April 2009
38 posts
An Internet of memories
I now have nearly 5 years of listening history on last.fm (or audioscrobbler as it was then)
It’s quite insane that I can pick a date over the past five years and find out what I was listening to. What’s even more insane is that in another couple of years I’ll be able to overlay my Facebook and flickr history with this. I can see a scenario where i can explore cause and effect...
every time the music industry kills an underground distribution channel, a more...
– Why the War Against File-Sharing is Unwinnable - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.org) (via artistspaid)
And I have recollected, that you gave me the electronic address, and I have...
– Email spammage
Notidications are crack
I’ve decided that little badges and lables that say 300 unread are to be avoided. Oh and anything that actually interups your day to say “SOMETHING HAS HAPPEND” should be binned.
Whenever I log into Reader I get a message like “oh you missed 300 items, now go and catch up” that’s why I’ve got to ditch it for something that wont make me feel bad that...
We can’t pay and we wouldn’t pay. Even if I had the money I would...
– Court jails Pirate Bay founders via Gruber
Never organize what you can simply discard; and if you can’t discard it, throw...
– On Peanut Shells and Email Archiving | 43 Folders
iPhone docks?
I’m after an iPod iPhone dock which has allows me to plug regular speakers into it, I don’t care if it’s got a inbuilt speaker, just that I’ve got the option of plugging in a couple of my own.
Anyone got any idea of products which might do this?
G20 death: Ian Tomlinson's last movements →
iamdanw:
Wow. He wasn’t even in the protest. ~15 minutes later I was running away from police dogs whilst out shopping, passing the point where he was assaulted.
This interactive maps is amazing, it puts the story into context and provides eyewitness reports alongside photos from other protesters. Good job Guardian!
Fight Like Apes - Tie Me up in Jackets
Amazing digital watercolor video.
mozcamp →
MozCamp is a sort of sequel to WxWM and it’s happening June 28th, make sure you clear that date in your diary.
A mammoth project is also under way to rewrite the whole of the...
– Twitter switch for Guardian, after 188 years of ink
Guardian will soon only be available only Twitter