At @clearleft we’ve recently been working with Channel 4, and their 3-dimensional segmented logo got me thinking; was there something I could do with a bi-directional browser-resizing parallax to recreate some of their iconic channel idents in an interactive form on the web? So one lunchtime, that’s exactly what I did. The result is very [...]
Galactica: Sabotage (Beastie Boys and Battlestar Galactica Mashup)
Shot-for-shot remake of the Beastie Boys Sabotage video from Battlestar Galactica clips
The Overground Guidelines
Whoever created these guidelines obviously wasn’t scared of going into (pretty) details, my inner nerd is well impressed.#traininsights
Thanks to Kathryn Corrick for discovering them.
“I share the view that students who let social network style, like SMS (text) abbreviations, such as…”
“I share the view that students who let social network style, like SMS (text) abbreviations, such as L8R, and emoticons (like smiley faces) slip into their more formal communications, run the risk of being viewed as poor communicators by very influential people, such as potential employers and graduate school review boards.”
– Social Media Today | Students Failing English Due to Twitter, Facebook
Do you want a Hebrew tattoo? Are you absolutely sure? Browse…
Do you want a Hebrew tattoo? Are you absolutely sure? Browse this site first: http://www.badhebrew.com/ (via @lindenitzan)
How To: Backup And Search All Your Friends’ Tweets In Google Reader
I just set up an automatic backup of all 3000 of my friends’ Twitter messages and became able to search through their Twitter history two years into the past with just five minutes of easy clicking. Only two things are required: Dave Winer’s new Twitter OPML tool and a Google Reader account. Link to Source
Taming the Information Monster
It seems that the big 4 [Microsoft, Intel, Google, IBM] are suffering from an overload of internal internet usage. People are not working — they are emailing, twittering, facebooking, and googling, while at work — and the big information conglomerates are in need to do something about it. Now these companies that created the big information beast will find [...]
Google donates to Yahoo! [updated]
Big news this morning: Yahoo and arch rival Google said on Thursday they had entered a non-exclusive partnership on search advertising expected to add as much as $800 million in annual revenue. This deal will give Yahoo! some money to breathe and will take Microsoft off their back. The real reason behind it is to give Yahoo! a [...]