November 2007
44 posts
How Your Creepy Ex-Co-Workers Will Kill Facebook →
In the real world, we don’t articulate our social networks. Imagine how creepy it would be to wander into a co-worker’s cubicle and discover the wall covered with tiny photos of everyone in the office, ranked by “friend” and “foe,” with the top eight friends elevated to a small shrine decorated with Post-It roses and hearts. And yet, there’s an undeniable...
MarketWatch - My Portfolio →
Rob is upset that the google maps beta won't work... →
Google Maps for Mobile adds 'My Location' feature... →
Google is set on Wednesday to launch a new feature in its Google Maps for Mobile program that automatically sets your location even in phones that lack a global positioning system (GPS) device.
AOL Gets Serious About Finance →
simple return-on-investment table that shows investment returns for given periods. Or simply set the calendar to whatever dates you like
Senate Race That Fizzled Honed Skills for ’08... →
In announcing his withdrawal from the race to succeed Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a Democrat, Mr. Giuliani said he wanted to turn his attention to fighting his cancer. But some of his aides and senior Washington Republicans say today they had concluded weeks before that he had lost interest in the race, in part because he had become enamored of Judith Nathan, the woman with whom he was having...
blog.pmarca.com: Top 10 science fiction novelists... →
Richard Morgan Morgan writes outstanding, page-turning, highly inventive military- and detective-flavored hard science fiction set in turbulent worlds where hard men are faced with hard challenges.
Beat Blogging: Wired - The Listening Post joins in... →
blogging offers a fundamentally different relationship with readers than traditional newsgathering, and with this project we hope to tap even deeper into that phenomenon. “The beatblogging method has already helped us break news stories that we could not have gotten any other way by letting readers with knowledge find us and inform us. The connections allow us to take even the slenderest...
Are the family clichés true? - Independent Online... →
New research undertaken by scientists at the University of Oslo would suggest that there is, in fact, a good deal of truth in our family folklore. Using the IQ tests taken from the military records of 241,310 Norwegian conscripts, the scientists have found that eldest siblings are, on average, significantly “more intelligent” than second-borns. It may not seem like much, but 2.3 points...
Fire Eagle is coming... →
Fire Eagle is a new way to share your location with friends or with other websites and services! It’s built on open APIs so that developers can build all kinds of applications that respond to your location
eToro Makes Forex Trade Child’s Play →
finding ways to present Forex data in a simplified and user-friendly manner that makes it accessible to ordinary users.
Techdirt: Verizon Wireless Responds To Competitive... →
Today’s announcement is a smart business decision for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the way to succeed in high-tech industries is to be the platform that other companies use to build their products and services. If Verizon follows through on its promises and opens up its network, it will dramatically reduce the time and frustration required to get a new device approved for use on...
PolicyBeta - Blog Archive - A Big Step Forward for... →
There are some outstanding questions about the details of the new Verizon Wireless policy. Pricing for customers using third-party devices has not been announced. In addition, Verizon Wireless says it will need to test and certify devices to ensure that they comply with technical specs. The ease, cost, and duration of the certification process remain to be seen. Finally, Verizon Wireless...
Rob is unable to type on my blackjack cuz i... →
apophenia: gluttonous texting →
U.S. teens build intricate models of which friends are available via mobile and which aren’t. Teens know who is on what plan, who can be called after 7PM, who can be called after 9PM, who can receive texts, who is over their texting for the month, etc. It’s part of their mental model of their social network and knowing this is a core exchange of friendship.
New York Manhole Covers, Forged Barefoot in India... →
Eight thousand miles from Manhattan, barefoot, shirtless, whip-thin men rippled with muscle were forging prosaic pieces of the urban jigsaw puzzle: manhole covers.
New York Manhole Covers, Forged Barefoot in India... →
Resume Missing Sync With New Synchronization Tool... →
a tool to synchronize your Mac with your mobile phone. You can synchronize Windows Mobile 5 or 6 (Standart, Classic, Professional) with Mac OS 10.4 and higher.
The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos →
THE ZOGBY/LEAR CENTER SURVEY ON POLITICS AND... →
just as there are conservatives, liberals and moderates, there are people with red, blue and purple taste.
Candidates in a Box - The New York Times →
although i don’t care for the horizontal scroll, i find the row and column highlighting of this oversized table quite well done.
Obstacles: Crowded Sidewalks and Misconception -... →
Despite less than ideal training conditions, the N.Y.U. men’s program is ranked No. 2 in Division III. Undefeated this season, the team has compiled a cumulative record of 124-0, including a first-place finish in a field of 38 teams at the Atlantic Regional on Saturday at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The meet was a qualifier for the national championships this weekend in Northfield, Minn.,...
The death of e-mail. - By Chad Lorenz - Slate... →
That’s when I realized that my agility with e-mail no longer marked me as a tech-savvy young adult. It made me a lame old fogey. … Ten years later, e-mail is looking obsolete. According to a 2005 Pew study, almost half of Web-using teenagers prefer to chat with friends via instant messaging rather than e-mail. Last year, comScore reported that teen e-mail use was down 8 percent,...
A List Apart: Articles: Greatest Copy Shot Ever... →
Which is why it’s kind of a shock that 61% of the copy shots in the top 115 made no mention of the brand they were advertising. Today, the figure is only 50%
CBS Offers Midtown Manhattan Free Wireless... →
CBS Corporation has announced today that it will “light up” midtown Manhattan with the creation of the “CBS Mobile Zone,” a wireless high-speed network enabling New Yorkers with Wi-Fi-enabled cell phones, laptops or other devices to access the Internet for free, and make voice over internet (VOI) calls.
IMs Help Teens Avoid Embarrassment →
Among teenagers, about half of girls and more than a third of boys said they have used instant messages for things they wouldn’t say in person.
Loopt May Be “Friending” More Mobile Networks →
Loopt has released a new version of their program that integrates with your address book (like Zyb) and sends status updates to your non-Sprint friends over SMS or AIM. The messages can also attach a link to a map online, so a texting “let’s meet for coffee” can also say where you are.
Pagination Gallery: Examples And Good Practices |... →
a look at the good practices of pagination design as well as some examples of when and how the pagination is usually implemented.
ASCII browser →
A List Apart: Articles: Greatest Copy Shot Ever... →
The relevance of old-school advertising copy to web writers, developers, and designers is not always fully appreciated. But even on the web, we need great headlines and taglines and all those other clever scraps of text. And even if you’re not doing the writing yourself, it’s always useful to understand exactly why your in-house copywriter has selected that particular sequence of words, that...
Refresh the Finder - The Unofficial Apple Weblog... →
Maya Stendhal Gallery →
Reaching for Apple, Falling Short - New York Times →
Frankly, Windows Mobile 6 is a mess. Common features require an infinitude of taps and clicks, and the ones you need most are buried in menus. Apparently the Windows Mobile 6 team learned absolutely nothing from Windows Mobile 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
BlackBerry Trade Up Program →
The BlackBerry Trade Up Program gives you the fair market value of your existing wireless device to use towards the purchase of the BlackBerry smartphone of your choice.
Virtual Water - a double-sided poster visualizing... →
Based on the data gathered by Hoeckstra et al. in their study »Water Footprint of Nations« German designer Timm Kekeritz created this double-sided poster. One side visualizes the water footprint of selected nations, emphasizing the im- and export of virtual water. The other side shows the virtual water content of selected foods and commodities. The design itself is minimalistic - using silhouettes...
Clinton Gets an Instant Chance to Wield a New... →
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign on Thursday introduced a Web site dedicated exclusively to the instantaneous rebuttal of charges or news reports it deems offensive or wrong.
40+ Excellent Freefonts For Professional Design |... →
n overview of over 40 excellent free fonts you might use
Decoy Election Websites Pretend to Root for Your... →
A growing bag of tricks employed by tech-savvy amateur political operatives now includes a collection of spoofed online forums purporting to support top candidates, while damning them with praise for extreme positions they have never voiced. The operating principle: The best way to undermine a candidate’s supporters is to pretend to be one of them.
Tag Clouds Gallery: Examples And Good Practices |... →
Compared to conventional navigation patterns tag clouds don’t necessarily offer a more convenient and intuitive navigation. However, used properly, they can provide visitors with an instant illustration of the main topics, giving a very specific and precise orientation of the site’s content. Since human beings tend to think in concepts and models, it’s easier to get an idea of presented content if...
Google gas pumps: the savior of lost men -... →
Google is expected to announce a partnership today with Gilbarco Veeder-Root, to include Google’s mapping service on 3,500 Internet enabled gasoline pumps across the US. The maps will be available on the pump’s small screen giving motorists the ability to scroll through local landmarks, hotels, restaurants, and hospitals to the bemusement of the guy waiting behind you.
Let Us Pray for Wealth - New York Times →
Pew found that there is “a strong relationship between a country’s religiosity and its economic status.” The poorer a country, the more “religion remains central to the lives of individuals, while secular perspectives are more common in richer nations.” The United States is the “most notable” exception. Other exceptions are oil-rich, mostly Muslim nations like Kuwait.
First Pics of Bug Labs Open-Source Hardware →
The company is creating a Lego-like hardware platform that tinkerers and engineers can use to create their own digital devices. I visited their offices in New York earlier this week and played around with a prototype. It starts with a BUGBase, which is a general-purpose Linux computer about the size of a PlayStation Portable, encased in white plastic. This has four connectors that plug right into...
Eric Blue's Blog →
Charts And Graphs: Modern Solutions | Developer's... →