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August 6, 2009
— don’t miss Phil Schiller’s response which, while thoughtful, doesn’t address the App Store’s larger issues #
August 5, 2009
— infinite canvas for collaborative, real-time text; scroll around, explore, and add something via decontextualize.com #
August 4, 2009
— built on a modified version of Infinite Mario Bros. via waffle.wootest.net #
— lulz all around via Daring Fireball #
— talks about the ethics of abandonware, why she gave it up, and the current revival via tigsource.com #
— someone needs to commercialize this, it looks like a wonderful toy via GameSetWatch #
— they interview both Langdell and Mobigames, quoting emails between the two via Daring Fireball #
— if you don’t like the new freshness, the old Fresh page is still around #
August 3, 2009
— some incredible work, though a few would give Tufte a seizure #
— even without any visible axes, it’s still understandable; from this op-ed on the rise of streaming #
August 1, 2009
— making government more transparent; check out the leaderboard #
July 31, 2009
— 8-bit commentary on the recession, and explains where those pits go via Offworld #
— if you still haven’t bought Windosill, we have nothing to talk about #
— Arrington made the same move today, both fed up by idiotic recent App Store decisions #
July 30, 2009
— “piece of cake” via Daring Fireball #
— losing your mind? try the walkthrough video #
— just add tragic words to your signature via Delicious #
— from IMDB in 1992 to Bing earlier this year via ma.tt #
— BOSS and Searchmonkey up in the air, everything else unaffected (directly) via @rabble #
July 29, 2009
— fantastically bizarre, and the biggest Cory Doctorow bait I’ve ever seen #
— online for the first time, with a wonderful backstory #
— lessons learned from two OS projects with female majorities; related: this contentious comments thread via O'Reilly Radar #
— they generated a skeleton of Rome in 21 hours using 500 compute cores and 150,000 photos via Delicious #
— he’s already done NYC, London, and Amsterdam; I also loved his ice type via decontextualize.com #
— Yoz Graham interviewed the lead hNews guy, and there seems to be a gap between reality and the AP #
— the press site is the worst of both worlds; what’s the fate of Delicious, BOSS, Search Monkey and their other search projects? #
July 28, 2009
— reminds me of Motion Theory’s Google Chrome ad #
— absolutely brilliant, don’t miss the MP3 and his methodology via Kottke #
— not safe for anyone; Internet, you never let me down #
July 27, 2009
— unedited stories collected from the turker community #
— any bets on what the mystery news is, coming later this week? #
— extended thoughts on Inform 7 and why existing languages don’t work well for IF via nickm.com #
— it supports offline music listening, a first for streaming apps; Spotify’s coming to the US later this year via Delicious #
— time-lapse of every section of the park with wonderful narration via Boing Boing #
July 26, 2009
— possible explanation: AT&T working around the ongoing DDOS against 4chan #
July 24, 2009
— related: Associated rePress, a tumblelog I just created in five minutes using the AP’s own RSS feeds via Daring Fireball #
— not very rigorous in its methodology, but still funny via The Morning News #
— directed by the guy who did iSpec; I like the little viral site, with imaginary Space Paranoids machine #
— it’s vital Internet history, but are there privacy concerns when most everyone’s anonymous? update: not so fast #
— 94% of projects that hit the 25% mark ultimately hit their goal #
— the best articulation of the current real-time web trend I’ve seen #
July 23, 2009
— and offered up lovely high-quality scans; related: his awesome About page #
— Nick Denton as Severus Snape: “Is he evil? Is he good? What does he have up his sleeve?” #
— the encryption key’s distributed to multiple nodes and dissolves over time via Delicious #
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