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Optical illusion helps create fake speed bumps - CNN.com (1)
on Sprawled Out: The Search for Community in the American Suburb (2) permalinkOptical illusion helps create fake speed bumps - CNN.com: PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Cathy Campbell did a double-take and tapped the brakes when she spotted what appeared to be a pointy-edged box lying in the road just ahead.She got fooled.It was a fake speed bump, a flat piece of blue, white and orange plastic that is designed to look like a 3-D pyramid from afar when applied to the pavement.The optical illusion is one of ...Shared by Adam W. (1)Contribute comment
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Respect the Code (9)
on Geekdad (106) permalinkFrom the intersection of “unbelievable” and “Easter Egg” comes news that Google Reader contains what is, perhaps, the ultimate inside joke for geeks and gamers. As revealed by Blogoscope, if you enter the primordial Konami Code (sans “Start”) via your keyboard - Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A – your unread items will be reset to 30 and this lovable ninja will creep into your Subscriptions sidebar. A second instance of ...Shared by Adam W. (1) Andrew Ferguson (19) Ian Anderson (20) John (95) Jonathan C. Dietrich (17) Matt (38) Michael (15) Roosh (8) spolay (24)Contribute comment
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'Slow movement' wants you to ease up, chill out - CNN.com (1)
on www.cnn.com (0) permalinkEdgar S. Cahn is fighting for your right to be lazy.Shared by Adam W. (1)
- Adam W. said: Reminds me of the 4 hour work week ethic. Time has a value and should be valued.
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7 Tips for Amateur Type Designers (47)
on Seth's Blog (1252) permalinkYou, a type designer? Of course you are. You are if you make presentations in PowerPoint or Keynote, or if you have a resume, or create signs or brochures or ebooks or even a blog. And sadly, it seems that the bar is low and most people have trouble reaching it! So, at the risk of the one-eyed giving driving directions, here are seven tips. There's a PDF of the tips below (illustrated) right here. ...Shared by ab_aditya (58) Adam W. (1) adang001 (33) almacaw (6) Andreas (10) Antonio (81) Bartek (7) Bjorn (37) Brad Davis Seal (161) Calvin (0) Carol (0) Charlie (11) Chris T (10) corntoole (29) Daniel Johnson, Jr. (35) danliebke (70) David (10) Dominik (155) Dr. Ernie (124) Editweapon (8) Eino (2) Erika Klein (190) Glen Horton (89) GP (176) Hakim (26) iAlja (270) James Socol (10) Jason (121) JD Hancock (1) jeffmincey (28) Jonas (22) joshnunn (4) jsuplido (8) Leonel (37) Lien (383) Marshall (16) Mike (107) Nelson (23) nok (10) philgerb (135) Pierre (0) rexy (133) Ryan (11) Simone (42) Will Cole (15) Yaakov (22) Zaki (218)Contribute comment
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Convenience Beats Quality (10)
on A VC (302) permalinkI've been writing about this theme for about as long as I've been blogging. I regularly opt for a 128kps stream on the Internet over a vinyl record played on our high end audio system (because I can search for the music I want to hear and play it instantly). I lost my Canon SD850 recently and chose not to replace it. I use the camera in my blackberry 90% of the time anyway (because ...Shared by Abhilash (3) Adam W. (1) Al (4) Andrei (50) Aneel (55) Clay (138) DING, Feng (15) Jeff Schmidt (46) Nico (105) Parker (48)Contribute comment
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Learn, Unlearn, and Relearn (2)
on Derek Sivers (7) permalink“The illiterates of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn”- Alvin Toffler ShareThisShared by Adam W. (1) Veken (23)Contribute comment
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Saving small (9)
on Signal vs. Noise (1022) permalinkMy favorite quarterly magazine is American Bungalow. It’s small, niche, and expensive, but it’s worth every penny for articles like the one in the summer 2008 edition titled “Brining Back Stinesville.” Nancy Hiller wrote this amazing piece on the town of Stinesville, IN and the preservation group Bloomington Restorations, Inc. In the 1990’s Stinesville’s population had dropped to around 200. The buildings were deteriorating, commerce was lacking. BRI is the patron saint of the dying ...Shared by Adam W. (1) Diana (12) Elliott P. (104) Enkrates (22) hober (72) katylava (12) Raphael Lullis (33) Tim (214) urbansheep (40)Contribute comment
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An alternative, rotary traff... (1)
on NorthTemple.com (16) permalinkAn alternative, rotary traffic signal designed by Charles Marshall in 1936 & used from the 1940s through 1970s in Australia. 2 rotors pointing at colored sections denote whether traffic in either direction should proceed, prepare, or stop. Based on a traditional clock face, it has the advantage of clearly showing signal phase timing. It’s downfall was apparently the ability to cope with changing traffic loads. Wikipedia EntryShared by Adam W. (1)Contribute comment
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New York Times Foreclosures Graphic (44)
on Data Mining: Text Mining, Visualization and Social Media (68) permalinkAn elegant data illustration. I like this in part because the data is presented in a manner that reflects the metaphor of the text (shadow). [Note: I manipulated this image using picnik which I'm amazed by.]Shared by Adam W. (1) Antonio (81) aroyer (2) Beglen (32) bhr1 (21) Brandon (76) Brian.LeRoux (45) Bwana (250) Chris (47) Chris (220) Chris. F. Masse (274) chrisfullman (19) Coop (85) d2s (6) Dylan Thomas (23) elsterama (210) Eric (110) Felix Banuchi (12) Gatewayy (17) George Tziralis (33) greenergrad (69) Henry Webb (272) heringermr (56) Hrag (68) Jimmy (74) Joe (4) Keith (10) Kuushal (26) lucky13cxc (20) Manos (25) Mark R (44) mathewi (64) Matt (6) Mighty Mighty Miah (22) Miguel (3) MMartin (68) Neil (33) RacefanPat (8) Robert Scoble (126) Ryan (85) Sam (66) Simon (26) steve (113) wrburgess (21)Explore read four notes
- Brian.LeRoux said: first time I've seen a 3D visualization kinda work... its still a junk chart insofar as analysis but good impact...
- Hrag said: What an amazing graphic.
- Jimmy said: This is pretty amazing
- Gatewayy said: Man is that depressing!
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What do you know? (97)
on Seth's Blog (1252) permalinkThree years ago, I published this list, which was very much a riff, not a carefully planned manifesto. It has held up pretty well. Feel free to reprint or otherwise use, as long as you include a credit line. I've added a few at the bottom... What Every Good Marketer Knows: Anticipated, personal and relevant advertising always does better than unsolicited junk. Making promises and keeping them is a great way to build a brand. ...Shared by ab_aditya (58) Adam W. (1) Adrian (9) Al (4) Alex (242) Alex (12) alex (0) Allen Fuller (18) Allison (74) ana (10) Andreas (10) Andy (12) Arvind (5) Bill (16) Brad Davis Seal (161) Bruce (54) Bruno Torres (10) Caleb Elston (67) Carlo (3) catepol (133) Charles (23) Charles Lumpkin (1) Christopher (42) Christopher Harley (9) Courtney (63) Daniel C (39) Daniel Johnson, Jr. (35) Danielle Warby (3) danliebke (70) Darko (4) David Daniels (5) Doug (8) Dr. Ernie (124) DrBaher (70) Editweapon (8) Eino (2) Evgeni L. / Reepicheep (150) Faadi (19) G$ (49) Garry Huang (7) Greg (4) GreggGallagher (1) gsherman (10) Hao (64) Hasan (255) Heids (27) Jake (3) Jason David Pelker (116) Jeremy (11) Jody (15) John (2) John (2) john (0) Josh (7) Juan Fernando Zuluaga C. (3) Juan Manuel (0) Julius (38) Juls (31) Just Mohit (120) Kirk (53) Lantz (8) LauraLee (120) lizunlong (114) Maciek Pasternacki (14) Matthew Kimberley (6) mdhussainpmk (0) Michael (150) minerva han (20) Mitch Joel (33) MrGuff (136) nicknich3 (45) nikkicee (3) noahp (7) Owen (0) Paulo Pereira (54) pflix (28) philgerb (135) ReducedHackers (63) rnordman (86) Rodrigo (44) RoyBlumenthal (39) Ryan (17) Ryan (11) Sam (94) Scott (1) Scott (22) Sebastian (17) Sonciary (48) Stephen (86) Steve Mann (0) Stu (12) TFS-Martin (0) Tom_Raftery (29) Travis (87) tubularladies (0) Vero Pepperrell (11) wrburgess (21)
- Christopher Harley said: One of Seth Godin's points> What Every Good Marketer Knows: "You can game the social media in the short run, but not for long."
- Lantz said: This is such a cool list, it should be in bold everywhere.
- Juan Fernando Zuluaga C. said: Puede decir lo que quiera el señor Godin, pero este SI es el verdadero Manifiesto del Nuevo Marketing. Voy a darle "delete" a los 3 capítulos del libro que escribía (¿para que más? ¡ya todo lo dijo Seth!)
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Vidnik (58)
on Official Google Mac Blog (0) permalinkBy David Phillip Oster, Google Mac TeamVidnik is our newest application in the Google Mac playground. It's a simple program for using the built-in camera on your Mac to create movies and upload them to YouTube.You can use Vidnik to create a video diary, or just to quickly record a video comment to attach to an existing YouTube video. Vidnik works with the built-in video cameras on recent Macs, with Firewire video cameras, and with ...Shared by Adam W. (1) adstew (45) aNTwNHs (40) Art (300) Billy (17) Brad Davis Seal (161) Brandon (76) Brian Landau (33) Chanse Arrington (161) charlie anzman (377) Christian (256) Clint Ecker (400) davidex (49) Dmitry Roslyakov (0) donlbe (53) EricaJoy (38) George Tziralis (33) gpessia (14) iAlja (270) janequigley (68) Jason (37) Jimmy (74) jon with no h (6) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (594) Josh Bancroft (121) Jrod (321) Judi S. (11) JustonWestern (12) Krishna (21) louisgray (701) lucky13cxc (20) Lukwam (9) Magnus (159) Mark (519) Mark Whiting (53) Matthew Jones (24) Michael (110) Michael (1) Mjohnson (42) Niall (2) peterch (46) phegaro (0) PMinze (177) Ralf Mueller (10) Rick Klau (346) S (6) Scott (22) starryhope01 (10) Steve (3) totalpardo (32) unclespeedo (38) vevck (60) vrypan (66) Woody (2) Wyctim (163) zeb (71) Zef (11) zsafwan (260)Explore read five notes
- Josh Bancroft said: First Visigami, now this. Google is cranking out the simple, cool little Mac apps. I love it - keep 'em coming!
- zsafwan said: very nice nifty to quickly create and upload movies to YouTube
- starryhope01 said: This looks really neat. I am downloading and hopefully it doesn't crash my machine!
- Adam W. said: more youtubes, more!
- Niall said: Cool use for that firewire isight or built in cam you rarely use.
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JetBlue founder tries to duplicate success in South America (1)
on USATODAY.com - Today In the Sky (6) permalinkJetBlue founder David Neeleman is going full-steam ahead with plans for his new Brazilian discounter, this week unveiling "Azul" as the airline's name. Still, The Associated Press says Neeleman's effort with the new carrier comes after "he swore he'd never...Shared by Adam W. (1)
- Adam W. said: Go Neeleman! Ya done it 3 times. Go for four!
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Academics, HP Wants to Fund YOU! (5)
on GigaOM (1291) permalinkHP Labs is asking academic and research institutions for research proposals that focus on cloud computing, sustainable IT, transferring data seamlessly across a variety of media, dealing with the information explosion and dynamic computing. The computer company will offer $50,000 or $75,000 for selected proposals — primarily to pay a graduate student to help. While it’s nice to get a graduate student, an academic who really finds compelling solutions to these infrastructure problems might be ...
- Adam W. said: Devlin, this one's for you.
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freshmeat.net: Editorials - Build and Release Management (1)
on freshmeat.net (0) permalinkfreshmeat maintains the Web's largest index of Unix and cross-platform open source software. Thousands of applications are meticulously cataloged in the freshmeat database, and links to new code are added daily.Shared by Adam W. (1)Contribute comment
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Comic for May 8, 2008 (111)
on Dilbert Daily Strip (512) permalinkShared by -ds (1) Adam (0) Adam W. (1) Aga (77) agsystems (0) Al (3) Alan Dean (257) Alcides Fonseca (42) Allen (21) Andreas (13) Andrew Taylor (129) ani625 (557) annacoder (15) axel668 (19) badpazzword (68) Ben Shoemate (175) Beth (83) Bill (8) bnoise (74) Bonwag (0) Brandon Henak (76) Brian Auer (102) Bryan (49) btvillarin (147) Bwana (250) camson (16) captbunzo (7) Carlos Villela (26) cesiro (11) Chad (387) charlesnadeau (392) Cherry (10) ChrisReeder (2) Christoph (9) clifmims (6) Dan (9) Daniel (39) Daniele (37) Denis (2) diffus (22) Dominik (155) Dustin Hillard (3) Evaristo (13) Gerd (6) ghosttie (157) gort581 (142) Graham (100) guercheLE (392) imma (43) Jake (99) Jake Spurlock (29) Jakob (148) Jambamkin (39) jamesjbigler (109) Jason Sares (64) javaneze (115) Jeremy (14) Jim (56) John (4) John Magnus (115) Jonas Bolinder (66) Jose (0) Josean (12) Just Mohit (120) K. (20) Kavinda (8) leviathana (14) lispmachine (0) Litrik (16) ludovic (34) LuisManson (55) Marco Schwarz (16) mdc (35) Mike Aizatsky (32) Mjohnson (42) mkl (50) Mohamed Marwen (45) neuro (7) Nuno (0) oblonski (89) odwl (37) Olof (3) Page (33) Paweł Krupiński (13) philgerb (135) pigpogm (46) rene (102) Rex Pechler (11) Rishabh Manocha (17) Rk (20) rkj (78) Ruben Llibre (113) Ruman (11) Ryan (84) Ryan (58) Ryan Kennedy (22) Sam (137) sanyam (32) Scott (22) Shelli (0) small (49) smr (6) Stanley C (4) Steve (5) Sumek (34) Tim (30) Timm (26) Travis Jon Allison (39) u2 (8) wille (457) zhuk (1)Contribute comment
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Share anything. Anytime. Anywhere. (539)
on Official Google Reader Blog (20) permalinkHave you ever wanted to share something that you were reading, but you didn't want to go through the hassle of subscribing to a whole feed for a single interesting article? And what about sharing content from sites with no feeds? There you are, reading along, and you think to yourself, "If only everything on the web had a 'Share' button like in Google Reader!" As it turns out, there's all sorts of information "out ...Shared by -ds (1) !&# (262) (jeff)isageek (310) ~g (1) a48 (26) ab_aditya (58) abhi (21) Abhishek (67) AC Valentine (89) acroamatic (0) Adam (30) Adam (199) Adam W. (1) AdiR1 (29) adrcc2 (24) aemkei (52) aim (18) Alan Dean (257) Alaska Report (19) Alberto (7) Alberty Pascal (10) Alex (242) Alex (2) Alex (105) Alex Ryabov (5) ali (36) Allen (21) Amish (37) Amit T (32) Andrew Bruce Smith (103) Andy C (13) AndyF (12) Anton Fletcher (14) Antonio Ortiz (202) aoao (8) Ara (35) Aranyx (63) ariel (14) Arik (15) art (1) Arthur (8) arturo.servin (144) Ashok (61) Ashub (16) atul (513) Azeem (97) Aziz (38) badpazzword (68) baixinho (36) baron (33) bbebop (33) beanj007 (154) Ben (28) Benjamin Golub (129) bhr1 (21) Bill Blaney (54) Billy Fairchild (40) blindsurf3r (14) blogan (29) bluesnail (1) Bo Madsen (0) Bojan (3) Bonstio (22) Bradley (0) Bradley (0) Bram (4) Brandon (7) Brandon (76) Brandon Bloom (18) Brian (10) Brian (12) Brian (41) Brian (12) Brian Newby (3) Busybee (9) Bwana (250) C.M (31) Caleb (53) camson (16) Carlos (309) Carsten (166) cb160 (25) cephyn (118) Charles (75) Charlie (11) charlie anzman (377) Chat (6) chimeric (68) Chrigu (3) Chris (157) Chris (0) Chris Bilson (12) Chris K (9) Chris Nixon (120) Chris Schrier (25) Chris. F. Masse (274) Christopher Harley (9) cisellis (127) Citizen K (3) Clay (138) Cleber (7) Clint Ecker (400) CodeXile (2) corey (55) Cristian Conti (0) Damon (6) Damon (114) Dan (90) Dan (9) dani (25) dartdog (6) Daryl Milne (0) Dave (38) Dave (23) Dave C. (134) Dave E. (19) David (33) DC (8) deiubuaa (2) Derek van Vliet (57) Diego (13) diffus (22) dj empirical (269) Dmitry Roslyakov (0) dobata (1563) Dom Derrien (32) Dom.net (8) Dondado (59) donlbe (53) Drew Raines (1) Drewcipher (25) duckamuk (1) Dustin DeKoekkoek (59) Dylan Bennett (9) Eater (113) Edo (136) Eduo (108) Eli Dourado (17) Elliott P (0) Elroy (41) Ely (4) Emily (46) Emo (9) Eric (9) Eric (3) Eric (5) Eric Hoefler (6) EricaJoy (38) ericholter (64) ervin (17) est (98) Eunice (28) Evaristo (13) Ez (6) Faraz (13) Fernando (97) Fernando B (6) Fi (0) fishy (103) Flexdaddy (1) Flyhorse (8) focoma (87) folone (0) Foomandoonian (1) for4saken (32) forcey (50) Fourbin (153) Franklin P (143) Fred S (5) frivmo (12) funkatron (81) g b (101) gabor (0) Gabriel (72) Garrett (80) Gary McClellan (0) Gatewayy (17) Gavin Brock (1) geekgrrl (108) gfurry (114) ghuth (4) gort581 (142) Gotland (8) gray (2) graywolf (165) greenergrad (69) Gryphon (2) Guillermo L (8) Guy and Chas (0) gyakusetsu (43) gyula (6) halans (51) Hamish.MacEwan (65) happy_harry (28) HBreda (255) Helvick (40) Herman (37) hikikomori (238) hiro (25) hiroshimo (21) Hit (0) hyderabadblues (42) iAlja (270) Idan (1) Ihar Mahaniok (53) imma (43) In Dust We Trust (14) Inkh (5) Ionut (49) J. Phil (666) Jack (4) jack (18) Jacob (10) Jacob W (106) Jake (3) Jake (31) Jake Shapiro (10) Jake Spurlock (29) James (20) James (61) jamesjbigler (109) Jamie R (51) jar (25) Jared (88) Jase (84)
