Tag: Misc
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Quickie Folksonomy Screencast
Quickie Folksonomy Screencast I bashed out this screencast on the basics of folksonomies (requires QuickTime, 19MB). It does not pretend to be a comprehensive or deep account of folksonomies and tagging — it just focuses on a few of the common applications and demos one way these pri Part of the Web and Early Blog
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Online Photography Rights: Are You Allowed to Link to Me?
Online Photography Rights: Are You Allowed to Link to Me? This got me to thinking about what my online rights are and I realized, unfortunately, that I have no idea. Are random sites allowed to link to my photos? What if the way that they are using my pics has the potential to be detrimental
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Colette Fisheye by Lomo
Colette Fisheye by Lomo Viennese purveyors of photo-artistry, Lomo, have teamed up with Parisian concept shop pioneers, Colette, to make a black version of Lomo’s Fisheye camera. The convex lens means a 170-degree field of view that creates distorted pictures using standard 35mm Part of the AI for Creatives collection. See also: AI Keynote Slides
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Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked
Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked A large gap exists between the public’s perception of video games and what the research actually shows. A PBS article by MIT prof Henry Jenkins. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See also: Building AI Companions w/ John Anthony Hartman of IHAVEROBOTS.
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Sleep Debt – Time for More Shut-Eye
Sleep Debt – Time for More Shut-Eye At the end of this study many of these subjects reported feeling a level of clarity, and a quality of awareness, that they have never before experienced in their lives. Now what does that say about our society and the lived experience of the people living Part of
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Family Picture Christmas Cards
Family Picture Christmas Cards Each year I open my cards with anticipation hoping that this might be the year that I actually get a picture where the family has given up trying to get everyone perfect. Instead the shot is a depiction of what it was really like – someone running into th Part of
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The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005
The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005 So in spirit of the holidays, here is a list of some of the best Web 2.0 software that I’ve come across so far. You may have heard of some of these, but hopefully you’ll find a few nice new Christmas presents under your Web 2.0 tree. Part
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Moving On – Some words that I would love to see retired from my existence for quite some time:
Moving On – Some words that I would love to see retired from my existence for quite some time: If you want to impress me, here are some buzzwords you can try out: “context-free grammar,” “naked women,†“python,†and “can I get you a beer?†Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection. See
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Recovering from Blog-Verload
Recovering from Blog-Verload Yes! I just coined a new blog word. Or did I? Let’s see, a quick Technorati search should be able to determine that… Technorati says: There are no English posts about: blog-verload (or blogverload, for that matter) Done and done. I’m the first. Part of the Web and Early Blog archive collection.
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Blogging for the creative crew
Blogging for the creative crew As an innocent in this new democracy, and as a writer, teacher and artist, I’d like to share with you some of the most pertinent features of blogging that I discovered through our ‘Blogging for creative people’ session, run by Kris Krug. Part of the AI for Creatives collection. See
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Bold predictions for the savvy designer, 2006 edition
Bold predictions for the savvy designer, 2006 edition “that Fisher Price lookâ€: “Big buttons, big text, big everything. Yes, it definitely has its place at times. But I wonder if we belittle users with visuals that implicitly say, ‘Hey, you’re too foolish to choose what to do next, so I’ve put a Part of the
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Web Design and Development Trends for 2006
Web Design and Development Trends for 2006 Designs will soften, with more rounded corners, pastel colours and hinted boxes.†and “2006 is going to see Ruby on Rails development take off in a big way. Part of the AI for Creatives collection. See also: Community Art Project Development Process Guide.
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BeerCasting from the Props Pub @ Blogs N Dogs in Banff, Alberta
Last night we got together and did some podcasting at the pub here in Banff. It was a great time… 20+ people from the confernce showed up, and in the end we ended up with 3 solid podcasts. Download Podcast 001 Zen. Yoga. Spirituality. Sarah Pullman, Len Edgerly, Val Gregory, and Nick Erly chat about
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Canada.com Redesigns Without RSS Feeds
Canada.com Redesigns Without RSS Feeds Canada.com recently launched a long-overdue redesign of their website. I’ll let you decide what you think on your own, but I find it way too busy, deeply unusable and just plain ugly. As somebody recently remarked, they went from looking like an early-n Part of the AI for Creatives collection.
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Things I Didn’t Know Before Yesterday
Things I Didn’t Know Before Yesterday A number of people asked me yesterday what I learned at the conference, and I had a hard time answering, not because I didn’t learn anything but because the things I learned were a bunch of small things rather than one large thing. Part of the Events and Reports
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Why We Love JPG Magazine: Photography is Not a Crime
Why We Love JPG Magazine: Photography is Not a Crime We are not terrorists. We are not dangerous. And we are certainly not a threat. For Issue 5, we’re asking you to go out in public and take photos. Insist on your rights as a photographer. Shoot where people tell you not to. Talk to
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The Dogs Part of the Equation
The Dogs Part of the Equation So, perhaps you were wondering why this geek conference I’m at was called Blogs N Dogs? Well, wonder no longer because I’m here to tell you that today I went dogsledding with my fellow geeks. And jaysus murphy was it ever cold. Part of the Events and Reports collection.
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Greetings from Banff
Greetings from Banff Right now in Kris Krug’s room there are 7 people, 8 computers and quite inexplicably, a double turntable with a mixer. This is going to be fun. We just got into Banff this afternoon and the mountains are big and the temps are low, like single digits. Part of the Web and
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Welcome to BlogsnDogs
Welcome to BlogsnDogs The faculty and their guests are almost all here and Robert Scales confirms that yes, we are all geeking out. In proper journalistic form, Travis Smith has some numbers on the run up. Part of the AI for Journalism and Media collection. See also: AI Training for Media, PR, and Creative Professionals.