Dan W, Web App + Mobile Developer in London

"Last year’s 10m Swedish kronor ($1.4m) prize was awarded to US President Barack Obama. It is..."

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:18 +0000

“Last year’s 10m Swedish kronor ($1.4m) prize was awarded to US President Barack Obama.
It is unclear who would accept the prize if the internet were to win.”

- Internet ‘in running’ for Nobel Peace Prize

"DVD players don’t make fake whirring noises for five minutes before letting you eject a disc to..."

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:37:24 +0000

“DVD players don’t make fake whirring noises for five minutes before letting you eject a disc to simulate rewinding. Similarly, nobody should need to perform a full-width swipe gesture and wait two seconds for their fake page to turn in their fake book, and nobody should need to click the fake Clear button and start their calculation over because their fake calculator only has a one-line, non-editable fake LCD.”

- Overdoing the interface metaphor

ITP Camp

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:39:59 +0000

ITP Camp:

Not really a camp and charges $1600 each but still looks interesting.

Photo

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:30:54 +0000

"Naturally, there was a hook to those recruitment ads, as Ms. Prelinger points out. The real business..."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:36:50 +0000

“Naturally, there was a hook to those recruitment ads, as Ms. Prelinger points out. The real business of most of those aerospace companies was not the space program but defense — building fighters, bombers, missiles and other implements of the cold war, not to mention commercial airliners. For many of these places, the space program was more of a hindrance than a boost to the bottom line, a sort of prestigious loss leader to attract cutting-edge talent.”

- Reaching for Stars When Space Thrilled and Paranoia Ruled

"It’s hard to know what to be more nostalgic about, all those childhood dreams of space opera or the..."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:34:06 +0000

“It’s hard to know what to be more nostalgic about, all those childhood dreams of space opera or the optimism of an era in which imagination and technology were booming and every other ad ended with a pitch to come work for the thriving company of the future.”

- Reaching for Stars When Space Thrilled and Paranoia Ruled

Galactica: Sabotage Comparison (via adactio & katamaran78)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:13:14 +0000

Galactica: Sabotage Comparison (via adactio & katamaran78)

You need a licence to link to the Royal Mail website

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:06:53 +0000

You need a licence to link to the Royal Mail website

LG’s Classic TV

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:01:42 +0000

LG’s Classic TV

Send The ISS Somewhere Special

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:17:20 +0000

Send The ISS Somewhere Special:

Strap a rocket to The ISS and send it interplanetary!

"I always start with ambitious plans and a lot of optimism, but progress is slow. Then something..."

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:52:26 +0000

“I always start with ambitious plans and a lot of optimism, but progress is slow. Then something clicks and there’s a rush of momentum to get the ideas down as they come. Then there’s a practical push to make things work, and usually some of the more ambitious ideas get brought down to earth or thrown out altogether. Once it’s out there, there’s usually a very short amount of time where I’m actually happy with what I’ve accomplished.
After that brief moment of satisfaction, I immediately start to see everything that’s wrong or missing and start obsessing over what should be different or better. From that point on I’m incapable of being satisfied with the finished product.”

- The Optimizer / Wilson Miner

The challengers to London’s black cabs

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:09:39 +0000

The challengers to London’s black cabs:

Addison Lee building it’s own time-specific route finding software for London

Pragmatism in URL design

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:29:36 +0000

Pragmatism in URL design

Episode 3: Albert Square’s Flash devs give-up the fight against HTML5

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:41:38 +0000

Episode 3: Albert Square’s Flash devs give-up the fight against HTML5

"JJ’s crush is Lara Lloyd, a pretty blonde with streaks in her hair (a category of fantasy..."

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:40:00 +0000

“JJ’s crush is Lara Lloyd, a pretty blonde with streaks in her hair (a category of fantasy figure slightly ruined by McFly)”

- Skins: JJ gets his moment to shine

"How can the BBC say, with a straight face, that the internet is “the future for the BBC” while..."

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:35:37 +0000

“How can the BBC say, with a straight face, that the internet is “the future for the BBC” while cutting its budget by 25%?”

- Back to the Future: The BBC is still dead | Mssv

Timo Arnall: Designing for the Web in the World

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:17:40 +0000

Timo Arnall: Designing for the Web in the World

A Robbery of Three Liberal Arts Graduates: The Police Report.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:39:49 +0000

A Robbery of Three Liberal Arts Graduates: The Police Report.

Women refuse to go through airport body scanners

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:32:16 +0000

Women refuse to go through airport body scanners:

Good on them.

"I shall probably do little more but be content to admire the strides others made in Science"

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:27:46 +0000

“I shall probably do little more but be content to admire the strides others made in Science”

- Charles Darwin (via Depression’s Upside)