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Binary marble adding machine (4)
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I only discovered this now, fully a year after everyone else blogged about it, but it's so awesome I have to write about it: A mechanical, binary adding machine that uses marbles to flip the bits. There are several gorgeous close-up pictures of the device on the web site of the designer, Matthias Wandal, but the best way to understand it is to watch that video of it in action! I'm a huge, huge fan ...- Richard said: Yeah. I'm such a geek.
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Adaptive interfaces (7)
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A little while back, I wrote a post titled Widgets, widgets, everywhere in which I suggested all consumer electronics should be thought of as platforms that could run applications created and shared by users. In particular, If I was a pro-am photographer on a month-long safari shoot, I could grab a custom camera interface from the Web, set up to provide easy-access presets to the light and movement conditions I’d face. I’d repurpose a couple ...Shared by Andrew Walkingshaw (29) Daniel (18) Dino (9) Joe Lamantia (12) matt (20) plindberg (22) Richard (4)- Daniel said: What I like about this is the growing understanding of how important collaborative grass root design actually is! Charles Leadbeater talked about that quite some time ago in his TED-talk "The rise of the amateur professional"
- Andrew Walkingshaw said: "Users are in a better position than designers to discover better products and experiences and, increasingly, better positioned to create them too. (Of course the best situation is that designers are users too.) Adaptive design is not just an approach but an opportunity."
- Richard said: Nice
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Evernote (2)
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Evernote is a cool idea. They want to enable you to keep copy of all those random notes. In this example I drew a quick sketch on an index card (on this topic). I held it up to the little video camera on my Macbook and took this picture. Then I dragged the resulting image into their application, and sychronized to their server. Less than a minute later I syncronized again and they had run ...Shared by Chris Abraham (46) Richard (4)- Richard said: Awesome. I find paper much more convenient than digital media.
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Tech mumblings (1)
permalink* Android SDK == even awesomer[1] than last time I checked it out. Too many apps I want to write.* Eclipse ... seriously? You really need to use 850 MB of memory, you fat, slow piece of shit? Emacs is using 8 MB. Le sigh.[1] if Apple can use the word funnest, I can use awesomer.Shared by Richard (4)
- Richard said: Eclipse grinds my nads too
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Secret Military Technology (4)
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On 60 Minutes, in an interview with Scott Pelley, reporter Bob Woodward claimed that the U.S. military has a new secret technique that's so revolutionary, it's on par with the tank and the airplane: Woodward: This is very sensitive and very top secret, but there are secret operational capabilities that have been developed by the military to locate, target, and kill leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq, insurgent leaders, renegade militia leaders, that is one ...- Richard said: Funny how Bin Laden is still missing then...
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Quote of the day (2)
permalinkI admit, I questioned the wisdom of giving the games to a city with such a poor human rights record — every citizen under surveillance, police executing suspects, people interrogated just for taking a photo in a railway station — but maybe London can rise to the occasion. -Dave Garner via Suw CharmanShared by Adriana (25) Richard (4)
- Adriana said: love it!
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Meet Chrome, Google's Windows Killer (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch) (6)
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Meet Chrome, Google's Windows Killer — Make no mistake. The cute comic book and the touchy-feely talk about user experience is little more than a coat of paint on top of a monumental hatred of Microsoft. — Chrome, the Webkit-based Google browser that launches tomorrow at Google.com/chrome …- Richard said: Another bite taken out of Microsoft's thick client approach. I wonder whether Live Mesh can bring enough P2P weight to keep thin client at bay. Segmentation seems likely.
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Seth's Blog: Reaching the right people (94)
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Here's a great idea. What if your new rock group appeals to fans of the B52s? Or if your new book is just perfect for people who like Brad Meltzer? If you have a CD or a book or an idea that will appeal to a certain psychographic, it might not be so easy to reach just those people. Dave came up with a super idea: go buy a bunch of B52s CDs. Then list ...Shared by Avinash Kunnath (7) adang001 (37) Aditi (18) Alen3000 (10) Alex (119) ana (14) Andres (8) Andrew M (15) Andrew Peek (1) Andy Yates (17) AnilG (19) Anthony DelleCave (1) Avinash (15) Ben Corman (7) billspaced (20) Blaise (40) BluesForPablo (18) Brandon J. Mendelson (174) burkinaboy (101) Carl Fyffe (21) Cem (2) chrisbrogan.com (37) Christian (18) Daan (14) Dan London (6) Danny Wahlquist (21) Darin R. McClure (40) Darren (14) David (Dave) Bakker (0) Del (22) derrickkwa (29) Despil (7) Dr. Ernie (37) elroy (21) Fred Schechter (33) Garrett Eastham (0) Gauravonomics (4) Gautam (65) Geir (17) glongman (27) Howard Yermish (24) Jana (20) Jared (21) jb (20) Jeff McIntire-Strasburg (104) Jeff Schmidt (24) Jim (14) Joe Taylor Jr. (4) John (31) John (33) Jon of SMA (18) Jonas (20) Kareem Sultan (13) Kartik Agaram (10) Kevin Hill (0) kleevr (10) Kris (49) Laurent Courtines (15) Lorraine (39) LuluDotCom (0) Mark (7) Mark Dykeman (60) Marshall Sponder (29) Martin (17) Martin Thörnkvist (0) matthew hunt (8) Matthew Kimberley (13) Mihalcea Razvan (239) Mike F (700) nate (7) Nigel J (21) Novica (21) p0ps (52) philgerb (25) Pirkka (13) Pito Salas (0) plindberg (22) Rey (13) Richard (4) Riku (21) RoyBlumenthal (17) seanness (37) Shyam (14) smackaysmith (17) subbu (41) theCan (16) Theo (22) Tibor (20) Todd (20) Travis (33) Trojan Warrior (19) wrburgess (19) Xdroot (88) Zee M (134)Explore read 12 notes- Andy Yates said: could this work for TW? I guess there's the studios/services cross-over, but are there other angles? giving a bunch of consulting hours to OSS contributors, for instance ... what else?
- chrisbrogan.com said: This is actually pretty clever.
- Lorraine said: One more way to make Fee Sell!
- matthew hunt said: great tip!
- Richard said: Interesting
- Carl Fyffe said: It amazes me how many kickass ideas this guy comes up with. Extra amazing is that most are actionable.
- Mark Dykeman said: as the saying goes: this is so crazy that it just might work.
- glongman said: smart.
- Jon of SMA said: Amazing some great ideas like this one are so simple and easy to do, but we don't see them as we look to do the same things the same way we have always done the. Great idea Seth.
- Aditi said: very nice idea.. i think i will implement this to create waves for launching some singer some day :D
- Alen3000 said: psychgraphic
- Laurent Courtines said: MUST figure out how to use this idea.
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Sarah Palin's Wikipedia Page Scrubbed (31)
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NPR reports that someone edited Sarah Palin's Wikipedia page Friday just before the word got out that she was John McCain's pick for a running mate. The edits were obviously made to make Palin look good. They were made by — gasp — one person. Here, I'll fill in what NPR is trying to say: That one person was Sarah Palin. Wow, those Republicans sure are evil, good thing we have the Internet. But I ...Shared by adam (1083) Andrew (14) Benjamin (502) Bob Lee (21) Brad (208) Christian (65) Clint Ecker (125) Creeva (88) Crystal Bale (0) David (97) Eric Daams (66) Fansari (58) Felix Bredoteau (2) guy (466) Isaac (19) Jeremy (5) jesicita (28) Josh Bancroft (31) Mark Interrante (12) Martin Paquette (0) Maurice (14) Mich D (231) Michael (23) Michael H (20) Moses (71) Nick Cobb (115) pericles (601) Richard (4) Rick (26) Thomas B (0) w0lfh0und (489)- Maurice said: How fabulous that she was astroturfing her own wikipedia entry. That's a woman of integrity right there.
- Josh Bancroft said: You don't mess with the Wikipedians. You'll never get away with it. :-)
- Richard said: "a politician of eye-popping integrity" huh? I'll keep my eyes unpopped thanks all the same.
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Latency is Everywhere and it Costs You Sales - How to Crush it (72)
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* The time it takes for a packet to cross a network connection, from sender to receiver. * The period of time that a frame is held by a network device before it is forwarded. Two of the most important parameters of a communications channel are its latency, which should be low, and its bandwidth, which should be high. Latency is particularly important for a synchronous protocol where each packet must be acknowledged before the ...Shared by Andrei (26) Aneel (33) atul (153) Bela Babik (2) Calvin (28) Chris (12) Chris Metcalf (18) Christopher McGrath (0) codeslinger (28) Danielle Fong (0) dasmart (30) Dathan Vance Pattishall (3) Dave Martin (4) David T (13) djcramer (27) Duk (10) Fabrice (1) G.Dewald (3) Garret (15) Gothy (31) grant (15) Henrik Torstensson (16) Hiten Shah (1) Hugh Mckee (2) imabonehead (55) Iman (6) Isaac (19) James.Urquhart (24) Jared (1) Jason A. Hoffman (0) Jay (21) jetienne (21) jorrel (5) Kai Chan Vong (17) katylava (18) Lars Trieloff (1) Lucas Eagleton (1) madsimian (11) mark (14) Marty (15) Matthew (23) Miguel Olivan (13) Mike F (700) miles (1) minmax (16) mjvm (22) mndoci (65) Neil (3) Parker (20) Paul (21) Paul Holbrook (0) paulo (45) Pierce Hickey (21) Prashant Nadarajan (3) qthrul (17) Raanan Avidor (25) Rahul Das (23) Richard (4) romain (9) sc (37) Scott Trudeau (4) Seb (3) spidaman (2) Stephen Voorhees (10) tabo (0) Takayuki (71) Ted (21) tig (41) vinh (2) Walter (25) winston (28) Xisco (23)- Isaac said: "Latency matters. Amazon found every 100ms of latency cost them 1% in sales. Google found an extra .5 seconds in search page generation time dropped traffic by 20%"
- jetienne said: every 100ms of latency cost them 1% in sales
- Richard said: Speed is important. Maybe even more important than relevance...
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Old Media Always Afraid of New Media... Even Back in 1929 (14)
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Petrea Mitchell reminds us that "old media" always ends up reacting poorly to "new media" no matter what we're talking about. As an example she points to this story about theaters (the kind that put on plays) fearing new-fangled radio broadcasters back in 1929: Once upon a time, complimentary theatre tickets would come with a covering note like this: "Dear Sir, The Management of the ------ Theatre will be much obliged if you will very ...Shared by [Curtis W] (46) Adrian Bacon (82) bhc3 (41) Blaise (40) Christopher Gizzi (46) internetcases (31) Isaac (19) Jamie (6) jerry (32) jproffitt (18) Mac (14) marcel weiß (36) Richard (4) Rob (161)- Richard said: It goes further back than that. The printing press, the phonograph, the player piano. All established industries fear change.
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Web 2.0 Design Generators For Developers | 84 Bytes (27)
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Visualization Strategies: Text & Documents » Tim Showers - Web Development, Design, and Data Visualization» Blog Archive (49)
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A survey of techniques for creating infographics and visualizations from textual data.Shared by Ahmed (45) alex (16) Alex (13) andré.friedrichs (38) Andrew Walkingshaw (29) Chandoo (38) David Paquet (0) dimitri (0) doug (3) g9yuayon (22) hayashi yosuke (28) Iman (17) j.c. (9) Jeremy Przasnyski (5) Jeton (30) Joe Ocampo (0) Jonathan Tran (11) Karl Anderson (3) kleevr (10) Kluzter (14) kristina (2) luftyluft (22) maetl (9) Marcio (18) Matija (18) Matteo (21) Michael Friis (6) Mike (11) mike (27) Mike Manuel (2) Miriam (3) mjoneill (17) mwiik (5) Nathan Agrin (2) Niv (25) rbreve (2) Reid Beels (10) Reilly Hayes (0) Richard (4) Rob Crowther (0) Scott (9) Seth Holladay (8) Sid (28) Simon Taylor (2) Tom Davies (40) urbansheep (20) voidfiles (54)Contribute comment -
EA totally getting the web (2)
permalinkBuilding on their online video success of Spore, Electronic Arts just did a masterstroke - create a new ad with Tiger Woods "walking on water" in response to a YouTube user video.The original. The response.Great work on how to use YouTube to connect with your community. Brands - don't just toss your ad up there and wait for people to find it. Create content that engages inherently with the community and build a sustainable presence. ...Shared by Isaac (19) Richard (4)
- Isaac said: this is wonderful. "totally getting it" falls utterly short. EA, hats off.
- Richard said: It's always nice to see companies moving away from the "someone likes our products enough to post clips, therefore sue them" mentality, but EA have done it with style. Via the watchful Isaac Hepworth
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Blockbuster CEO Is Still Confused By The Long Tail (7)
onIn 2004, Chris Anderson wrote his feature article for Wired Magazine in which he coined the term "the long tail" to describe the business possibilities made possible by digital distribution. Four years and one best-selling book later, the CEO of Blockbuster is still confused by the concept that has been utilized by Netflix to wreak havoc on his business model. Yet, in a recent interview, the head of Blockbuster, Jim Reyes, misses the entire point ...Shared by darkeye11547 (199) Gauravonomics (4) Isaac (19) Jrod (61) Laura Smith (0) Richard (4) Ross (36)Contribute comment
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Voting Machines (412)
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