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July 13, 2009
— my Lazyweb request on Twitter turned up exactly what I wanted via lazytweet.com #
— $11, cheap via Boing Boing #
— it’s the top search suggestion for “what” #
— written in 140-character chunks, drafted on Twitter itself via Fimoculous #
— turning music listening into a MMO, with achievements and quests #
July 12, 2009
— the very funny winner of TIGSource’s cockpit competition #
July 11, 2009
— looks like SomethingAwful started the game #
— the photographer lied to the NYT and they pulled the photos immediately #
— someone explain why these guys don’t have a TV deal via Delicious #
— German TV show follows two generations of game innovators around San Francisco #
— I’m waiting for a talk show to start a real-time Twitter sentiment tracker via Maximum Fun #
— over 50% finally go online daily, but only a fraction using IM, blogs, social networks, or watching videos via Snarkmarket #
— the prototyping collective that led to World of Goo and Crayon Physics #
— see also: they’re electing a queen #
— 77% of IE6 users can’t upgrade or change browsers because of work #
— false alarm; he was just spooked #
— may prove useful in certain situations #
— also: Anil thinks this signals a major cultural shift at Google #
— they also interviewed Brad O’Farrell in May #
— augmented reality game performed live; see it in action on Rocketboom #
July 10, 2009
— see the interactive site to see all 2,400 tags #
— including an interview with mathowie; reminder, the global birthday party’s in a week #
— also supports public domain and GNU licenses via Delicious #
— reminds me of Wayne White #
— an alternative to Free, very applicable to web startups beyond gaming via kk.org #
— surfacing some interesting entries, including the color of water and the Feynman point #
— half of that was in the last six months alone #
— I’m hoping for Game Neverending 2.0 #
— as promised, David Winton’s put it on Viddler, Blip.tv, and for download and he’s digitizing unreleased footage soon #
July 7, 2009
— just watching the video made my brain ache #
— now available for download #
— brilliant, opens up push notifications from virtually any Mac app via Daring Fireball #
— perfect for travel, when data roaming is insanely expensive via O'Reilly Radar #
— don’t miss the the last part, animating consumer confidence indicators before production output via FlowingData #
July 5, 2009
— the Y Combinator thread is hilarious, the worst of the “that’s easy” mentality via Delicious #
July 3, 2009
— to play the game, you have to explore the real world #
— supports uploading screenshots with TwitPic via Offworld #
— I really could’ve used this last week via dalasverdugo.com #
— choreographing 64 fans with webcams via aaronmeyers.tumblr.com #
— 3% hit 1,000 views, more than I would’ve expected via twitter.com #
— on the roadmap: “Get acquired by Yahoo and slowly grow useless” #
— created by DadHacker and discovered by Don Hodges, two of my favorite gaming nerds #
— building a customizable newspaper printing service in 60 days; they’re using InDesign as the backend #
— this might seem morbid to some, but I find it inspiring #
July 2, 2009
— are female singers uncool? #
— 13 projects ended on July 1, raising an average 188% of their goals #
— I read through Gladwell’s New Yorker piece twice, and the arguments seem petty and off base #
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