October 2007
32 posts
divorce, wedding, marriage | Salon Life →
divorce announcements are now regular occurrences on MySpace and Facebook, where people constantly update their status, marital and otherwise
Techdirt: Sun Notes That Both It And NetApp Are In... →
The latest news in the patent dispute between Sun and Network Appliance is that Sun is trying to move the case to California. NetApp filed the lawsuit in east Texas, a favorite location for patent holders, since the judges there are known for fast trials that almost always end with the patent holder coming out on top. Even if companies have no real presence in east Texas, they figure out how to...
The New York Times > Arts > Image > Summer at... →
summer concert infographics
New York News - YourStreet →
has developed an algorithm that extracts geographical information from stories, such as street names, neighborhoods, and cities. It then geo-codes the articles against a longitude and latitude database so that it can place them on a map
'Naughty' Facebook App Throws Real-World Parties →
The plan was to inject some sauce in to Facebook’s particular user base, where the majority of members are now over 35. “The kids of MySpace appeared to be more deviant than their Pottery Barn Facebook counterparts,” said the St. Petersburg-born developer, a member of several women’s advocacy groups including the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus. “Facebook...
San Jose Mercury News - California family fights... →
Though traffic courts do not routinely accept GPS readouts as evidence of a vehicle’s speed - and many GPS receivers aren’t capable of keeping records anyway - some tech-savvy drivers around the world slowly are starting to use the technology to challenge moving violations, according to anecdotal accounts from defense lawyers and law enforcement officials.
Sprint Nextel Settles Lawsuit Over Switching to... →
In what could signal the start of more flexibility for cellphone customers switching carriers, Sprint Nextel has agreed to provide departing customers with the code necessary to unlock their phones’ software so the handsets they own can be used on competitors’ networks.
Technology, the Stealthy Tattletale - New York... →
A technological revolution is making it possible not just to track down escaping bank robbers but to find missing things and people far more quickly and precisely than ever. The change is powered less by new technologies than the artful combination of exi
Reviews Trickle In for New Taxi Logo - City Room -... →
City Room invited eight designers to critique the new NYC Taxi logo
ProQuo - Consumer Identity →
ProQuo helps you to remove your name and personal information from thousands of marketing lists, data brokers and other organizations that send you unsolicited mail.
TinkerTool: Description →
TinkerTool is an application that gives you access to additional preference settings Apple has built into Mac OS X. This allows to activate hidden features in the operating system and in some of the applications delivered with the system.
Cellphone check-ins get a global standard with bar... →
The trade association representing international airlines announced a global standard Thursday that could speed the adoption of cellphone check-in services using bar codes, and eliminate paper tickets.
Change Blurs Memories in a Famous Suburb - New... →
Sixty years ago this month, the first families moved into this suburban outpost, and soon there were 17,447 houses that as the song “Little Boxes” noted derisively, were “all made out of ticky-tacky, and they all looked just the same.” The Cape Cods that first became available in 1947 — with four rooms, one bathroom and among other modern amenities a Hotpoint electric range in every kitchen — were...
The Web, Despite Its Promise, Fails to Snare Iowa... →
caucusgoers in Iowa are happily encased in an old-media bubble, immune to the digital overtures of the modern presidential campaign and much more tuned in to commercials on television than to videos on a candidate’s Web site. “It’s clearly true,” said Joe Trippi, a senior adviser to former Senator John Edwards, “that blogs and Web sites, and even some of the cool stuff that our team is doing in...
Merrill Lynch - Products & Planning -... →
Merrill Lynch - Products & Planning -... →
ABC Reshapes the Evening News for the Web - New... →
ABC is the only major broadcast network that is using the staff of its evening newscast to produce a separate and distinct daily program for a Web audience. The 15-minute Webcast often features Mr. Gibson in the anchor chair, but the similarities end there: the segments can run long, and they purposely look raw and personal, as if they were made for MTV rather than ABC.
Techdirt: Australia May Ban Plasma And LCD TVs... →
Australian politicians are clearly concerned about energy consumption. Earlier this year, they were among the first to look to ban the incandescent bulb in favor of fluorescent bulbs. Now it looks like they’re getting ready to take on televisions. New regulations may end up effectively banning both plasma and LCD TV screens as energy hogs
EIA Guidelines for Statistical Graphs →
Edward Tufte, in The Visual Display of Quantitative Data, wrote “the only worse design than a pie chart is several of them.”
The Problem with Pie Charts - Juice Analytics →
Piecharts are defeat in circular form Piecharts are for middle management. Piecharts are the information visualization equivalent of a roofing hammer to the frontal lobe.
Sizcons - Random Jabber →
The icons are free, so use them however you see fit.
Securing Very Important Data: Your Own - New York... →
ABC News Sends Digital Reporters Abroad - TV... →
ABC News announced today that it would dispatch digital reporters to seven foreign cities, a move meant to give the network a broader global presence without incurring the cost of opening full-fledged bureaus. The reporters will serve as their own producers, bookers and assistants, filing reports for all ABC News platforms. Two people will be posted in India, and one each in South Korea,...
The Content Wrangler →
If you have a Yahoo! membership (including Yahoo! Groups), chances are Yahoo is watching more than you think they are. In fact, according to the company’s Privacy Policy, Yahoo uses web beacons, electronic spybots designed to “conduct research on behalf of certain partners on their web sites and also for auditing purposes”.
Techdirt: It's Time To Redefine News →
So, if we’re redefining newspapers as news organizations and then redefining news itself as the information that’s most important to any individual at that time, it starts to open up a lot of possibilities for where newspapers should be headed (though, it doesn’t seem like many are looking in that direction).
Get Recent Documents in One Place with Smart... →
A “Recent Documents” Smart Folder is a great one-stop access point for files you’re currently working on but that are located in different “actual” folders.
Brooklyn Doctor Opens IM Practice →
Dr. Jay Parkinson launched his medical practice in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn in late September with no waiting room, no fluorescent-lit exam rooms, and best of all, no overhead. Parkinson’s practice is online. Want to reach him? Try instant messenger or e-mail.
Earthmine Aims to Index the Real World with 3D... →
Earthmine is working to bring that concept of visually mapping the real world to a deeper level by improving the quality of virtualization and by enabling the indexation of objects found in landscapes.
Google Transit Graduates From Google Labs →
Googleâs public transport mapping feature, has graduated from Google Labs.
Social Investing Site Covestor Now Collectively... →
Call it social finance. A bunch of investing sites, from MarketWatch and Motley Fool CAPS to Cake Financial and Social Picks, let investors create fantasy portfolios and track their performance. The idea is to compete against each other, celebrity investors, and the overall market. The best investors, whether pros or schmoes, rise to the top and collect a following. It’s the online version of the...
Investing Wiki with Research about Companies,... →
Creating a table with dynamically highlighted... →