Thoughts and sketches on humans, nature, running, and the end of the world
Solitary designers, lonely geniuses, and isolated creative teams: it’s time for you to think about social interaction for your user interfaces. No, I am not talking about social software, user-created content, or Web 2.0. I am talking about any old-fashion user interface: because for us human beings any interaction is a social interaction–even when...
If you are into nerdy Web 2.0 humor, you’re gonna have a good time today: Shelley Powers dates Dave Winer through Google Romance (take the Tour) Slashdot goes pink Scoble moves to Google. Yahoo! buys every Web 2.0 company and China buys Yahoo! Dolphins surf with Opera Mini Cnet reviews E-vri-thin And much much...
Time for an update on living creatures sightings on Google Earth: From Germany, Tom sends the first people sighting I am aware of in which people can be identified: If you zoom to about 250 ft, you’ll see a trampoline (rectangular blue-ish frame, with black center), with 2 boys on it. The one standing...
Once upon a time, blogs were conversational hubs. Posts were written to be commented, trackbacked, circulated, debated. Blogs were places you would go to. Strolling through cyberspace, you would visit A, follow a link to B, and engage in a conversation with C. Along the way, communities were created, friends were made, important discussion happened....
Talking about not going to conferences, it’s really amazing how much good information one can find online without moving from her chair. So, you would have liked to attend the 7th IA Summit in Vancouver, but didn’t have the money or the time? The Summit is not even finished yet and the debate on...
After starting to panic because nobody was visiting or commenting my blog (except for my few loyal friends and the usual spammers), I realized why the blogosphere has been so quiet lately. This week all the cool kids are in Austin, TX, at the South by Southwest Interactive Conference (also known as SXSW Interactive)....