Archive for the ‘web’ Category
Social Networking Groups
July 12th, 2010
Google researcher Paul Adams posted a thoughtful presentation critiquing how social networking sites currently model relationships and groups. Executive-summary-summary: poorly.
Readability
May 14th, 2010
Readability is a script/bookmark that cleans up online content. It’s very convenient if you regularly read blocks of text online. I’ve been using it for a few months now, and I’ll testify that it makes reading on a screen much more pleasant.
EDIT: Added link. Hurr, durr.
Wikipedia In Print
May 8th, 2010
A new feature of Wikipedia allows users to compile articles into books, arrange them, and have them printed, bound, and shipped. This video demonstrates.
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Hatetris
April 11th, 2010
Hatetris: Like Tetris, but the game will always give you the worst possible piece. So, exactly like Tetris.
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
March 12th, 2010
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich exemplifies the kind of surreal and hyper-focused content I’ve come to expect from tumblr blogs.
There are a bunch of blogs like this. It’s as if the people creating them passed through that stage of ironic, postmodern self-commentary and just started writing haikus about Godzilla because it’s intrinsically an awesome thing to do. I feel like there should be some cultural-theoretical term for this kind of content (“ADD-fuel” doesn’t count).
Drawing Blog
February 5th, 2010
I’m not very good at drawing, so I started a draw-something-every-day-until-I-get-better blog. It’s pretty new, but it’s got a few doodles and wallpapers.
Habermas is on Twitter
January 29th, 2010
Social theorist Jürgen Habermas is on Twitter. I think he’s still getting used to the format.
Edit: Nope, fake. Lame. Real Jürgen Habermas should get an account.
New Year’s Resolution Generator
December 30th, 2009
Lack the drive to even come up with resolutions, let alone complete them? Try this beautifully-designed resolution generator!
