January 2009
53 posts
voice_draw_beta_v3 →
Voice-controlled drawing tool from zefrank
We're All Gonna Die - 100 meters of existence →
100m long photo. Nice people-watching effect.
Augmented Reality roundup →
via NOTCOT.ORG
Paul Rand - Design and the Play Instinct →
1965 - “I believe that if, in the statement of a problem, undue emphasis is placed on freedom and selfexpression, the result is apt to be an indifferent student and a meaningless solution….
Twestival →
Fundraising charity tweet-ups
VixML wiki and SDK →
Fair Blogs →
Form your own ad-revenue-sharing blog network.
HOW NOT TO: Build Your Twitter Community →
Aligning Social Media Within Companies →
By Chris Brogan. Comments are more interesting than main post.
Hi-ReS! Hana OSX Screensaver →
“The idea is that no aspect of creating the flowers is hidden from the computers, everything is created in code and no bitmaps are used that the computer has not seen to the creation of itself,…
Fliqz →
Lightweight Brightcove competitor? “Custom video solutions for your web site, social network & more”
Design Thinking →
IDEO’s CEO, Tim Brown, thinking about fun, design, being creative and working with people on problems. Relevant for anyone in an agency.
Fun vs work →
Yes, it’s January, so this topic has been on my mind a lot. Who am I kidding, it’s always on my mind. How can work be more fun? How do you maintain a good work life balance? How do you respond to…
2009: A New Year In Digital →
SlideShare
aid-dcc →
Nice example of the FLArtToolkit (papervision3d, webcam, glyph recognition, Flash animation, video).
FLARToolKit →
For the creation of Flash/Papervision augmented reality webcam-glyph stuff. Yeah, “stuff”.
50 Best Baby Products →
Yeah, likely to be more like this. I’ll tag clearly so you can exclude ;) This from the weekend’s Independent. A scary gift from Geoff and Kati.
Applying agile principles to communication design →
Eric Karjaluoto discusses design, brands and experience
Citizen's Briefing Book →
Ideas for the US government by the US citizens at Change.gov
Spotify →
Online music catalogue and sharing service. Ad-funded or subscription.
Prezi.com - The zooming presentation editor →
Flash-based presentation maker. Depending how it’s used it could either be loads better than Powerpoint or just as bad.
storytlr →
Lifestreaming aggregator, like so many others, but this one allows you to set start and end times which turn your various feeds into a real time story. Probably more interesting where people’s…
Wingsuit base jumping →
Holy crap.
wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.
5 Best Data Visualisation Projects of the Year →
via FlowingData blog
Flare →
Flash actionscript library for data visualisation
Cooliris →
Piclens Firefox plugin for image browsing. Now Safari and iphone.
Web Design Trends For 2009 →
Smashing Mag
Papervision - Augmented Reality →
Using webcam and printed glyph
Paper Prototyping →
Good article on A List Apart
Bloxorz →
Flash game controlling a block
PaperPrototyping.com →
Website supporting the book. Some useful PDFs
Special Officer Academy →
Another set of test/games from the Swedish Armed Forces
twictionary →
A repository for all sorts of manglings of the English language as used on Twitter.
Work on Stuff that Matters →
Tim O’Reilly - “There are a number of half-unconscious litmus tests I use in my own life. I’m going to try to tease them out here, and hope that you can help me think this through in the comments.”
The Best Tools for Visualization →
via ReadWriteWeb. Social network connections, music, photos, video, news etc etc
History of the Internet →
Nice illustration movie/animation about the history of the net.
How many online identities do you have? →
One of my online identities recently received a message from one of the identities of a RL friend of mine. I have another friend who could fill a whole social network with his alternate identities….
(theinfo) →
This is a site for large data sets and the people who love them: the scrapers and crawlers who collect them, the academics and geeks who process them, the designers and artists who visualise them….
Boomshine →
Addictive, simple Flash game
I Lost The Game →
Again. Duh!
Dilettante Music and radical transparency →
Well, there goes my YouTube virginity. For better or for worse we’re indulging in a bit of radical transparency on a project we’re working on at the moment. Dilettante Music is, primarily, a…
Compare the Meerkat →
Canny subversive promo for Compare the Market.
VixML →
If you can write a Web page, you can write VixML. It’s a simple, XML-based format for creating content for iPhone apps.
100 (Really) Beautiful iPhone Wallpapers →
Smashing mag - loads of sites
BNMlist →
Brighton New Media mailing list (good for freelancers apparently)
Enkin →
For Android. Add your own GPS labels over live mobile cam feeds.
Happy New Year →
Happy New Year everyone!
According to a news item I heard on the old fashioned radio-wireless this morning, today is the grumpiest day of the year. I also read that New Year resolutions are…
Happy New Year →
Happy New Year everyone!
According to a news item I heard on the old fashioned radio-wireless this morning, today is the grumpiest day of the year. I also read that New Year resolutions are…
Happy New Year →
Happy New Year everyone!
According to a news item I heard on the old fashioned radio-wireless this morning, today is the grumpiest day of the year. I also read that New Year resolutions are…
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