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June 29, 2012
— it’s like Internet comments by phone! #
June 28, 2012
— trying to track down and reconstruct the mythic tape that inspired Paul Simon #
— full disclosure: I’m bidding on several shares in the public auction #
— love this idea, something I spent lots of time on at Expert Labs #
— tweets mentioning colors plotted on Stamen’s lovely watercolor maps #
— like EC2, access to the virtual machines instead of App Engine alone #
— likely only using Apple’s rendering engine, so not as significant as it seems #
— before sending in a correction, note the date and time #
June 27, 2012
— live skydiving onto Moscone; attendees can preorder for $1500, ships next year #
— Valve is releasing their incredible animated filmmaking tool, should be huge #
— between Off Book and Idea Channel, PBS is doing interesting online work lately #
June 26, 2012
— high-speed vision analyzes your move and responds before you finish throwing #
— it took six months and the help of 15 star illustrators and designers #
— a joke about empathy turns into something more #
— incredibly well-researched and edited supercut #
June 25, 2012
— no ticket agencies, flat rate, no sales tax #
— like Chartwell, a clever use of OpenType ligatures to turn words into icons #
— idiotic, especially since all emails from non-friends end up in the Other black hole #
— ferrofluid mixed with water colors via @golan #
— brilliant cruft-free view of Reddit’s top AMA threads via Hacker News #
— try turning on “transcribe audio” for robots gone awry #
— a running gag on Community; reminds me of bad hold music #
— including interviews with members of the former Nullsoft team #
June 22, 2012
— jQuery plugin that blindly removes lines with errors and recompiles until it works #
June 21, 2012
— finally, a feature every Kickstarter knockoff won’t try to copy #
June 20, 2012
— a proofreading FPS, part of the experimental 7dfps game challenge; some other highlights #
— taking some of the Fez gameplay mechanic into a first-person shooter #
— love the strategies involved #
June 19, 2012
— good discussion with Anil Dash, Gina Trapani, Paul Ford, Mathew Ingram, and Winer by proxy #
— Mac freeware changes your desktop to the satellite imagery of your current location #
— a first step away from useless concept videos, and towards bringing R&D to the real world #
— ongoing battles over the definition of transformative fair use #
June 18, 2012
— live-action reference shots, layout, lighting, and more #
— no commercial use, no mashups with other video services #
— the redacted complaint is up on Carreon’s site; I love part 26 #
June 15, 2012
— I recommend just playing this full screen all day today #
— 12 hours left to back Anita’s project; in case you somehow missed it, the awful backlash and media response #
— they’re doing great work, I just wish they had an RSS feed; here it is #
June 14, 2012
— on the potential positive and negative energy of online interactions #
— I’d love to see an app that always suggests what chord to play next #
June 13, 2012
— fanfic, comics, and attempts to resolve the war at the new subreddit #
— including the incredibly meta “Exposure” and “ChooseYourOwnSelectAVision.TV” #
— lots of frustration in the comments #
June 12, 2012
— go buy it! essential viewing, perfectly captures the anguish from developing a long-term project #
