July 2011

The smutty jokes aside, South Park episode Over Logging (season 12, episode 6) gives some pointers to how the situation would be without the Internet,… Read More »What if the Internet broke down…

This prototype device let’s kitties tweet (kinda). Cat@Log- A Human-Pet Interaction Platform « Rekimoto Lab “Here, we attempted to determine an optimum design of the… Read More »Kitty Litter or Kitty Twitter?

As presented by InFocus, a major video projector provider. Worst PPT Slide Contest Winners – InFocus I loved “IT Modernization Roadmap”. That’s how it should… Read More »The worst presentations

Color Labs (provider of the (to be?) Color service) got $41M a while ago. Now they got more headache instead. Color Labs Chief Product Officer… Read More »Color Labs loses CPO

Easy to understand means easy to market. Simple is Marketable – Andrew Chen (@andrewchen) “Instead of making the high-value actions bolded and highlighted in yellow,… Read More »Keep It Simple, Stupid!

Be warned. This looks faked, but isn’t. The video shows some of the possibilities with digital transfer of the pattern of real objects, for local… Read More »Real object transfer

5 Famous Ad Campaigns That Actually Hurt Sales – Cracked.com Taco Bell: “For a chain whose biggest problem is convincing customers that their beef is… Read More »Ad campaign bloopers

How many devices can a smartphone, tablet replace- – Nanotech – The Circuits Blog – CNET News “Does the iPhone obviate a standalone digital camera… Read More »Mobile Swiss Army Knife

I watched the launch in real time via NASA´s site. You can follow the ongoing mission at NASA – NASA TV Atlantis’ 1st full day… Read More »Space shuttle mashup

How patent hoarding can be used to generate revenue. The Sharks Are Circling- Microsoft, Oracle Target Android Manufacturers – HotHardware “handset manufacturer pays Microsoft $5… Read More »Microsoft, Oracle go after Android