NotesCreepiest effing toy EVAR
Well, it’s hard to believe, but I actually have a bunch of new info about that mysterious windup, musical demon lumberjack I was so excited about (and desperate for) weeks ago. I’m not sure if you recall, but in that video, we saw a freaky, distorting, rubber face placed on an animatronic, musical lumberjack-type of […]Unfurl
Notes"One of the unending sources of frustrations of being an experienced engineer in a company full of fresh graduates is having to deal with new tech leads---many engineers fresh out of school are great designers and engineers, but couldn't lead a team out of a paper bag. It didn't help that Google's internal leadership training was derived from team-building exercises for experienced executives, rather than leadership 101 that would have been appropriate in this situation."
One of the unending sources of frustrations of being an experienced engineer in a company full of fresh graduates is having to deal with new...Unfurl
Notes"After all, like the Black Lodge's dancing dwarf said, that gum is coming back in style."
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Notes"So how is Apple going to enable support for multitasking? Likely similar to how Android allows it. The Android platform was designed from the ground up for use on phones and other embedded devices. Consequently, we built in a mechanism whereby applications can save their state, including their current view, with the system. In fact, through this state saving mechanism, which we call Bundles, Android applications can operate as if they are stateless."Unfurl
Notes"If someone took the time to draw out all the connections between craft brewers in the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti area, it might look like the incestuous family tree the back country people in Deliverance scrawled in their family bible. But even the most seasoned beer connoisseur probably wouldn't be able to taste those connections while sampling a pint from one of the many local brewpubs and microbreweries. "Unfurl
Notes"Sometimes walking away from the computer is the best way to use the computer."
What does your company do? Every company does something different, no matter how slight. Even Burger King and McDonalds have their differentiators. These differentiators, and ones you've planned to release later, are vital to your survival. They make your products...Unfurl
NotesThis is why, beyond Galcon, I'm just not excited about the iPhone / iPod Touch as a gaming machine
At GDC we played Street Fighter IV for the iPhone, and in terms of fighting …Unfurl
Notes"Schism Tracker is a free reimplementation of Impulse Tracker, a program used to create high quality music without the requirements of specialized, expensive equipment, and with a unique "finger feel" that is difficult to replicate in-part. The player is based on a highly modified version of the Modplug engine, with a number of bugfixes and changes to improve IT playback. "Unfurl
NotesEfficiency is a business school idea that suggests a company is running smoothly. It's absolutely terrific when you're talking about a coal mining operation or a Supercuts. But when it comes to a company like Yahoo it's not a positive. The Internet is still in its wild west days, and the "ready, fire, aim" game plan of Facebook and the other young guns is eating their lunch. Even the massive Google is still trying to shake things up with new and controversial products. Yahoo's strategy seems more like "ready, aim, aim, aim, aim..." Yesterday Jordan Rohan at Thomas Weisel Partners described Yahoo in his first analyst report on the company. He thinks this is the right management team to bring more efficiency to Yahoo. But he spends most of his time talking about the negatives, and there's no excitement around new products or ideas: For the record, we happen to believe the current management team is the right one at this stage in Yahoo!’s corporate evolution. The team is bringing efficiency to a massively inefficient company. Yahoo! is weighed down today by dozens of code bases, thousands of revenue-producing properties, at least three sales force factions (display, search, ad network), and a few thousand “extra” employees needed to run the media company today due to its complicated legacy assets and far-flung acquisitions.Unfurl
NotesItaly is endangering the web. It convicted three Google executives for privacy violations for a video that was posted on YouTube Google Video that Google...Unfurl
Notes"The end of human civilisation is millions of World of Warcraft servers with only one human player on each of them. Dragon Age: Origins seems to bring that day one step closer."Unfurl
Notes"Make Magazine editor and publisher Dale Dougherty has just announced Maker Faire Detroit which will take place July 31-August 1, 2010 at The Henry Ford Museum."
Make Magazine editor and publisher Dale Dougherty has just announced Maker Faire Detroit which will take place July 31-August 1, 2010 at The Henry FordFeedEmbedUnfurl
Notes"While Microsoft drifts aimlessly with Windows Mobile trying to play a fruitless game of cat and mouse with Apple, and while Google – the defender of all things open and web – invests in Java with Android, one company has come out of left field with a solid vision to embrace open web technologies for its mobile platform. That company is Palm and its platform is called WebOS. And you should stand up and take notice because it is one of the most important developments in the mobile world today."Unfurl
Notes"I would think that Ann Arbor would be a little embarrassed that it doesn't provide an open and affordable arts and cultural center for its citizens. Even Ypsilanti, which is one fifth our size has managed to create the Riverside Arts Center, which has both a gallery and theater for public use."Unfurl
Notes"Microsoft learning it can get away with charging $60 for $30 worth of new content"
Halo 3: ODST began life as an expansion to Halo 3... and based on our retail …Unfurl
Notes"A photo essay featuring some hardware you may remember, some you may have only heard of, and a few things that you were probably never aware existed. One thing we learned: the older a computer is, the more likely it is to be blue."
A photo essay featuring some hardware you may remember, some you may have only …Unfurl
Notes"Geeks can now find a home, build business success and form strong social bonds with others of their kind in the new private workspaces. Workantile Exchange, a co-working facility on Main Street, and Tech Brewery on the city's north side, have begun to offer workspace, peer support and networking to freelancers and start-ups, respectively. Neither is an incubator."Unfurl
Notes"Obama comes into office as the first President both knowledgeable about and comfortable with the technology that runs today's world. This is actually an important and promising development and the worst thing we can do is try to force him into a technology-free cocoon in the name of security or whatever. Mr President-elect, if you want to keep that BlackBerry, please do so. Besides, we don't want a new President going through his difficult first weeks in office suffering from BlackBerry withdrawal."Unfurl
Notes"While Shana Logic functions as a shopping portal, it sets itself apart from other online shopping venues by delivering products in a fun and creative way, starting with the online marketing (see shopping sections such as "yummy good" and "punk rock sass") and ending with the packaging (lime green bubble wrap, boxes decorated by hand with silly stickers and packed with a free magnet designed by Victor). The online store is as bold and colorful as much of the inventory is. To become a Shana Design product it must be cute, funny, silly, different. There is a heavy Japanese influence in the products, AKA modern craft or studio craft."FeedUnfurl
Notes"Shokotan recently showed up at her latest concert wearing cicada molts on her head. She’s fascinated with them, and even showed them off in a television appearance. Those lucky enough to be in the first few rows may have caught one or two, as she tossed them to her enthusiastic crowd."Unfurl
Notes"four Ann Arbor companies take a similar approach to how their workspaces are unconventionally arranged. SRT Solutions, Google Ad Words, Dynamic Edge, and Menlo Innovations – all leading companies in software development and technology consulting – are kicking down the proverbial walls, and opening up their work spaces to encourage productivity, creativity, and above all, interaction and open, free-form collaboration amongs their employees."Unfurl
Notes"Jolly Pumpkin's handcrafted sour beers are loved all across the country. So much so that they take home gold medals for their distinctive oak barrel brews and Beer Advocate magazine ranked them the 8th Best Brewery in America. In fact, they are the only brewery in the U.S. to brew all of their beer in oak barrels. Why? It's all about the taste, man."Unfurl
Notes"Even though our financials were immaculate they just didn't 'get' what a comic shop was and so they wouldn't rent to us. We tried to rent the Wizzywig location near State Street (now closed) but they told us they didn't want 'our kind of business.'"FeedUnfurl
Notes"These birds on the ill-fated wire are conspiring to do something. What? We're not quite sure. The electric pole has come alive and it's root-like, cord plugs are about to grab anything is it's path. Bunnies beware. Original illustration. "Unfurl
World Steam Expo - Michigan!
Maker Faire Detroit at The Henry Ford Museum
$60 for an expansion pack? Halo 3: ODST underwhelms - Ars Technica
A trip down memory lane and beyond at Vintage Computer Fest - Ars Technica
Design Sense, Local Logic