November 2009
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I think that integrating information to everyday objects will not only help us...
– Pranav Mistry
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I just get frustrated by all the money that’s being spent to stop good...
– Gavin Newsom (mayor of San Francisco) talking about how to make your city and your politicians greener during a live webcast (via inhabitat.com)
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When people think about creativity, they think about artistic work —...
– Business Week: Creativity loves constraints
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Best of Twitter tunes album released →
“The trend started earlier this year when Dan Stowell, a composer and computer scientist at Queen Mary, University of London, encoded the sound of waves crashing on the shore using the programming language SuperCollider and then tweeted the results.”
This is freaked out and small! The phenomenon follows the same patterns like #tweetcoding (“Code something cool in <=140...
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Tape 138: Zeit-der-Unschuld-Coverclash →
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2009 - the year the browser finally took over?
Check the signals!
1. Webkit - Standing on the shoulders of a giant
Webkit’s taking web technologies to new limits
Webkit’s empowering Mobile Safari, Android Browser, Chrome, Titanium, Adobe Air etc.
Also pushing Firefox to a new level
2. New platforms, devices and API’s for new interactions
Palm Web OS
Titanium
Phonegap -> Sony Ericsson Web SDK
Chrome OS
Netbooks...
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adv-rdrb:
Else Mobile (The Time Has Come)
Created for Else Mobile Phones as half viral campaign, half official website content and commissioned by The Visionaire Group in LA. ‘The Time Has Come’ acts as an intro for the new mobile device. The entire campaign was shot on location in downtown LA and California.
— (via Vimeo)
“Humans and data become closer. Technology was supposed to make...
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You are one third as productive in open-plan offices as in quiet rooms. And I...
– Julian Treasure in his TedTalk: The 4 ways sound affects us
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The litl - A startup from boston delivers a fresh netbook design approach.
It runs a custom (Gnome based) Linux with a slick interface shaped by Pentagram. Basically all things on the litl happen in the browser and live cloud.
I really like its elegant simplicity. It takes a lot of work, nerves and guts to deliver such a simple interface.
(via kottke)
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Tape 137: Die Hölle, das sind die Anderen →
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Teamarbeit hat durchaus ihre Berechtigung. Aber sie ist nicht unbedingt der...
– Edward de Bono (via Brand Eins Heft Nr. 11 2009)
Tape 136: I dance myself to sleep… →
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Kultur soll zum Ornament einer Art Turbo-Gentrifizierung werden. Wie die Stadt...
– Auszug aus dem Manifest hamburger Künstler “Not in our name, Marke Hamburg” (via Die Zeit) – “Die Amüsierhorde abmelken” möchte ich hiermit als Wort des Jahres vorschlagen…
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YouTube - Kanal von TheSurvivaBall →
SurvivorBall - Don’t sweat it!
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Why text messages are limited to 160 characters →
Good to know (via jeffreysambells)
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Interruption is a dangerous idea. The idea that most offices are set up for...
– Jason Fried - 10 things we’ve learned at 37signals (via Oreilly Media Interview)
Tape 135: Mit Grubenlampe durchs Netz →
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