Datajunkie has a small galley of choice comic book ads from the days of yore. If you like these, you should get a copy of Hey Skinny! Great Advertisements from the Golden Age of Comic Books. Old comic book ads...
National treasures Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez have relaunched Love and Rockets with a new format and a new approach. I can hardly wait. Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 reboots the beloved ongoing Love and Rockets comic into a fat,
Eren Göksel wrote a tutorial that anyone can follow to create a drawing of a pencil in Photoshop. The Pencil is one of the visual metaphors most used to express creativity. In this tutorial, Ill show you how to draw
According to a new report, 200 million farmers use human shit as fertilizer for 49 million acres of land. The study, published by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), details how ten percent of the population, mostly in developing nations,
Sculptress Jennifer Maestre makes colorful abstract and plant-like pieces using colored pencils. She turns each colored pencil into beads by cutting them into inch-long sections and then drilling a hole in the base, then sharpens and sews hundreds of them
Jack Parsons (1914-1952) was a pioneering rocket scientist and co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). He was also a deep devotee of Aleister Crowley and worked some heavy duty occult rituals with none-other than L. Run Hubbard. Parsons had
Guitar Praise is an, er, Christian knock-off of Guitar Hero. Grab the guitar and play along with top Christian bands! Shred those riffs or blast the bass…you add a unique sound to the solid Christian rock. Seriously. Brownlee has more
Photographer Meera Sethi has written a nice essay about taking photos in science museums. Sethi is part of Utata, a collective of photographers who met via Flickr. Indeed, be sure to check out Sethis Muse science museum photo set on
Japanese humor is slowly but surely infiltrating mainstream media in the US. Fake Japanese game shows on ABC, human Tetris on Fox, the YouTube video of the guy that shoots out of a toilet stall into a ski slope... as
The Boing Boing tv crew is taking this end-of-summer week off from production, so were revisiting some of our favorite episodes from the last couple of months -- fun stuff you may have missed. Today: John Behrens and Omega Recoil
Ive just read Cecil Castelluccis 2005 debut novel Boy Proof and its delightful to discover that shes every bit as talented a novelist as she is a graphic novel writer (The Plain Janes, the first volume in the outstanding Minx
The Evil Mad Scientist Labs folks have conducted exhaustive investigation into the value of objects relative to their weight, starting with coins and bills and working through commodities like flour, and thence to exotics like human blood and antimatter. This
The Teddy Bear USB drive does a really nice job of switching from sickly sweet to just sickening -- just rip its head off and plug its neck into your computer and it looks like youve crushed a little anthropomorphic
Heres a funny short video of Chinese people being exposed to fortune cookies (an American invention) for the first time: Americans find high emotional attachment to the slips inside their cookies, looking to them for winning lottery numbers and becoming
The photos of this steroid abusers violent chest-acne (and the subsequent scarring) ought to be posted in the changing room at every gym in the world. Before you complain about how gross the photos on the click-through below are, just
Tom Gieslers My Anatomy illustrations are stylized, stylish and scientific, bringing anatomy to life with a lot of wit and a good clean line. Tom Giesler My Anatomy (via Kottke)...
Heres a stirring Boston Globe op-ed from master lexicographer Erin McKean, presenting the humane case for a dynamic English language in which speakers are allowed to coin neologisms and new usages without grammar tightasses insisting that language is not a
Hackers continue to add improvements to the Neuros OSD open set-top box -- now you can download a Web browser for it. Neuros leads the pack in providing a wide-open platform for your TV set, encouraging users to invent their
TELUS, one of the large Canadian phone companies, is playing really scummy tricks on its wireless broadband subscribers. A Slashdot post has the dirt: Canadian telco TELUS sold a bunch of (expensive) Unlimited EV-DO aircard accounts last winter and are
People send me lots of books, so I have to decide rather quickly whether one should be added to the ambitious pile of stuff I already really want to finish reading. On
Aza’s Thoughts » Ubiquity In DepthTake a minutes this week to look at the Ubiquity plugin for Firefox. So far, I’ve spent just enough time with it to have my mind blown by the Quicksilver-like interface it wants to bring
Jason Kottke (via Rex, via TechCrunch) points to a new feature on FriendFeed that allows users to “fake follow” people: That means you can friend someone but you don’t see their updates. That
This article is Part 2 of a 3-part series about attention management for people who do creative work called, Making Time to Make. Previously: Part 1, Bad Correspondence Finally: Part 3, One Clear Line
Guest post from our pal, Brian, on how one of my favorite poets of the 60s captured interstitial time to make art. —mdmAt the late late party after party we were talking about how you know if youre a writer.
Here’s the latest stuff Merlin’s been up to, here and abroad. Huh? “Monthly Pimp?”Meta: New experiment. Everybody hates endless self-promotion. I know I do. So, except where called for by amazingly useful exception,
This article is Part 3 of a 3-part series about attention management for people who do creative work called, Making Time to Make. Previously: Part 1, Bad Correspondence Then: Part 2, The Job You Think You Have
The other day, I was talking with someone who is trying to encourage a Getting Things Done-like work approach amongst the people on his team. We started talking about which parts of David Allen’s GTD system appear to have the
Why Jargon Feeds on Lazy Minds - Scott BerkunScott Berkun, writing on how buzzwords cheapen language, dull meaning, and enfeeble our thinking: If I could give every single business writer, guru
ideas are just a multiplier of execution - O’Reilly ONLamp BlogDerek Sivers’ short blog post from 2005 has been making the rounds lately — it came to me via Chairman Gruber — and I have
Like thousands of people yesterday, I was annoyed and inconvenienced by Gmail’s unexpected 2-hour dirtnap. But, wow. Apparently, it just irrevocably hijacked the whole day for some folks. And even sent
Who Moved My Brain? Revaluing Time & Attention (slideshare.net)Thanks to my pals, Dara and Shawn, I’ve been preparing for a return visit with the folks at GoDaddy to deliver
Overcoming Bias: Planning FallacyVia The Guardian, via Chairman Gruber, comes this post from the new-to-me blog, Overcoming Bias. It discusses the research behind a common cognitive bias known as The Planning Fallacy, which is a repeatable, documented error in thinking
Psychology Today: The Creative Personality Some days, I can’t decide how I feel about Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (say: “chick SENT me high”). He’s written some great stuff, but, sometimes, he mixes Big-Word academicspeak with anecdotal observation in a way that smells
My friends at Six Apart recently asked me to make a list of blogs that I enjoy. I think they’re planning to use it for their new Blogs.com project. Unfortunately, I’m late getting it to them (typical), but if it’s
Guest post Guest blogger, Matt Wood, learns how to feed his creative side (without giving it a big gut). —mdm Earlier this summer, I was in the kitchen, trying to cook dinner. I had a pot on the stove and
My quote of the week comes from a comment by Eideteker in this Metafilter thread on multitasking: Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not be doing by doing them simultaneously.And, for what it’s worth,
My quote of the week comes from a comment by Eideteker in this Metafilter thread on multitasking: Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not be doing by doing them simultaneously.And, for what it’s worth,
Online dating site SpeedDate has raised $6 million in a Series B funding round led by Menlo Ventures. SpeedDate offers users a series of 3 minute mini-dates, during which they can converse through video, audio, and a
Attorneys representing online video sites around the country are salivating today over the Veoh summary judgment decision (I know this because Ive spoken to a few of them). In a nutshell, heres what we learned
Bungee Labs, a well funded Utah based startup that left private beta only six months ago, laid off 15 employees today to give themselves more runway on their cash burn rate.
From: Vanity Fair / GoogleDate: August 27, 2008 9:06:32 PM PDTTo: Michael ArringtonSubject: IMPT: Google/Vanity Party StatusReply-To: demconventionparty@google.comThank you for your interest in the Vanity Fair / Google Party.We have reached full capacity for this event and are unable to
Finally, a judge who may have actually visited the Internet once or twice before deciding a case. Judge Howard Lloyd, a judge on the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, threw out
The business card needs to die, and everyone knows it. Theyre clumsy, easy to lose, and virtually useless unless you take the time to enter them into your computers address book (they kill trees, too). The cell
BackType is the newest YCombinator startup to launch from their summer program. Theyre a blog-comment focused startup - founders Christoper Golda and Michael Montano are for the first time aggregating all comments from millions of
A big problem in Europe - and something I found out during my TechCrunch Euro Tour this Summer - is that startups have very few opportunities to meet and network. If a startup eco-system in Europe
Today CrunchGear reviews the $549 Palm Treo Pro, a Windows Mobile Smartphone with the good looks of the Blackberry Bold and the goodness of unlocked G.S.M. with 3G and G.P.S. support.
Today Acquia has announced the beta launch of a commercially supported distribution of Drupal. The release is essentially a hardened distribution of Drupal, complemented with technical support and network service offerings. Code named Carbon for now,
As many of our readers have noticed (and noted) already, we rolled out a new design for TechCrunch yesterday evening. And while were still making lots of small changes, we wanted to take a second to write
The Active Network, a network of sites focused on getting people involved in sports and other activities, has raised an additional $80 million in a Series F round led by ESPN and joined by Canaan Partners,
When it comes to the availability of good mapping data, not all parts of the world are created equal. Thats why Google is taking a wiki approach to filling out
FriendFeed, the social activity aggregator, has released a set of customizable widgets that will allow bloggers to make sure their readers can follow all of their activities across the web. While the site has provided some widgets
Mark Cuban will be joining the TechCrunch50 program on Tuesday, September 9 for a one-on-one interview with Jason Calacanis from the main stage. You probably know Mark as both the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and a
The mass exodus of both execs and rank and file employees at Yahoo continues. In fact the real defections may just be getting started at a high percentage of employees vest on lucrative restricted stock
Cisco is getting into the Web e-mail game with a $215 million purchase of five-year-old PostPath. PostWho? The company sells a Linux-based e-mail service to enterprises somewhat like Zimbra (which Yahoo bought for $350 million last year). PostPath
Guess what the URL Diary.com has been doing since 1996? Not much. But now the owner, a guy in London, is looking to re-imagine the concept of the diary for the Twitter generation. Diary.com has a
For Web companies looking to expand abroad, Russia needs to be at the top of their list of markets to enter. Russia has the fastest growing Internet population in Europe, followed by France and Spain. In a comparison
Google Earth is getting a nice plug from Olympic Gold Medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong. When she did her time trials in December, 2007 in China, she took along her husbands GPS unit to capture the elevation along
Open-source FTP client FileZilla takes home the top spot in last weeks Hive Five Best FTP Clients poll with an overwhelming 52% of the vote. The rest of the field was split up relatively evenly...
Using only information from Facebook, blogs, and resumes, security expert Herbert Thompson hacked into his friends bank account in minutes. Makes you want to seriously rethink your answers to lost...
Mozilla Labs crowned their picks of best new and updated Firefox 3 extensions in a recent contest, but what about best extensions of all time? Last year we ran down our must-have Firefox extensions,...
Windows only: If you download a lot of applications from the internet, chances are youve seen an MD5 hash next to the download link. This unique hash is used to verify the integrity of your...
Windows and Linux only: Free bootable image creator UNetbootin automates the downloading, imaging, and installing of Linux distributions onto USB thumb drives, creating a persistent, boot-anywhere...
If youre headed back to school this semester with an iPhone or iPod touch in your pocket, youre in luck: The iTunes App Store is filled with applications to make your life easier as a student and...
Software and webapps rock at being calendars: You can update them from any computer or your phone, they dont have to triple-check when Columbus Day is, and they never get coffee stains on them. But...
Many people dont realize that rather than installing dozens of applications, you can control nearly any aspect of your computer with simple shortcuts that dont take up any resources. You can even...
Kiplingers runs down their favorite freebies of 2008, trotting out old chestnuts like your free annual credit report, free 411 directory assistance, the public library, and swap boards like...
Windows only: Free search app Agent Ransack is a tool worth checking out if youve got a file you just cant find with Windows built-in search or other index-based apps, but you know a few details...
Mac OS X only: Free application Lockdown is a security alarm for your Mac laptop, complete with remote arming and a security camera. Your Apple Remote handles the arming, and once armed, the...
Although being a student isnt a requirement for using Microsofts note-taking application OneNote, the softwares robust data capture and collaboration components lend themselves well to an academic...
Just published a bug fix update to the Better GReader Firefox extension; if youre using the excellent Minimalistic skin, youll want this upgrade, which fixes the white page bug. (Thanks to Scott...
Windows only: Free application SpeedRead is designed to improve your reading speed and retention by quickly flashing a few words at a time on your screen in quick succession. You can adjust features...
Once youve spotted a great job anywhere online and figured out how much moolah to ask for, you need to get your foot in the door. In most cases, your foot is your resume, and every person youve...
Sometimes the most effective way to clean up Windows is to just wipe your hard drive and start over with a fresh re-installation, and that process can be so long and tedious—unless you know the...
How do I make it so that full screen applications wont stretch on my new wide screen LCD?How do I get co-workers to stop asking me to donate blood?What can we do to get out from under a lemon of
Firefox only: Mozilla Labs unveils the first iteration of a natural language web service connector called Ubiquity, a Firefox extension that adds a command panel to any web page. Ubiquity will look...
Mac OS X only: The popular open-source instant messaging application Adium has released a significant update chock-full of improvements. Most notably, Adium is working to keep in step with IM apps...
We spend half of our lives on computers and the internet, and as a result the number of logins and passwords we have to remember from day to day is unmanageable for mere mortals. Instead of keeping...
Some days I walk to my mailbox excited to see the new secrets only to open the door and discover that the mail has not been delivered yet.I know how disappointing that can
Filed under: DesktopsTangents Evergreen 17 is in the running (heading up the pack, actually) for most hideous desktop of the year, but if beauty truly is found on the inside, maybe it has
Filed under: Displays, HDTV The wraps are off and weve had a chance to get eyes on with Sonys new Bravia Z4500 1080p LCD. While Japan unveiled the worlds first MotionFlow 240Hz set,
Filed under: CellphonesFolks, be honest with us here -- did you really expect Orange and / or Apple to say anything other than this? Amidst reports that iPhone 3G line sitters at Polish
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentThin is in at IFA 2008, and Sharps LCD lineup leads off with the super-skinny XS1 Aquos series LCD. A 23mm thick 1080p 52- or 65-inch panel packing
Filed under: Displays, HDTVIFAs apparently given Toshiba just the opportunity necessary to refresh its line of Regza LCDs, for those without the Resolution+ itch with a few new sizes and features. The existing
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable VideoRemember those new Walkmans we saw recently? Well the folks at Sony have decided to get all fancy and official with them. The electronics-maker is introducing S-, E-,
Filed under: TransportationFirst things first -- when we say partially propel, we mean partially. Nippon Yusen and energy distributor Nippon Oil are teaming up to spend around $1.37 million in order to
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentAs expected, Toshiba is offering a new (supposed) worlds first here at IFA: a true upscaling TV, finally getting rid of the middle man for upconverting those SD
Filed under: Displays, HDTVPanasonics welcoming you to the future of plasma HDTV, starting along with the stunning 150-inch 4K plasma, that is, surprisingly enough bigger than its old 103-inch model (shocking, we know)
Filed under: LaptopsA USB shuffle here, a logo swap there and heres what you get, the MSI, uh hem, LG X110. Sporting a fairly obvious MSI Wind base, LGs X110 is making its
Filed under: GPSIn a move that we can only hope signals a trend, GPS maker Navigon has announced that real-time traffic updates will now be free for all users of its wares.
Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentSay hello to the successors of the short-lived Panasonic DMP-BD50, the new DMP-BD35 (above) and DMP-BD55 (after the break) check off every feature we can think of for a
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home EntertainmentWere super short on info here, but it looks like Sony is about to intro a new Z4500 LCD TV with a worlds first of 200Hz Motionflow --
Filed under: LaptopsYoure looking at official Dell pics of its upcoming Inspiron 910 netbook nabbed from their on-line support docs. These images match the others weve seen down to the key (look, no
Filed under: Displays, HDTVSonys XBR6 / XBR7 / XBR8 models are still waiting in the wings for their U.S. debut, but along with HDTVs that push the extremes in thin and fast, the
Filed under: DisplaysWe knew Sonys new 40-inch Bravia Edge LED ZX1 was thin, 9.9-mm thin in fact (at least at the top section). But man, we didnt expect it to make the iPhone
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable VideoSonys IFA press event isnt for another couple of hours, but we managed to sneak these shots of Sonys minor refresh to its Walkman lineup. Everything is looking
Filed under: Cellphones, HandheldsNothing says Im mad as hell about my iPhone 3Gs battery life and Im not going to take it anymore better than blasting it out of a loudspeaker. Bonus points
Filed under: Displays, HDTVSure Samsung had 240Hz (and wavier hair) first, but with its TVs stuck in development until 2011, Sonys back with another first / best of the night in the W1
Filed under: Displays, HDTVSonys taken the crown in the race for thinnest LCD HDTV. At just 9.9mm thick the KDL-40ZX1 nearly halves the depth of Hitachis former champ (likely throwing up in the
Next month I am going to the Blogworld Expo in Conference in Las Vegas. I was slated to be the lunchtime keynote on Friday, September 19 but, happily, theres been a change in plans. I am now going to participate
I was just contacted by a reporter who is working on a story about Adjix, a new service that conceivably gives everyone on Twitter a way to make money for tweeting. It could be a smash hit, but its
The New York Times recently made a small, but important change to stories they post on their web site. If the story made it into print, at the bottom they include a tiny footnote that says where it ran and
Amazon.coms Wish List feature has been around a long time - over 10 years in fact. However, recently the e-commerce site expanded it with a new feature called The Universal Wish List. Using a simple bookmarklet (drag
This video response is brilliant marketing on the part of Electronic Arts and Tiger Woods. A fan posted on YouTube that its possible for Woods to hit a golf ball in Tiger Woods 08 while walking on water. How does
Photo credit: King Cloud by akakumo.The following is my column in next weeks AdAge...One of the biggest trends shaping technology today is called cloud computing. Consumers and business are moving more of their data off their computers and into
Ever wonder how a big web site like the New York Times moderates comments? Look no further. Marci Alboher, one of the papers bloggers, explains her responsibility in the process and points to the Times official policy on the matter.In
Despite all of its recent up-time troubles, Twitters growth has been on a tear lately. According to Google Ad Planner data, time spent is off the charts at a staggering 550 seconds per user in the US and 560 seconds
As a relatively high-profile blogger, I get to see things that others in PR, even those who blog, dont experience. One of those is my Gmail inbox. Its my barometer for how the public relations is adapting in this era
This is brilliant marketing on the part of Electronic Arts and Tiger Woods. A fan posted on YouTube that its possible for Woods to hit a golf ball in Tiger Woods 08 while walking on water. How does Tiger react?
Photo credit: King Cloud by akakumo.The following is my column in next weeks AdAge...One of the biggest trends shaping technology today is called cloud computing. Consumers and business are moving more of their data off their computers and into
Ever wonder how a big web site like the New York Times moderates comments? Look no further. Marci Alboher, one of the papers bloggers, explains her responsibility in the process and points to the Times official policy on the matter.In
Despite all of its recent up-time troubles, Twitters growth has been on a tear lately. According to Google Ad Planner data, time spent is off the charts at a staggering 550 seconds per user in the US and 560 seconds
As a relatively high-profile blogger, I get to see things that others in PR, even those who blog, dont experience. One of those is my Gmail inbox. Its my barometer for how the public relations is adapting in this era
The New York Times recently made a small, but important change to stories they post on their web site. If the story ran in print, at the bottom they include a tiny footnote that says where it ran and when.
Amazon.coms Wish List feature has been around a long time - over 10 years in fact. However, recently the e-commerce site expanded it with a new feature called The Universal Wish List. Using a simple bookmarklet (drag
Google News has started to separate blogs and news links, according to the Google Operating System...When you view a cluster in Google News, theres a new option to filter sources: you can restrict news articles to blogs and to local
Photo Credit: Kaia Gets Caught! by marcus_in_nyKaia, the cat in the photo above (no, shes not mine), is symbolic. If she looks like an LOLcat thats my intention. Kaia represents consumer social networks and
Radio is Dead by super-structure The following is also my column in Advertising Age next week.All the talk about one medium replacing another, to date, has largely been just that - talk. Over time new formats tend to
A few weeks ago I wrote about the perfect storm facing print media. Robert Scoble started a similar thread on Friendfeed over the weekend. This week in my AdAge column I look at the same trends, but this time through
In 2004, Dave Shea took the CSS rollover where it had never gone before. Now he takes it further still—with a little help from jQuery. Say hello to hover animations that respond to a users behavior in ways standards-based sites
The rise of the social web demands that we rethink our traditional role as builders of digital monuments, and turn our attention to the close observation of the spaces that our users are producing around us. Its time for a
The web is a conversation, but not always a productive one. Web discussions too often degenerate into whines, jabs, sour grapes, and one-upmanship. How can we transform discussion forums and comment sections from shooting ranges into arenas of collaboration? Hide
Because of limited awareness around Deafness and accessibility in the web community, it seems plausible to many of us that good captioning will fix it all. It won’t. Before we can enhance the user experience for all deaf people, we
Calling all designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites. It is time once again to pool our information so as to begin sketching a true picture of the way our profession is
Working from home as a freelance contractor or remote employee can be a great thing, particularly if you live alone. But what if you have a spouse and/or children at home with you while you work? Every work environment offers
Tell us how you overcome isolation, distractions, and temptation. How you deal with kids and deadlines. How you walk the blurry line between work and home. Share your best practices on working from home so we can present them in
Managing subcontractors and distributed projects is easy and fun. No wait, thats a lie. Luckily, a good version control may be just what you need to keep your projects on track. Hide Your Shame: The A List Apart Store and
Every wonder who you really are? Congratulations! You have a lot in common with JavaScript. Learn once and for all how to train your JavaScript to remember who it is and what its doing. Hide Your Shame: The A List
The rise of Ajax and rich internet applications has thrown the limitations of traditional wireframing into painful relief. When you leave the world of page-based interactions, how do you document all but the simplest interactions? Flowcharts and diagrams don’t work.
CSS layout is awesome, except when your layout calls for a header, a footer, and columns in between. Use float, and content changes can cause columns to wrap. Use absolute positioning, and your footer can crash into your columns. Add
Ideas are at the heart of every creative process. However, coming up with them can be hard work. Mark Boulton arms us with tools to meet this challenge. Hide Your Shame: The A List Apart Store and T-Shirt Emporium is
Ever designed or developed a beautiful interface only to find your hard work ruined months later by gaudy graphics or invalid markup? With proper documentation youll have a better chance at seeing your interface stay beautiful. Jina Bolton guides us
Clients love to write copy. Well, they love to plan to write it, anyhow. On most web design projects, content is the last thing to be considered (and almost always the last thing to be delivered). We’ll spend hours, weeks,
Landing a new job or client is difficult in this economic climate. Undelivered contractual promises and work environment shortcomings can transform that challenge into a long-term nightmare. Keith LaFerriere shows how to get paid what youre worth; how to fight
Q. What technology do you need to build the next Flickr? A. Trick question. What you need to build the next Flickr is people. George Oates, a key member of the core team that shaped the Flickr community, shares lessons
Just because a design convention exists doesnt mean it works. Our field runneth over with design patterns, but is low on evidence of their utility. Jessica Enders drops some science on the widespread belief that zebra stripes aid the reader
The why of Ruby on Rails comes down to productivity, says Michael Slater. Web applications that share three characteristics—theyre database-driven, theyre new, and they have needs not well met by a typical CMS—can be built much more quickly with Ruby
The how of Ruby on Rails: Hivelogics Dan Benjamin prepares non-Rails developers, designers, and other creative professionals for their first foray into Rails. Learn what Ruby on Rails is (and isnt), and where it fits into the spectrum of web
When designing interfaces for browsing data-driven sites, creating navigation elements that are also visualization tools helps the user make better decisions. Wilson Miner demonstrates three techniques for incorporating data visualization into standards-based navigation patterns. Hide Your Shame: The A List
Its been almost two years since my Global Microbrand Rant:Frankly, it beats the hell out of commuting every morning to the corporate glass box in the big city, something I did for many years. Just so I could make...
Im writing this from an outside table at Jos Cafe on South Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas. I spent part of the morning having a good look at Digital Nomads, the new Dell blog. It seems Lionel Menchaka, one of...
Ive worked with a lot of companies over the years, big and small. I have found that even small companies are remarkably complex organisms. But of course, anywhere that ambition is allowed to focus usually is. Human beings are...
Funny how Dell is so heavily tied into the GAMING industry, yet as a company it could use a much greater sense of PLAY. Playfulness etc. Just had a this thought over on Twitter. Thought Id share it over...
| View | Upload your own What the heck, I know I mentioned this in passing earlier today, but I liked this one so much I thought it worthy of its own blog post. The uber-intelligent Lee Byant from...
Mozilla just ensured I won’t use IE8 because it released Ubiquity.What is it? It’s a box that lets you ask different questions and get answers. It’s sort of like search. But far more powerful. It’s not for non-passionate Internet users.
Mozilla just ensured I won’t use IE8 because it released Ubiquity.What is it? It’s a box that lets you ask different questions and get answers. It’s sort of like search. But far more powerful. It’s not for non-passionate Internet users.
Rocky (my producer) and I are heading off tomorrow to Berlin for the IFA show. This is one of the biggest trade shows in the world, focused on Consumer Electronics. I’m lucky to be traveling (and studying) Stephen Leon. He
Rocky (my producer) and I are heading off tomorrow to Berlin for the IFA show. This is one of the biggest trade shows in the world, focused on Consumer Electronics. I’m lucky to be traveling (and studying) Stephen Leon. He
I’m wondering. Are there any good startup companies out there who aren’t getting into TechCrunch 50 or Demo that think they deserve to be in? Let me know! I’ll be at the TechCrunch 50 Conference. scobleizer@gmail.com
Dear Steven Sinofsky, Jon DeVaan, and Frank Shaw:(For those who don’t know, Frank Shaw is the guy who, at Waggener Edstrom, runs the Microsoft PR account there, and Steven Sinofsky and Jon DeVaan runs Microsoft’s Windows team. Steven and Jon
I’m wondering. Are there any good startup companies out there who aren’t getting into TechCrunch 50 or Demo that think they deserve to be in? Let me know! I’ll be at the TechCrunch 50 Conference. scobleizer@gmail.com
Dear Steven Sinofsky, Jon DeVaan, and Frank Shaw:(For those who don’t know, Frank Shaw is the guy who, at Waggener Edstrom, runs the Microsoft PR account there, and Steven Sinofsky and Jon DeVaan runs Microsoft’s Windows team. Steven and Jon
Today I visited Larry Lessig. He’s the founder of Creative Commons. A professor of law at Stanford University. And does many other things.He is one of those guys who is just interesting to talk to. Why? Whip smart and has
Today I visited Larry Lessig. He’s the founder of Creative Commons. A professor of law at Stanford University. And does many other things.He is one of those guys who is just interesting to talk to. Why? Whip smart and has
I just put up a Photosynth of my family room. Unfortunately you need a Windows machine to view it. But, this is a combination of 50 images I made this afternoon with my Canon 5D. It took only a few
I just put up a Photosynth of my family room. Unfortunately you need a Windows machine to view it. But, this is a combination of 50 images I made this afternoon with my Canon 5D. It took only a few
If you go to Google and search for “demo of the year” you’ll find my 2006 post about Microsoft’s Photosynth. It was that good. The demo is still among my favorite I’ve ever seen (and I’ve sat through thousands of
If you go to Google and search for “demo of the year” you’ll find my 2006 post about Microsoft’s Photosynth. It was that good. The demo is still among my favorite I’ve ever seen (and I’ve sat through thousands of
Think about something you’ve purchased recently. How did you decide to buy that thing?In my buying behavior I find that I can split it up into three phases:1. Need generation. This is what happens when someone shows you something you
Think about something you’ve purchased recently. How did you decide to buy that thing?In my buying behavior I find that I can split it up into three phases:1. Need generation. This is what happens when someone shows you something you
I’m getting back into using Google Reader. I took a few months off (mostly) because of my fascination with FriendFeed but found that everytime I opened Google Reader I was getting smarter than by reading TechMeme or FriendFeed or Twitter.There’s
I’m getting back into using Google Reader. I took a few months off (mostly) because of my fascination with FriendFeed but found that everytime I opened Google Reader I was getting smarter than by reading TechMeme or FriendFeed or Twitter.There’s
Yesterday I did a couple of interviews at Facebook’s headquarters that’ll be up over the next couple of weeks. But in between I stopped at Chris Putnam’s desk. I’ve known him since he was 16, living in Atlanta (he showed
Yesterday I did a couple of interviews at Facebook’s headquarters that’ll be up over the next couple of weeks. But in between I stopped at Chris Putnam’s desk. I’ve known him since he was 16, living in Atlanta (he showed
Just a short note to let readers know that I’ve just added another 103 reader submissions to the Killer Titles Group Writing project submissions page. Those still wanting to participate need to get their skates on - there’s less than
The Holy Grail of incoming links for many bloggers is an appearance on the front page of Digg. It has the potential to send tens of thousands of visitors and bring about a lot of secondary links from other sites
If you’re going to Blog World Expo and can be there the day before the official program starts - b5media is running a training day for our bloggers that we are opening up to any BWE registrants that would like
Just a quick note to say that I’ve added Day 2 submissions for the Killer Titles Group Writing Project submissions page.Today there were another 92 Killer Titles Submitted. Check them out, surf them, bookmark them and enjoy seeing how other
Google AdSense announced the beta launch of their Ad Manager Ad Server product back in March. At that time I heard from a number of publishers in the beta program that they were finding it to be an effective way
If your next blog post doesn’t matter - don’t publish it until it does.In our series on How to Craft a Blog Post we’ve been talking about ‘points to pause’ while writing a blog post. So far we’ve looked at
This week I’m running a project here on ProBlogger called ‘Killer Titles‘ where readers are invited to write posts with great titles and showcase them here on Problogger.Day 1 has come to an end and I’ve just posted the first
This week I’m running a ‘Group Writing Project’ here at ProBlogger where you have the chance to win a $2000 identity design (logo) from logo designer David Airey. You can see a portfolio of the graphics and logo design that
One book that I find myself delving into every six months or so is The Story Factor by Annette Simmonds.She writes about a topic that is close to my heart - the power of storytelling as a way to be
In the last few days we’ve been talking about how to write good blog post titles here at ProBlogger.We’ve talked about the theory of it - so now it’s time to get a little more practical.In the next couple of
I’ve been doing most of my ’speed linking’ on Twitter lately - but here’s a collection of links from around the web for bloggers and web workers that got my attention today:Screen Casts Rock - Here’s Who’s Rocking Them Now
‘Hi Michael, it’s nice to meet you’ These were the first words my wife spoke to me.Not he most spectacular start to a relationship…. considering my name is Darren.Opening lines matter - particularly when it comes to blogging. If you
At times you could be forgiven for thinking it is - if you read a lot of blogs on ‘how to blog’ that is.One of the first thing that most of us who write about blogging advise those starting out
Who is Hosting This has put together a great little study into the blog hosts of the top 100 bloggers (according to Technorati).On top of the list is Media Temple, Datagram, BlogSpot and Six Apart.Yes you heard it, 8 of
Today I want to point out a useful tool for bloggers wanting to do a little research into topics to blog about (or even what topic to choose for your next overall new blog). The tool is a free one
I opened my inbox this morning to find quite a bit of mail on the one topic - Yahoo Buzz which today opened up its doors to the public and started allowing other sites outside of it’s initial closed test
Today I received an email from one of the advertisers on the ProBlogger Job Boards. They reflected back to me that they’d had a lot of ‘low quality’ job applications and made some suggestions for those looking to apply for
Titles change the destiny of your posts.Those few words at the beginning of your blog post can be the difference between the post being read and spread like a virus through the web like a wild fire and it languishing
A couple of weeks ago I announced that Blog World Expo had generously decided to give away two free passes to their conference in September to ProBlogger readers. There were a lot of entries so it took us a while
Many bloggers come to a point in their blogging after they’ve been at it for a sustained period of time where they need to make a decision about repeating content and posting on topics they’ve already covered. Here’s a recent
Sony Japans ZX1 series 40-inch display is only 9.9mm thick at its narrowest, and 26 pounds. The display itself has only 1 HDMI port, while a wireless box can send the 120Hz, 1080p display up to...
Like a regular Squeezebox, the Squeezebox Boom streams music from a PC or internet radio station over 802.11g. Unlike the classic, it has a pair of 3/4-inch soft dome tweeters and 30inch woofers...
newVideoPlayer(/gamecon777_gizmodo.flv, 520, 410,); I was able to try the new Plantronics Gamecom 777 gaming headset here at IFA Showstoppers preview (about the only few thing worth trying, since...
If you are anything like me, you have waaaay too many gadgets plugged into your USB ports. I have a hub of course, but it is still hard to keep up with the insane amount of stuff you can plug
Earlier this year we came across a solution for hooking up surround sound with flat speaker cable that promised a quick and inconspicuous way to deal with cabling across a room. A company called...
Maybe you dont get over to Reykjavik very often, but the old Viking homestead is a crazy mix of old and modern architecture. Joining the skyline will be the Icelandic Opera House, an icy glass...
In response to claims that their original iPhone 3G test was not valid because the phone used was in good working order, Swedish scientists gathered up 2 iPhones from users that were experiencing...
Weve seen all-digital concept dashboards before, but none seem as impressive 3D (or close to reality) as Futuremarks. It scraps everything behind and to the right of the wheel in favor of a smooth,...
It appears that Instructables member lamedust has moved on from laser-etched tattoos and fingernails to the exciting world of pancake personalization. I dont even touch a pancake unless it has the...
Porsche is now offering online tools to photoshop your favorite model in front of your home. Just hit the link and click on picture it. As you can see, a $100,000 sports car really classes up the...
Microsoft has confirmed the rumor floating around last week that IE 8 would get its own porn mode—or private browsing mode if you insist on being mature about it. Amusingly enough, they...
Touchkit, a open source (software and hardware) multitouch kit designed by NOR_/D, has been announced at a $1580 price point, or roughly 1/8th the cost of Microsofts Surface table. Thats not to say...
The difference between what I would like to look at and what I would like to use makes for a a gap wider than the Grand Canyon, in this case. One button, no tactile feedback and no screen make this...
newVideoPlayer(/turtlezzz.flv, 506, 423,); In what is apparently an advertisement for a Russian mobile internet provider, a creative young HSDPA fan experiments with his modem in ways some might...
Although Wilson tested the Kindle in bed, on the toilet, I had the chance to use it on vacation and found myself reading a great deal more than I usually do. Unlike regular books, which cause me to...
The guys at Think Geek are bringing R/C junkies one of the cheapest 3-channel mini choppers on the market with the new Black Stealth. Unlike dinky 2-channel versions, the Black Stealth can handle...
A particularly optimistic design firm in Dubai called Timelinks has proposed designs for the Ziggurat, a complete city to be layered inside of a massive pyramid that could serve as home for a million...
Sandisk previously popped new Extreme III versions of its Memory Stick lineup, and now its extended the tech to SDHC. The new family of cards can cope with 30MBps read/write data rates, a 50% speed...
I dont know how many times people have to sell other peoples personal information on eBay for everyone to learn about security, but apparently its not enough yet: an ex-employee sold his...
Microsoft has a teaser up on their hardware site with the tagline Say Goodbye to Laser. Most likely a hint regarding the upcoming Sept. 9 Microsoft event, we can only assume that Microsoft has...
At a time when more and more digital technologies are becoming indispensable to millions of people, the field of computer science (CS) is in trouble. Enrollment and retention of CS students, particularly those historically underrepresented in the field (women, African-Americans,
Late last year, we introduced our newest tool for YouTubes content identification and management system, Video ID. While we have long provided copyright owners with similar content policies and tools, Video ID was revolutionary because it provided real choice and
In my previous post, I described the components of your web search experience and the principles behind creating a great search experience. There are complex algorithms underlying simple features such as spelling correction and the two line snippets that describe
Have you ever been stumped in finding the right words to search for? Back when I was planning my wedding, I had a list of wedding songs in mind, but the problem was that I couldnt remember any of the
As many of you know, the 2008 U.S. political conventions--two weeks of party business that begins for the Democrats in Denver today, and for the Republicans in Minneapolis next week--marks the beginning of the general election season. To help you
Its back-to-school season in the U.S. and social studies teachers everywhere are excited about the November elections and all of the ways that politics has evolved since even just four years ago. Technology is advancing. Internet fundraising has brought all
The global nature of our mission is reflected in the phrases the worlds information and universally accessible. To this end, you may have recently read about our 40-language initiative and the story of a community coming together to develop Google
Were reading a lot about the candidates and the media this election season. But what are they reading? At google.com/powerreaders now you can track the news sites and blogs Barack Obama and John McCain read (from Drudge to The Daily
For quite some time weve been talking about the potential of the unused airwaves between broadcast TV channels (white spaces) to provide affordable, high-speed wireless Internet connectivity nationwide. For this to happen, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must allow unlicensed
Back in February we told you about the 2008 Model Your Campus Competition, a call for students to submit 3D models of their college campuses created with Google SketchUp. We got submissions from campuses around the world, and Mexico stood
Cross-posted from the Google LatLong Blog. The recent conflict in Georgia has raised some questions about how Google Maps has handled mapping in that part of the world. The most obvious question is, why doesnt Google Maps show any cities
The Google Apps Security & Compliance team, which provides email and web security for more than 40,000 companies, regularly tracks trends in spam, viruses, and other threats, and we almost always find something interesting. Check out some of our latest
Have you ever been traveling and suddenly realized that you didnt know how to ask the taxi driver to take you to your hotel? Its happened to us too, so the mobile team has put together an iPhone interface for
About a month ago, we found out that our team, along with all of Offline Ads, would be moving from our comfortable 4th floor cubicles in New York City all the way up to the comparatively uninhabited 6th floor. It
As we mark the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Games, I can’t help but remember eight years ago, when I competed on the U.S. cycling team. Even though I didn’t walk away with any medals then, training and competing
Today were announcing some key enhancements on the Google content network (partner sites for which we provide advertising) that will offer a better experience for users and better value for advertisers and publishers. These enhancements are the latest result of
Imagine the last time you misplaced an important document right when you needed it most: your plane ticket the day of a flight; your drivers license before the morning commute; the warranty on your radio just as the speakers begin
Louisiana is a place with heart and soul, a place where culture lives in the streets, in the rhythm of our music and in the flavors of our unique cuisine. I recently had the opportunity to visit the Googleplex and
A few weeks back Udi Manber introduced the search quality group, and the previous posts in this series talked about the ranking of documents. While the ranking of web documents forms the core of what makes search at Google work
You may have read a couple of weeks back about our 40-language initiative and our broader goal of making the world’s information accessible in as many languages as possible. For this reason we were extremely pleased last week to take
This blog has always been about optimism, creating better user experiences, helping users spend more time in flow, and learning. There are 405 posts here. More importantly, there are nearly 10,000 comments from yall
Update: I could not bear to leave this post up on the site, as one of the last things people will see and remember about this blog -- and especially with that horrible photo. So, I have moved the post
Chris Locke and I agreed to publish a statement, together (both in our own words) in advance of the story which will appear tomorrow (Monday, April 2) on CNN, at 7:20 AM (EST) on CNN American Morning, and throughout the
Every time I give a talk, someone always asks, Thats all good and nice that helping users learn is the key to creating passionate users... but whos going to do all that extra work? Whos
If your app was an employee, what kind of employee would it be? When its employee performance review time, how would you rate it? These are just a few of the apps Ive worked with recently...
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Techcrunch
Lifehacker
PostSecret
Engadget
Micro Persuasion
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Gapingvoid
Scobleizer
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