2 hours ago

Submitted by Pwarnock from Google Reader: Mike Vallely is a pro skater and a celebrity fan for the Anaheim Ducks, who had done some blogging for them in... (Read More)

2 days ago

Submitted by Pwarnock from Google Reader: The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies recounts the realtime web experience that was Balloon Boy. Story links: , Twitter/9NEWS KUSA: Larimer CO Sheriff Deputies, !!SAUCER-SHAPE BALLOON LANDS AFTER HOURS IN FLIGHT, NO SIGN OF 6 YEAR OLD BALLOON BOY, 6-Yr-Old Boy Floats Away in Helium Balloon, Raw Airtracker Footage of (Read More)

2 days ago

Submitted by Jeffisageek from Google Reader: It's no secret that we're big gadget fans here. Waaay back in 2006, we launched a feature that enabled you to add a daily gadget to Google Calendar: clicking on a checkmark icon would bring up your tasks for that day.The problem with that daily gadget is that it requires clicking to see your tasks (and everybody knows that (Read More)

4 days ago

Official Google Blog (Cross-posted from the YouTube Blog)Every day, people with video cameras are changing the ways we get our news. We see it during elections. We see it during earthquakes, fires and other natural disasters. We see it on our freeways, in our schools and in our public spaces. Almost any event that takes place today has a chance (Read More)

Nov 05, 2009

Seth's Blog Mark points us to this great set of stats.Basically, all of the clicks for all the ads online come from only 16% of the surfers, and most of them come from just 4% of all internet users.So, if you optimize your ads for clicks, it means you're ignoring a huge population.If your business is built around the kind of person who (Read More)

4 days ago

Submitted by Pwarnock from Google Reader: My latest Slate column is up — a survey of the various psychology experiments that have been conducted on subway systems (particularly NYC’s) throughout the years. Here’s a fragment:Although subway studies had their heyday in the ’70s, they’re as old as public transit itself. The seminal urban sociologist Georg Simmel, in (Read More)

3 days ago

Submitted by Pwarnock from Flickr: Sent from my G1 powered by Android. (Read More)

5 days ago

Digg spuds Barack Obama spoke to a group of Chinese students tonight at a town hall in Shanghai. The meeting was streamed live, worldwide on the Whitehouse website and on the Whitehouse's Facebook page. He was asked a limited number of questions by the audience and one was about Twitter, which has been blocked in China since July.Go (Read More)

4 days ago

Submitted by Pwarnock from Google Reader: I couldn’t resist this image of an autonomous truck versus autonomous car showdown at the DARPA urban challenge race a few years back. One wonders what the algorithm is for determining propensity to back up — if the other guy is bigger than you? . (Read More)

5 days ago

Submitted by Pwarnock from Google Reader: We get asked regularly by clients and friends, “what should I be doing with my time online?”  That is a really tough thing to answer because it is always case by case but the goal and real answer to this is hopefully as little as you really need to (yes, while maintaining a level of quality…).There is so much to do in life (Read More)

Nov 01, 2009

mashable Confused about how to use Google Wave, the new Google product that combines messaging, wiki-like features and group collaboration into a single app? You’re not alone.To clear up the confusion, we recently published Google Wave: A Complete Guide, a feature-length article that explains Wave in plain English.Now Gina Trapani (Read More)

Nov 09, 2009

Signal vs. Noise Fear: “I’m going to lose because someone else is going to beat me to market (or is already there).”
 Truth: In business, there can be lots of winners in any niche. Look at how many shoe makers, Italian restaurants, and furniture manufacturers succeed. You can do well in a crowded field as long as you’re doing something that (Read More)

7 days ago

Boing Boing Look at this kick-ass anatomical ad for the International Vegetarian Union.Vegetables are all your body needs (via Street Anatomy)Previously:Anatomical latex Hallowe'en mask - Boing BoingAnatomical models for artist's reference - Boing BoingAnatomical armchairs - Boing BoingPlush anatomical model of a foot - Boing BoingAnat (Read More)

6 days ago

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Nov 12, 2009

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