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Mygazines is an online, simple yet comprehensive magazine archive. User upload, share, bookmark, send via email, comment on and, of course, read articles from magazines from all over the world. All this is a very sleek interface. First the user logs in and searches for a magazine they want to read, then they click on “read” [...]
I never have sad news here but this one needs to be mentioned: Dr. Randy Pausch passed away yesterday, July 25. He was a best-selling author and researcher who contributed a lot in the field of (educational) 3D/VR programming environments by founding the Alice project, for example. He gained worldwide fame with his moving and inspiring “The [...]
Much like the good ol’ “easter eggs” that you find in software like Word Processing, games, etc. Now Adobe has hidden a game on their Adobe Max Conference website. It seems to be just a little “mysterious” incentive for those who explore the website, maybe some marketing move to make visitors want to share it [...]
An interesting concept employed by Citizendium for instance, is that the crowds generate the content, but the “experts” inspect it for accuracy. Which brings more credibility and a more vast array of information. Since the “experts” will mostly “correct” minor errors, there is ore time to be dedicated to more content generation. The “crowdsourcing” element combined with [...]
Wondering how to get some screen shots of your iPhone’s applications to create tutorials or maybe just to show off on your blog? The iPhone 2.0 platform has a built-in screen capture functionality. Explained here by Gizmodo. Enjoy!
I have been really disappointed with the whole sales process for the iPhone 3G. While Apple’s design and advance technologies are impressive, it is fairly disappointing that they still don’t understand it is about the costumer. We’re in the era of the prosumers, crowdsourcing. The whole iMonopoly or is a practice that (help me out [...]
Has anyone been surprised by the new iPhone apps? Some amazing ones… Like Loopt.com that lets you know where your friends are on a Google map… Others like Evernote.com that let you take photo notes, audio notes, etc (all sync’ed to your profile on their website)… One of my favorites is the Shazam app which [...]
As if Google wasn’t already trying to be the know-it-all and the have-it-all of the Web, now they also try to compete with 3D chat rooms and virtual worlds in this new release in beta phase: Lively – “Chat and interact with your friends in rooms you design.” “Customize your avatar and stream personal photos [...]
An article by Ben Patterson on Yahoo! Tech has case some buzz on the Web lately. It’s title: “5 Reasons to Hold Off on the iPhone 3G”. While I agree with him on some points and disagree on others (I love freedom of speech), I feel like I need to respond to his article: 1. [...]
