A Few Things I’ve Seen… (2)
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I’ve snapped pics of a couple of things recently I thought I’d share. First up, I was checking out grills at my local Lowe’s, and saw this ad for an audio tour about the product. You just call in to the 800 number, and you get walked through the grill’s features while you’re standing there looking at it. I think stores used to have these things called “salespeople” that did this sort of thing, but ...
4 Questions for Every Early Adopter (29)
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The battle lines have been drawn today. You’re with us or you’re against us. You’re cool and hip or lame and square. No, I’m not talking about political lines (for once), I’m talking about the early adopters versus the mainstream, or as Robert Scoble framed it: the passionates versus the non-passionates. What, though, is a passionate (sometimes referred to as an ‘evangelist’)? What is the definition of an early-adopter? Quite simply, and perhaps obviously, it’s ...
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Mathew said:
Time sink or time failure, I reckon most of the 2.0 networking startups of late have been massive time sinks, or maybe I just need to be better organised....
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Dedalus said:
Let's say I have a manga avatar and keep the rest for myself.
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Tink *~*~* said:
I'm lame and square. I cannot figure out what business purpose Twitter or Facebook or even Friend Feed would serve in my line of work. I'm currently within an IT department inside a financial firm. The marketing folks probably use Twitter and etc. to monitor what all the early adopters are saying about the firm, and maybe partake in the conversation, but there's no application for an IT department whose clients are all internal and whose conversations should definitely continue to be internal.
Google minus Google (1)
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The Register reports that an astute Finn is offering a bastardized version of Google's search engine that ignores sites served up by Google itself. "Inspired by a recent New York Times piece that questioned whether the Mountain View search monopoly is morphing into a media company - which it is - Finnish blogger Timo Paloheimo promptly unveiled Google minus Google. Key in the word "YouTube," and the first result is Wikipedia." According to The Register, ...
Zeep Mobile API Gives Site Owners Free SMS… With a Hitch (3)
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So you run a website and really like the social software that enables your visitors to interact with things you produce. But you want to take that connection with the crowd to a more mobile position. Perhaps you’d like some sort of arrangement which allows interested parties to send and receive messages to and from your domain, and preferably something that costs you no financial investment to establish. Enter, Zeep Mobile. What Zeep provides, in ...
Turn Your TV into a Start Page with YourScreen (13)
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YourScreen is a new service that is announcing its upcoming beta today, and it’s set out to enable you to turn a television into a start page of sorts. Designed for use within schools, companies, and at events, YourScreen is a custom option for displaying your content on televisions. So what type of content can you post on these televisions? Built on Adobe AIR, YourScreen comes with some ready-made content, like weather and a stock ...
Free tetris clone Tris removed from App Store (5)
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EA Games pushes out an iPhone port Tetris, and sells it for $9.99. An independent developer goes and makes his own Tetris clone (as has been done on just about every single electronic device ever created since the dawn of man) called Tris and offers it for the world for free. This is all going to go perfectly smooth, right? Of course not. Tris’ developer Noah Witherspoon has received word from Apple legal that owners ...
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Oren said:
I hope to god he renames it to LOL FALLING SHAPES
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Lulu said:
Now to see if Apple remotely kills this app on people's devices!
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Alard said:
Apple is getting entangled in conflict of interest ...
StumbleAudio Launches Facebook App and OpenID Support (11)
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If you’ve not yet heard of StumbleAudio and its claim on 2 million audio tracks of various independent flavorings, you might wish to familiarize yourself. The reason being that it’s evolved a bit since it launched last month. So quick, you say? Yes indeed. While its catalog of some 120,000+ artists remains more or less the same, the service has been tuned to provide users a more detailed view of the blues, country, folk, rock, ...
Fight fire with a mean-looking gun (2)
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It kind of looks like something from Quake: The Shooter fire extinguisher concept fires CO2 bullets rather than foam, meaning you get to terminate the blaze with extreme prejudice. Only thing this baby's missing is a bandolier for the bullets. Designed by Eunjung Kim, Yangwoo Kim & Junyi Heo. via yanko design by way of dvice ...
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Alard said:
Firefighting with an attitude
7 ways I’ve almost killed FreshBooks (12)
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I’ve often said, “were it not for Joe and Levi, I would have run this company into the ground long ago”. The fact is, truer words were seldom spoken. Here’s a list of ways that I’ve almost killed FreshBooks over the years: 1. Thinking we had to move faster than we did I remember back in 2005 feeling that if we did not blow our lights out and spend every penny we had on marketing ...
Maple cell phone and Toyota's own Segway (2)
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Two from Reuben Miller: You've all seen that wooden LED clock; now check out the Maple cell phone designed Hyun Jin Yoon and Eun Hak Lee. It took Silver at this year's IDEA awards and we're dying for it to go into production. Those of you that watched Monday's video of Japan's Good Design Expo might have been wondering about the Segway-esque machine people are seen zipping around on. It's the Winglet, Toyota's answer to ...
User participation in online conversation (3)
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In this presentation, Bond Art + Science, a New York based digital services firm focused on strategy and user experience design, explores the state of the art in inviting users to participate in the conversation online. In the past, user participation in editorial publications was limited to writing “letters to the editor.” On the web, users take an active role in shaping the message through their comments and debates. Bond Art + Science looked at ...
Wallace & Gromit's fashion debut (3)
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Wallace & Gromit have had a make-over and picked up a bit of modeling work to promote the soon-to-open Harvey Nichols store in Bristol. We're sure this will be a popular choice as no-one celebrates quintessential Britishness better than local claymation artist Nick Park from Aardman Animations. Wallace wears an Alexander McQueen navy cashmere and silk suit, Dolce & Gabbana fitted white shirt and a Giorgio Armani tie. Gromit sports a navy silk Paul Smith ...
How-To: Fit a Circle In a Square Hole (18)
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Being a designer in an environment where most people adhere to a strict path of logic can be challenging. There are few logic-centric people who understand the value design has to a product or service. Instead of beating your head against your desk, do something to get the company on common ground. The Only Orange in the Apple Orchard Think back to the first time you discovered that not everyone holds the same respect for ...
Technology and the bottom of the pyramid (2)
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A lot of posts by Niti Bhan on mobile devices and the bottom of the pyramid in emerging markets. A quick roundup: Access is empowering 16 August A reflection on the GSM Association’s research report on the economic and social impact of mobile communications in developing countries, as reported also by Business Week, particularly on the subject matter of mobile phones and women. Women and mobile phones 18 August A further reflection on the topic, ...
Cities are all about difficulty (3)
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The PICNIC conference website has posted a short but intriguing interview with Adam Greenfield, Nokia’s new head of design direction. An excerpt about the urban experience, technology and solitude: “You know, I believe that cities are all about difficulty. They’re about waiting: for the bus, for the light to change, for your order of Chinese take-out to be ready. They’re about frustration: about parking tickets, dogshit, potholes and noisy neighbors. They’re about the unavoidable physical ...
Notepad Chaos: A Free Wordpress Theme (59)
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Over the last years we’ve featured a number of designers and developers who released their work for free — among other things we presented high-quality free fonts, free Wordpress themes, free wallpapers and, of course, free icons. You can find many of them in our section Freebies. Every release helps to make the Web a nicer place which is why we support designers and challenge them to release something for free in order to be ...
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Robin said:
No I'm not changing my theme for a while but it's cute, in case anyone else wants a new one.
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Josh said:
A bit colorful for me.
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Srinvard said:
USE WITH EPICFAILGUY.ORG
UnsTable: A table that looks, um, unstable (4)
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Rafael Morgan's "UnsTable" gives the illusion that this piece of furniture may fall down, but in reality--and this isn't exactly giving away the recipe for making the Statue of Liberty disappear--each of the legs conceals a fixed metal bar, covered by movable cubes. We've covered Rafael's work here a couple times before--The Hope Table, and the Light Drop. Some nice touches of wit and delight. Hit the jump for an animated gif of the table ...
