“10 years ago a browser was born. Its name was Internet Explorer 6. Now that we’re in 2011, in an era of modern web standards, it’s time to say goodbye.” (Source: ie6countdown.com)
Do your part to get IE6 to 0%:
Writing Archive
Yeah! Finally… The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown Moving the world off Internet Explorer 6
Wordle.net – word cloud from del.icio.us tags
The word cloud below is created using the tags of my del.icio.us bookmarks. I really like this type of visual representation of the things I dig :-).
“Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.” (Source: wordle.net)
According to the service’s Terms of use you’re entitled to use your Wordle in any way you choose – so GO, create your own Wordle by either…
- …pasting in a bunch of text.
- …providing the URL of any blog, blog feed, or any other web page that has an Atom or RSS feed.
- … or – like me – entering a del.icio.us user name to see the tags.
Socialite – shrinking my Dock 1 for 3 apps
Socialite – by Realmac Software (the company that behind RapidWeaver and LittleSnapper) is a nicely shaped little mac software that eases up our life to stay in touch with the social networks and services that matter to us – or not ;-).
“From news on Digg, photos on Flickr, statuses and photos on Facebook and Twitter updates, to full Google Reader RSS syncing, Socialite keeps all your social networks in one convenient place.” (Source: Realmac Software)
“Project: CODE_RUSH”: Great Video documentation about Netscape and Mozilla
If you’re into software and the internet, enjoyed reading books like Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web by Its Inventor (by Tim Berners-Lee), Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet or Dreaming in Code (about the Chandler project) and Mozilla‘s Open-Source Software products like the browser Firefox or the email client Thunderbird are amongst the list of your favourite computer programs then – well chances are very high that you might enjoy the movie Project: CODE_RUSH. Relax and enjoy! :-)
“Code Rush [...] is an inside look at living and working in Silicon Valley at the height of the dot-com era. The film follows a group of Netscape engineers as they pursue at that time a revolutionary venture to save their company – giving away the software recipe for Netscape’s browser in exchange for integrating improvements created by outside software developers.” (Source: Project: CODE_RUSH)
(Via t3n Magazin.)
Google did it again: Google Wave Rocks!
This is truly amazingly hot stuff! … and – again – incredibly well engineered!! Honestly, I can’t wait to get my hands on Google Wave!
Actually I should say: Weaving and Surfing Waves! :-)
Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year. Watch the demo video below, sign up for updates and learn more about how to develop with Google Wave.
(Source: Google Wave Preview)
Resources
- Google Wave Preview
- waveprotocol.org – the homepage for the Google Wave Federation Protocol
- Google Wave API
Update: Meanwhile I managed to “play” at least a little bit with the Wave Sandbox – using the 2nd test account of a generous colleague (thx M.!) – while still waiting for my Wave Developer Account request to be processed.
Pretty impressed by the Wave UI but also wondering what the transformation management strategy of Google will look like when Wave hits the average users, as Wave clearly requires quite some rethinking…
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 project Natal, truly amazing!
Microsoft Xbox 360 Project Natal
No Strings (or Controllers) Attached.
Introducing Project Natal, a revolutionary new way to play: no controller required. See a ball? Kick it, hit it, trap it or catch it. If you know how to move your hands, shake your hips or speak you and your friends can jump into the fun — the only experience needed is life experience. (Source: Xbox 360 Microsoft Project Natal)
(via Twine)
Web Trend Map – must see!
Awesome piece of work, both research and design/ layout!
The Web Trend Map is a yearly publication by iA Inc. that maps the 333 most influential Web domains and the 111 most influential Internet people onto the Tokyo Metro map.
The following diagram is the final beta version of the map.
Click to display bigger version of the map (even 6740 x 4768)!
In additional you’re invited to provide feedback in the comment’s section of the page, but remember:
No hate (we know we suck), no love (we know you still love us), no novels (we know that you know a lot).
Source: informationarchitects.jp
Like it! :-)
(via createordie.de)
Go and scr.im your email address
Scr.im is a simple but nicely built free service (currently in beta) to convert your email address into a short, cute and safe link that you can share on the web.
Why would you want to do this? Well, of course to get less spam! ;-)
How does it work? Instead of tricking around to obfuscate your email address with some nasty JavaScript hack people willing to email you will go to this URL (e.g. http://scr.im/matthias) that will reveal your email address, after a simple test that automated scripts and bots cannot pass.
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