Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Om Malik on Symbian, iPhone etc.

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Om Malik writes about Symbian, iPhone and the realities of today’s mobile phone environment. He includes a good chart comparing major mobile platforms. [via Friendfeed]

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Thomas Hawk’s Digital Photography Workflow

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Thomas Hawk describes his Digital Photography Workflow. Most informative.

Google Map Maker — you can be a cartographer

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Google Map Maker is a community effort to improve map data in countries where existing data is sparse or inaccurate. Cool beans.

Science you can use: Older men, younger women. Improves human longevity.

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Recent research by Shripad Tuljapurkar and Michael Gurven suggests that pairing older guys and younger women creates an evolutionary advantage.

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Jeff Hoefs and Ayah Bdeir: Little Bits

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Jeff Hoefs and Ayah Bdeir offer Little Bits, clever snap-together packaging of electronic building blocks. Watch the video. Intriguing! [via Byte Engine]

Steve Rubel — Tips for saving web pages

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Steve Rubel shares tips on how to save web pages. He has several fresh ideas, e.g. I did not know about Google History, which is so powerful it’s scary. Steve also show how to use a Friendfeed “private” room in a clever way.

Does on-demand HD video mean Netflicks is becoming irrelevant?

Friday, June 20th, 2008

A friend writes: “Netflix is so 90’s. HD video on demand is where its at. No bad disks.”

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JP Rangaswami — how Boston found its new lead singer

Friday, June 20th, 2008

JP Rangaswami writes “It’s some guy in North Carolina singing your songs,” a remix of the story of Tommy de Carlo, the new lead singer for Boston. Cool beans.

InsideCRM: Twitter Hall of Shame

Friday, June 20th, 2008

InsideCRM provides a collection of Twitter examples. Truth be told, they are not all that shameful, but some are pretty embarsssing.

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DSL Forum now Broadband Forum

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

After 14 years, the DSL Forum (originally the ADSL Forum) is now called the Broadband Forum. The work of the DSL Forum has covers many topics that are not related to the type of physical transmission, fiber or copper.

Science you can use: Rats who wear polyester underware have less sex.

Friday, June 13th, 2008

This is science you can use, or not.

Today is the youngest you will ever be. Act like it.

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Stole this from Mark Cuban’s blog. Today is the youngest you will ever be. Act like it. If you know the source, please email me. rjeffries [aht] gmail [daht] com.