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This year
Building Support for Use-Based Design into Hardware Products
by karlcow
Increasingly, hardware products (especially consumer electronics) include computers, sensors, and connections to the Internet. These capabilities enable changes in what products “know,” how they are used, and how we develop them. They are becoming more like websites. This simple fact became apparent to me during my work at Dash Navigation as their design director.
WYSI-dangerous: Why WYSIWYG editors are bad for your website - RedCloth: Textile for Ruby
by Spone
Suppose you are fed up with rush-hour traffic and you’re looking for a new way to get to make your daily commute. “I’ve got just the thing,” I say: a personal-sized airplane that will deliver you to work like the Jetsons. Don’t worry, you don’t need to know anything about flying—it’s all automated. No knowledge of flight dynamics, weather, or navigation is required. Just push the right buttons on the dash and the computer will take care of the rest. It’s as easy as driving a car!
I hope you’d say, “thanks but no thanks.” Sure, someday that will be a reality, but you realize that right now flying is a much more complex operation than driving. You’re operating in three dimensions instead of two; there are more external factors, like weather and turbulence; you can’t just pull over onto the shoulder. The consequences of making wrong choices are much higher and aviation AI just isn’t sophisticated or trustworthy enough yet.
The Pushbutton Web: Realtime Becomes Real - Anil Dash
by Spone
& 1 other
Pushbutton is a name for what I believe will be an upgrade for the web, where any site or application can deliver realtime messages to a web-scale audience, using free and open technologies at low cost and without relying on any single company like Twitter or Facebook. The pieces of this platform have just come together to enable a whole set of new features and applications that would have been nearly impossible for an average web developer to build in the past.
BrianOberkirch.com – Anil Dash Wears the Yellow Jersey
by znarf
(via)
Anyway, Anil’s on the podium. Stop reading other stupid shit and start training to chase him down. I am.
A Red Flag Before The White Flag - Anil Dash
by mbertier
(via)
Major labels function with the assumption that 90 percent of artists they sign are going to fail — that should have been a red flag for everybody. I mean that’s a bizarre business model in any arena. But particularly in the cultural arena, the idea that the system through which culture is transmitted is dictated entirely by profit should concern us, because that’s going to narrow the types of culture that are transmitted
Five simple steps to better typography : Journal : Mark Boulton
by ronpish
& 14 others
Typography, I find, is still a bit of mystery to a lot of designers. The kind of typography I'm talking about is not your typical "What font should I use" typography but rather your "knowing your hanging punctuation from your em-dash" typography. Call me a little bit purist but this bothers me.
Sponsorised links
2008
Home | TypePublish CMS
by delavigne
& 1 other
(via)
TypePublish is a website content management system built on PHP, MySQL and a dash of Prototype/Scriptaculous. Released in September 2008, it aims to be the CMS of choice for businesses.
YouTube - Police dash cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada
by Spone
Police dash cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada.
Filmed about 5:30pm Thursday November 20th 2008
YouTube - Police dash cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada
by Krome
& 1 other
Police dash cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada
Dash 2en1 fait élire le beau gosse du Web pour lancer un nouveau parfum
by srcmax
2 comments
Pour la première fois de son histoire Dash 2en1 a mis en place une opération de buzz pour assurer sa promotion. Pendant un peu plus de quinze jours, la marque a convié les internautes à élire le "plus beau gosse du Web", parmi près d'une centaine de participants. Dès le 3 mars prochain, l'élu animera le site de lancement d'une nouvelle variante de la lessive.
2007
Dash Express Automotive Navigation System
by springnet
Superior traffic with the Dash Driver Network™:Select your route based on up-to-the-minute traffic data that is automatically and anonymously exchanged via the most reliable source–other Dash devices.
Virtual Seaside - Legend: Sununga
by karlcow
A gracious young woman with a skin like milk with a dash of coffee, green-grey eyes, long full and curly black hair and a body outlined in gracious curves, Marcelina, till then always light of heart, strong and vivaciously cheerful, suddenly seemed to dwindle, eating sparsely, loosing her colour, visibly shy without pep to perform even the simplest housework, remained hours on end in her bed so that one had to incite her to get up.
fix8
by cyberien
(via)
fix8 is a free interactive communication tool that animates your expressions and movements in real-time. All you need is your PC, a webcam, and a dash of creativity. Use a wide mix of creative tools including avatars, creative "dress-up" accessories, flash animation and more to create your own world of videos to upload to your personal blog or post to video sharing sites. fix8 isn't just a video creation tool - it's a communication tool that allows you to dress yourself up with the full offering of avatars and creative accessories for streaming IM video chat.
