your... →
Real-time search engine OneRiot launched the OneRiot Developer Network this morning and the care and attention it’s paying to partnering with outsiders seeking to leverage its unique offerings…
Make the Most of Office Coffee [Coffee] →
Unless you’re very lucky, you’re likely stuck in office that has coffee somewhere between “drinkable” and “intestine-wrenching”. Use this guide to increase the quality of your office-coffee…
Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1240 →
Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1240, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.
Paywall for the Spectator's content →
So the rumour, posted by Guido Fawkes last week, about The Spectator erecting a paywall on its website turns out to be true. The publisher, Press Holdings, has announced that the…
Phone calling coming to Twitter →
A beta service expected to launch Thursday will allow Twitter users to make voice calls to each other without needing to know someone’s phone number.
A new third-party offering from …
More book titles, if they were written today →
The two threads on book titles as if they were written today are still going strong…there are some really good ones in the comments. Then: The Bible Now: A Million Little Signs and Wonders
Scribblenauts is genius, maddening; Ars reviews... →
Scribblenauts was the darling of E3, rounding up a hojillion awards—including a Golden Ars—and impressing everyone who stopped by for a demo. It was a game that showed very well,…
DNA and memories stored in former Swiss nuclear... →
Combine advances in medical genetics with the age-old pursuit of immortality, and it comes as no surprise that DNA storage is a growing industry. In such a personal line of business peace of…
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…this is magic. →
(via likeneelyohara) …this is magic.
TiddlyWiki - a reusable non-linear personal web... →
Why You Should Switch from Subversion to Git →
You may have heard some hubbub over distributed version control systems recently. You may dismiss it as the next hot thing, the newest flavor of kool-aid currently quenching the…
MTV Video Music Awards Tweet Tracker Visualization →
As it was previously announced from Reuters to the interwebs, the VMA Tweet Tracker [mtv.com] is a real-time graph of Twitter activity that highlights the social news surrounding the…
How To Integrate Facebook With WordPress →
Facebook is one of those Web phenomena that impress everyone with numbers. To cite some: about 250 million users are on Facebook, and together they spend more…
Robotic Lawn Mower Affects Human-Machine... →
New York City Hall is testing a robotic lawn mower that is able to self steer and charge its own battery. Having the potential to relieve union workers of their current responsibilities, it…
New Tube Map loses river →
There’s been quite a major change on the new London Underground map. Blech took a photo and said he thinks “it’s the most radical change it’s had in at least one decade, possibly even two. Has…
Ad agencies becoming one-stop shops →
A new breed of agency is not just making ads, but creating ready meals, signing bands and blurring the boundaries
Vice is an unusual media owner. The cocky, iconoclastic style magazine runs a…
Reservoir Gods. →
Reservoir Gods.
Performing the Longest Musical Composition Ever... →
For the first time ever, Jem Finer will be leading a live performance of a 1,000 minute section of his 1,000 year-long ‘Longplayer’ at London’s Roundhouse Theatre.
Is Facebook Like Google, or More Like Yahoo? →
Here’s a very familiar story that we all know: A pair of college kids launch a directory of the Internet that grows to become the most visited site on the web and makes them very rich….
Monsters Vs Aliens UI Design Joke →
Dreamworks films are quite clever the way they have jokes for children and adults occur simultaneously, so everyone laughs out loud together.
Sorry did I say children and adults? I meant children,…
Rule change allows TV product placement →
Ministers are poised to allow brands to feature prominently in UK programmes as they already do in the US
Ministers are set to allow “product placement”, where firms pay to have their brands…
The 3six5 Project: 365 Points Of View →
Chicago-based digital strategist Len Kendall, creator of the blog Constructive Grumpiness, is currently planning The 3six5 Project- a lifestreaming effort that will span the entirety of…
diy project: argyle sock vases →
i can’t get enough argyle! here’s a quickie friday afternoon project for your onesie socks (click here for yesterday’s argyle card project). while i was playing with them i found that…
new: moontree letterpress recipe cards →
good morning! i’m reporting from brimfield, massachusetts this morning where both amys and i are collecting fun new pieces to use for d*s posts. i wanted to kick off today with…
diy project: argyle sock vases →
i can’t get enough argyle! here’s a quickie friday afternoon project for your onesie socks (click here for yesterday’s argyle card project). while i was playing with them i found that…
Airless bike tires available now →
More than one commenter on yesterday’s post about tweels in development for the military expressed curiosity about the possibility of non-pneumatic bicycle tires. Turns out you can buy…
Plush synth-bot bleeps, bloops, befriends children →
Jeff-o created the Thingamaplush for his 2-year old daughter, using the schematic from a Bleep Labs Thingamakit as basis for his sound circuit. Now I’m wishing I had one back…
new: moontree letterpress recipe cards →
good morning! i’m reporting from brimfield, massachusetts this morning where both amys and i are collecting fun new pieces to use for d*s posts. i wanted to kick off today with…
Negative space illustrations →
Negative space illustrations by Noma Bar
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DHNN (design has no name) →
Majestic Model Management website | By DHNN
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Dumb ideas: bird seed shoes →
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Hairy type →
This hirsute bit of lettering was created by Chris Davenport using Nodebox, another in the increasing number of ‘digital sketchbooks’ available to designers
The piece was first uploaded onto…
Snow's revenge →
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…the REAL reason dinosaurs are extinct. →
…the REAL reason dinosaurs are extinct.
Orthogony →
…the imaginary futures and imaginary pasts of orthogony are imaginary only in the sense that imaginary numbers (which they very much resemble) are imaginary. To a man walking within…
(Infographic): Hierarchy of Digital Distractions →
In a digital age rife with an endless stream of distraction, from email updates to text messages, it’s important that we get our priorities straight. This handy hierarchy created by…