Author: Ian Kennedy
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Birthday
Let’s tag this one as “Current Affairs” as my 39th birthday is something that only happens once, (today) and will no longer be relevant tomorrow. Thirty-nine seems such a ho-hum number, like watching the white number reel tick over on an odemeter before the next significant digit rolls in, a little excitement and anticipation because…
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Scraphouse
In the grand tradition of the DIY spirit and in celebration of World Environment Day, a group of designers, builders, and professional “obtainers” are building a house on the lawn in front of San Francisco city hall out of things they scrounged over the past six weeks. The house opened to the public today and…
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Contagious Media Showdown
There’s lots of slick sites here, all looking to catch that hook that will bring the fame and fortune (ok, well mostly fame). Maybe my standards are more base as the execution is totally crude (think of a circa-1988 Geocities website) but my personal favorite features a lanky masked man as an unlikely hero dancing…
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Star Wars Easter Egg Hunt
I haven’t had a chance to see the new Star Wars film yet but when I do, I’ll be on the lookout for these hidden gems.
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Syndication Monkeys Gone Mad
It was inevitable. Richard MacManus posts his thoughts on vendors that are taking the publish & subscribe model of RSS and turning it around to sell an automated way to republish RSS feeds and "create" content on their clients’ sites. They position RSS as a quick way to harness other people’s original work for easy…
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TypePad Enhancements
Everything TypePad gives a taste of some of the cool new features coming down the pike for all you TypePad users out there. Comment & TrackBack Moderation, TypeKey Integration, and the ability (this one’s for you Buzz!) to select the format of TypePad’s comment notification email messages.
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Boeing’s Flight Test Blog
Ever wonder what it’s like to beta-test a major airline? Boeing takes the wraps off of their latest blog which will give a rare, inside view of the their new 777-200LR Worldliner aircraft as it runs (flies?) through the paces towards certification. This blog, or journal, is going to change that. Now we have a…
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Laying Newspapers down to rest
More from AlacraBlog, Steve Goldstein has a roundup of some of the latest stories pointing to the demise of the newspaper as we now know it. It may take longer than we think but the signs are all there to the eventual end of a business model that has worked for over 200 years. Craig…
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Grokker & Data Visualizaiton
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a sucker for whiz bang tools that change the way we look at things. When it comes to search, I’m always on the lookout for a better way to scan a text listing of search results. While there have been many attempts at this (remember some of…