April 2008
76 posts
FloridaDNB & BassDrive Forums ~ View Forum - Mixes →
SXSW 08 - Wireframing in a Web 2.0 World →
The creation of modern web applications involves designing intricate patterns, such as state-change and ajax-like behaviour.
“The outlook for oil supplies “signals a period of unprecedented scarcity,” Jeff...”
– Oil Price Rise Fails to Open Tap - New York Times
“Child, I will tell you every glorious thing I know:
We are made out of dirt...”
– Flying East for my Grandson’s Birth (a poem by Penelope Schott)
WatchThe Roots - Get Busy (Feat. Dice Raw, Peedi Crakk & DJ Jazzy Jeff) - hot.
Web 2.0 Expo 2008 - Presentation Videos - BlipTV →
Web 2.0 Expo 2008 - Presentation Slides -... →
The Whatchamacallit, Post Recession Phase... →
Part 1, this post, answers the question, what is the fundamental problem with Web 2.0 that will have us saying in a few years “how could we have been so dumb?”
Gosh Ronnie! Look at the multi-eyed martian doing... →
“#3 Lonesome Bites”
– 5ives » Five rejected names for a single-serving meal product
Hard Rock Memorabilia →
The first Silverlight implementation that i’ve seen…and i’m impressed (and I love the ability to share and interact with single items within a large interactive environment)
“Don Gillis, Boston’s first TV sports anchorman, died Wednesday night at...”
– Boston sportscasting pioneer Don Gillis dies at 85 - Local News Updates - The Boston Globe - sad…I remember him hosting the Candlepins show that came on every Saturday morning after all the cartoons had wrapped up.
David Gelernter | Public Debate on the Limits of... →
A Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Alan Turing’s Seminal Paper “On Computable Numbers” featuring a debate on the limits of intelligent machines and a lecture on Turing’s contributions.
Random Etc. - Data Visualisation Blogs You Might... →
(via Kottke)
[adult swim] | Music | Ghostly Swim →
“…Ghostly Swim , a free 19 track compilation from Ghostly and our friends at Adult Swim. This new compilation is released alongside a new BoyCatBird animated adventure…”
Benefits of Plain English URLs →
“…I figure Iâd write down all the reasons why the plain-english URLs are a good idea.”
Swaptree – Trade books like a book swap or trade... →
ReadWriteTalk » Blog Archive » Semantic Web Gang:... →
On this monthâs episode, the group debates the readiness of the semantic web.
3 Questions About the Future State of the Web →
What will gases and plasmas made of information feel like experientially? How will they behave?
“Live out in McMansion Land, though, are your choices are basically drive or...”
– WorldChanging: How Affordable is that Subdivision, Really? (big big reasons why we’re planning on moving)
A Brief Message: No Resistance Is Futile →
There are benefits to gain by adding, in the form of constraints, some resistance to the materials.
“You can’t have art without resistance in the materials.”
– William Morris (from - A Brief Message: No Resistance Is Futile)
IT Conversations | Jon Udell's Interviews With... →
“Phil Libin… [is]… back as CEO of EverNote, a company that aims to build the memex, or personal outboard memory, that Vannevar Bush famously imagined in his 1945 article ‘As We May Think.’”
“This week in the magazine, Nick Paumgarten writes about the lives of elevators,...”
– Trapped: Online Only Video: The New Yorker
“If you’ve ever worried about photos from your past coming back to haunt you, get...”
– The Idée Blog » Blog Archive » Everywhere Girl, The Book - Everything I hate, and love, about stock photography (via Buzzfeed)