Dan W, Web App + Mobile Developer in London

"You sure look the part. Short beard, tight-fitting thrift-store shirt, slim-fit jeans and..."

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:37:30 +0100

“You sure look the part. Short beard, tight-fitting thrift-store shirt, slim-fit jeans and large-framed glasses that scream “I’m hip!” I should hire you on appearance alone. But legally, I can’t. Besides, there’s a lot more to our shop than how we look and dress.”

- McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Welcome to Our Branding House.

Air con Tube trains begin trials

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:34:45 +0100

Air con Tube trains begin trials: The 191 new ‘S stock’ trains, being tested on the network’s sub-surface lines, are longer and will increase capacity by nearly 20%.

Shownar

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:32:15 +0100

Shownar: Shownar tracks millions of blogs and Twitter plus other microblogging services, and finds people talking about BBC telly and radio. Then it datamines to see where the conversations are and what shows are surprisingly popular.

"Do they not realise that fans need the money back to go help pay for them to get to LA to say good..."

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:31:33 +0100

“Do they not realise that fans need the money back to go help pay for them to get to LA to say good bye to Michael?”

- Tickets offered to Jackson fans

Run Graphs Compared

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:45:53 +0100

Run Graphs Compared: Rasmus notices that the graphs in Nike+ look very different depending on if you use kilometres or miles

"When given some kind of real-time overview of all of the options available to you in a given time,..."

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:44:41 +0100

“When given some kind of real-time overview of all of the options available to you in a given time, place and context – and especially if that comes wrapped up in some kind of visualization that makes anomaly detection a matter of instantaneous gestalt, to be grasped in a single glance – your personal autonomy is tremendously enhanced.”

- Interactions interview, Adam Greenfield

Design guru Jonathan Ive spills the beans on how Apple creates...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:42:28 +0100

Design guru Jonathan Ive spills the beans on how Apple creates gadgets

Your Own Private Sky (On Fire)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:41:01 +0100

Your Own Private Sky (On Fire)

The iPhone app to put the fear of God into a Madrid Taxi Driver

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:38:44 +0100

The iPhone app to put the fear of God into a Madrid Taxi Driver

The map becoming the territory

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:37:37 +0100

The map becoming the territory

A palimpsest for a place: TheIncidental at Salone Di Mobile 2009...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:37:06 +0100

A palimpsest for a place: TheIncidental at Salone Di Mobile 2009 - A daily map and news bulletin printed overnight, based on the past days photos, tweets, etc

"It does seem like an April Fool but it most certainly is not. The Civil Service does not do jokes"

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:33:03 +0100

“It does seem like an April Fool but it most certainly is not. The Civil Service does not do jokes”

- Blue Peacock - The chicken heated nuclear land mine

From bush to bike - a bamboo revolution - Bikes made out of...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:31:19 +0100

From bush to bike - a bamboo revolution - Bikes made out of bamboo then sold in the US where prices are higher.

When I'm dead, how will my loved ones break my password?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:29:53 +0100

When I'm dead, how will my loved ones break my password?

Germany's Green Idea: Streetlights on Demand

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:28:47 +0100

Germany's Green Idea: Streetlights on Demand: Switching street light off at night by default but allowing residents to switch lights back on using their mobiles is a nice energy saving idea. Not sure why they couldn’t just use a switch on lamp posts however.

Campaign urges BBC News to release full text RSS feeds

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:25:54 +0100

Campaign urges BBC News to release full text RSS feeds

The Bar Code, Which Changed Retailing, Turns 35

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:25:26 +0100

The Bar Code, Which Changed Retailing, Turns 35

Platoon Kunsthalle / Graft Architects

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:51:16 +0100

Platoon Kunsthalle / Graft Architects

How To Play Settlers of Catan With 2 Players

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:25:17 +0100

How To Play Settlers of Catan With 2 Players

This would make a pretty swish living room (Abandoned Stuff Blog...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:17:22 +0100

This would make a pretty swish living room (Abandoned Stuff Blog via robot-heart + pilnick)