Ubiquity
Ubiquity for Firefox from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.
Add comment September 3rd, 2008 posted by antonio pedro
And of course… Google Chrome
The “Make no Evil” company just launch its theoretically revolutionary Google Chrome. After the leak (?) of the comic book explaining it, the make it available for download (PC only). Things I like from the quick use of it:
- Tabs above the address bar.
- Simple GUI.
- Desktop app creation (I think you can run some of it offline).
- URL + search bar (not finding the “I’m feeling lucky” firefox like feature).
- The dashboard you get when a new tab is created.
I hate them trying to be cool with the language though. “Under the hood”? That’s too (californian) user friendly.
Add comment September 3rd, 2008 posted by nako
Ars Electronica 2008
I’m not going :( but does who can should, I highly recommend it. It’s amazing how tiny Linz becomes the mecca of media art.
Add comment September 3rd, 2008 posted by nako
Brazil, the natural knowledge-economy
Ever since I read their Pro-Am report, Demos became one of my favourites knowledge references. The latest report of the UK based think tank, elaborates on why Brazil earned its letter at the ubiquitous acronym BRIC.
Some numbers on scientific research are quite interesting. I’m still sceptical, but I must say it does feed my optimism.
Add comment August 2nd, 2008 posted by nako
Design Mind
Design Mind is a new (and worth reading) design magazine around, edited by Frog Design. Really interesting article on China’s mobile market. Lately I’ve been dodging from design specific reading, but seems like finally Monocle has a company in my library.
Add comment July 21st, 2008 posted by nako
I.D. Magazine 2008 Annual Design Review
It’s worth checking the winners of I.D. Mag. No surprises on best product: iPhone.
My favourite was definitely The Datum Line by JWT New York (Greg Matson and Phil Arias, creative team).
Brilliant idea: for a night, corporations instead of keeping their massive high-rise buildings with all lights on, they would leave just the 8th floor. That’s where the sea level would rise up to if Antartica and Greenland ice sheets would melt.
Add comment July 8th, 2008 posted by nako
Rolando
Rolando is a cute iPhone/iPod Touch game developed by Simon Oliver (under the name Hand Circus). I was at his lecture at the last This Happened and I must say it was impressive for everyone around. Thumbs up! Btw, I should have asked why the latin name!
Reminder via ComputerLove, posted by Chris O’Shea by the way :)
Add comment July 2nd, 2008 posted by nako
Hyperwords
It gets complex, but I like it. Hyperwords is a neat Firefox plug-in that makes pretty much everything into a link. You can select a word, a sentence, you can opt to go straight to a Wikipedia entry or even translate a block of text (with the usual crap translation though), keeping the new text in the page layout (probably caching an html and editing it on the fly). The initial setting is quite annoying – it replaces your toolbar and make any selection call the plug-in – but you can push it to the background and only opt to call it with a shortcut key.
Funny, found it via old media: Rummaging through the internet - The Economist.
Add comment June 19th, 2008 posted by nako
Fleet Foxes @ ULU
Fleet Foxes @ ULU…a day to remeber… possibly my best concert of the year so far.
video by raggedwords
Add comment June 13th, 2008 posted by antonio pedro