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Entries from July 2009

links for 2009-07-30

July 30th, 2009 No Comments

Thomas Pynchon – Inherent Vice
A new Pynchon novel with accompanying wiki.
(tags: Pynchon literature)

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links for 2009-07-28

July 28th, 2009 No Comments

Soviet computers from the Cold War tech-race – Boing Boing
"The Cold War computing race from the Russian side, including the development of the MESM — for 'Small Electronic Counting Machine' — powered by more than 6000 vacuum tubes." via @bengoldacre
(tags: technology russia history design computers boingboing)

Plugging into Reality: APIs to connect the physical world « [...]

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links for 2009-07-22

July 22nd, 2009 No Comments

The Auteurs
film gorgeousness via @iaintait
(tags: film cinema movies)

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links for 2009-07-21

July 21st, 2009 No Comments

Drawdio!
"Drawdio: A pencil that lets you draw with music!" via @brendandawes
(tags: electronics audio music interface)

New study: Deep brand engagement correlates with financial performance « Altimeter Group : Digital Strategy by Charlene Li, co-author of “Groundswell”
(tags: socialmedia branding business)

Getafe CF 09/10 Joma Kits – Football Shirt Culture.com
Can't believe no one's thought of that before. via @thefiver
(tags: [...]

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links for 2009-07-20

July 20th, 2009 No Comments

The Least Event – Flat Time House
(tags: art johnlatham flat-time theory)

John Latham (artist) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(tags: art theory bellenden)

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links for 2009-07-19

July 19th, 2009 No Comments

The Present Sound of London by Giles Turnbull – The Morning News
Personally, I'd put photos against them. In fact, personally, I think they're absolutely gagging for photos against them. via phil gifford.
(tags: london sound audio)

Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: Econophysicist Predicts Date of Chinese Stock Market Collapse
"Can we spot bubbles when they occur and predict [...]

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links for 2009-07-18

July 18th, 2009 No Comments

Google Says Mobile App Stores Have No Future | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
(tags: apps Mobile google wired)

YouTube – postcardfromfuture's Channel
"The following clips, a series of interviews and/or confessions, appear to have made between 2010 and 2030. They were discovered on an old computer in the area formerly known as Hyde Park, London, and have been [...]

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links for 2009-07-17

July 17th, 2009 No Comments

An Animated Film Is Created Through Internet Consensus – NYTimes.com
(tags: nyt socialmedia animation crowdsourcing)

Nasa probably taped over original moon landing video | Science | guardian.co.uk
(tags: data nasa storage)

Twitter’s Internal Strategy Laid Bare: To Be “The Pulse Of The Planet”
(tags: twitter strategy socialmedia techcrunch)

The Comics Reporter
"We [i.e., McSweeney's] have been working every day on a prototype [...]

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links for 2009-07-16

July 16th, 2009 No Comments

Human-Centered Design Toolkit – Case Studies – IDEO
IDEO partnered with International Development Enterprises (IDE), Heifer International, ICRW, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a toolkit for applying Human-Centered Design to inspire new solutions to difficult challenges within communities of need.
(tags: design ideo social internationalism reference)

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links for 2009-07-15

July 15th, 2009 No Comments

your.flowingdata / Capture your life in data.
daytum, but useable via @madebymany
(tags: twitter visualization data infographics life)

Meeting Ticker
heh – via @floheiss
(tags: meeting calculator data productivity)

PicFog – real-time image search
(tags: twitter search images)

TweetFeel – Real-time Twitter search with feelings towards your favorite brand, celebrity or anything else. (Tweet Feel)
realtime yay or nay. I'd like to see it [...]

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