The problem with comments isn’t them « BuzzMachine

angusf — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:01:58 +0000

The problem with comments isn’t them « BuzzMachine –

Scribbler

angusf — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:01:34 +0000

Scribbler –

Rands In Repose: A Story Culture

angusf — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:02:14 +0000

Rands In Repose: A Story Culture –

Pleasure and Pain » Domino’s Pizza: Be Inspired By Your Harshest Critics

angusf — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:00:38 +0000

Pleasure and Pain » Domino’s Pizza: Be Inspired By Your Harshest Critics –

The monetization paradox (or why Google is not my friend) – Charlie’s Diary

angusf — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:02:01 +0000

The monetization paradox (or why Google is not my friend) – Charlie’s Diary – Long post by science fiction writer Charles Stross explaining the economics of getting paid to write long form books and asking for a solution in the face of Google and the Internet.

The Scale Every Business Needs Now – Umair Haque – Harvard Business Review

angusf — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:03:05 +0000

The Scale Every Business Needs Now – Umair Haque – Harvard Business Review – I often stop and look at the ugly, difficult stuff and streets around me and think is this really it? Is _this_ the best we can do with all this endless hard work and brain power? It's possible Umair Haque has identified the cause – a lack of ambition in our business strategy. I wonder what would happen if we pointed this out every time we could?

Wikipedia Barnstars

angusf — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:03:04 +0000

Wikipedia Barnstars – Just learned of these interesting badges that Wikipedians award each other for various kinds of contributions. Doesn't the human intent behind these make them more significant than the algorythmically awarded badges of applications like foursquare?

CONSOLLECTION

angusf — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:01:25 +0000

CONSOLLECTION – A pretty grid of photographs of game consoles

Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers | Wu Tang Vs The Beatles

angusf — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:01:24 +0000

Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers | Wu Tang Vs The Beatles – I really like this kind of musical project: "Wu Tang acapellas over beats made with samples of Beatles songs. Produced by Tom Caruana www.teasearecords.net"

Best posts on the web for January 2007

angusf — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:04:19 +0000

I saved just under 1200 links to del.icio.us through January. To get some value out of that obsessive activity and save you some time what follows is a list of the best “posts” I discovered. Items are on this list because they use the blog post format in interesting ways, they represent a large amount of valuable work, they are exceptionally well written, they are about something I find really interesting or there is just some special quality about them that compels me to share them with you. Astrix denote the very best ones.

* Daily Monster 75: Stefan G Bucher, Wed Jan 31st. The 75th post in a wonderful series
of video posts showing the drawing of an animated monster. The best bit
is the readers contributions providing back story for the monsters. Participatory
TV at last.
The Top 100 Alternative Search Engines: Read/Write Web, Mon Jan 29. A fantastically thorough look at Search
and the proliferation of niche search engines.
It Bothers Me That I Have To Go: Don to Earth, Tues Jan 23. A post by a nonagenarian on leaving this world.
Pad Thai for beginners: Chez pim. Sun Jan 21. A very in-depth look at making Pad Thai, with photos.
The cost of monoculture: Gen Kanai weblog, Fri Jan 26. Expose of problem with development
of South Korean Net History, with discussion.
SecondLife: Revolutionary Virtual Market or Ponzi Scheme?: Capitalism 2.0, Tue Jan 23. Strong Secondlife backlash post with very lengthy discussion.
Bruce Osborn: Oyako – Portraying Japanese Generations: Pingmag, Wed Jan 24. Collection of portraits of japanese adult
parent-child relationships.
How to isolate amniotic stem cells from the placenta, at home!: Pimm – Partial immortalization, Tue Jan 23. Step by step guide
to do-it-yourself stem cell collection, with pictures.
On Space Art in Sebastopol: Plastic Bag, Mon Jan 22. Account with images of creating art to
be viewed on google earth/maps.
Every ad in Times Square: Ironic Sans, Mon Jan 22. A photo record of every advertisement currently
visible in Times Square, New York.
MonsterID as Gravatar Fallback: Split brain, Sun Jan 21. Interesting implementation of automatic avatar/monster assignation.
When Being a Verb is Not Enough: PBS, Cringley, Fri Jan 19. Epic rant on Google’s impending takeover of the net.
Reaction to the iPhone reveals how the electronics industry failed to beat the iPod: Thomas fitzgerald, Wed Jan 17. Analysis of electronics industry and them not getting design.
The Lonely Tree of TÃ©nÃ©rÃ©: Damn Interesting. Wed Jan 17. Account of absurd demise of lone
300 year old Saharan tree.
Event-Driven Web Application Design: Yahoo! User Interface Blog, Wed Jan 17. Excellent clear look at one aspect of current state of javascript application development.
American Idol Myspace Hunt: Round #1: Death by Camera, Wed Jan 17. Tracking down US Idol contestants via their Myspace profiles.
Sunday Reader esp. Uniqlo clip.: Wider Angle, Sun Jan 14. A great mashup post but mostly here for the link to the amazing Japanese robot dance routine.
What Can We Do With Flickr?: Flickr user cogdogblog, Oct 14 2006. Obsessive and a little silly use of flickr photo notes to illustrate the uses to which Flickr can be put.
* The Astoria Notes: Ironic Sans, Wed Jan 17. Scans of letters and great account of interactions with unhappy neighbour.
* Wii Sports Experiment, Results!: WiiNintendo, Mon Jan 15. Lengthy illustrated report on using the Wii for weight loss.
* My Wild Million-Hit Ride on YouTube: The tyee, Wed Jan 10. Account by “Spiders on Drugs” creator about what happens when your work is popular on Youtube.
Styling form controls with CSS: 456 Berea Street, Tue Jan 9. Huge amount of work illustration variation in CSS styled form elements across browsers.
Custom DOM Attributes for Fun and Profit: Unspace.Tue Jan 9 Well written examination of using attributes vs classes.

Older Posts discovered by me in Jan 2007 – cheating a little but I couldn’t let the rules prevent me sharing these great posts

Internet 2007 Predictions: Information Architects Japan, Dec 26 2006. Long post with images with 2007 net related predictions.
The 50 loudest websites in 2006 and what made them successful: Information Architects Japan, Dec 21 2006. Look at factors behind successful sites with neat visualisation charts.
The Design Disease: Noisy Decent Graphics, Dec 03, 2006. Self-analysis of how obsessive a designer can get with illustrations.
* Welcome to the amazing world of pop-up books!: PingMag, Nov 27 2006. Fantastic look at pop-up books with youtube hosted video to illustrate.
Patterns – a photoset on Flickr: Flickr User Ludd, Last Nov 25 2006. Not really a post but photoset of 70 patterns from public transport upholstory.
Tailors Today: A Poster Showing Every Book I’ve Ever Read: Tailors Today, Thur Oct 12, 2006. A tutorial on how to create a poster of every book you’ve ever read.
Online Image Editors Compared: Smiley Cat, Jul 28 2006. Don’t miss the data matrix comparing 10
different web based image editors.
Creative photos by Chema Madoz: haha.nu, Jul 2nd 2006. A collection of very imaginative photos
by Chema Madoz.
* May I take your order?: Rahoi, Mar 2 2006. Scans of mind-bendingly bizarre English on Chinese
menu.
How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days: Gamasutra, Oct 26, 2005. Interviews and examination of high-speed
game design at Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center.
Microsoft 1978: Coding Horror, Aug 15 2005. Where are they now? look at photograph of original M$ team.

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