Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Saturday, June 07, 2008
What about "memes" and now "temes"? And what of the coming of the "cremes"?
"Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. She makes a bold new argument: Humanity has spawned a new kind of meme, the teme, which spreads itself via technology -- and invents ways to keep itself alive." [Cue Queen, "Keep yourself alive".]
This roughly 20 minute speech was filmed at the TED Conference in February, and released just his month.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Picnik: Free online image editor
# Fix your photos in just one click
# Use advanced controls to fine-tune your results
# Crop, resize, and rotate in real-time
# Tons of special effects, from artsy to fun
# Astoundingly fast, right in your browser
# Awesome fonts and top-quality type tool
# Basketfuls of shapes from hand-picked designers
# Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux
# No download required, nothing to install
# Use advanced controls to fine-tune your results
# Crop, resize, and rotate in real-time
# Tons of special effects, from artsy to fun
# Astoundingly fast, right in your browser
# Awesome fonts and top-quality type tool
# Basketfuls of shapes from hand-picked designers
# Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux
# No download required, nothing to install
Dopplr: for frequent travellers
Dopplr lets you share your future travel plans privately with friends and colleagues. The service then highlights coincidence...
NOSO: Time away
NOSO is a real-world platform for temporary disengagement from social networking environments.
Sometimes you need a break...
Sometimes you need a break...
MovieSet
"IMAGINE building your movie's audience while you're in production.
IMAGINE harnessing the power of your core fan base for online market testing.
IMAGINE generating revenue from production assets and marketing materials.
MovieSetâ„¢ is a next generation online platform that creates social networks around movies beginning in the production stage. Created by filmmakers, MovieSetâ„¢ provides fans with the authentic behind-the-scenes experience they want, without interfering in the production process."
IMAGINE harnessing the power of your core fan base for online market testing.
IMAGINE generating revenue from production assets and marketing materials.
MovieSetâ„¢ is a next generation online platform that creates social networks around movies beginning in the production stage. Created by filmmakers, MovieSetâ„¢ provides fans with the authentic behind-the-scenes experience they want, without interfering in the production process."
idealist.org
A "global clearinghouse of nonprofit and volunteering resources", offering a directory of volunteer opportunities and other resources.
Voterwatch
Bringing the best of congress into your withdrawingroom.
Video content originally from CSPAN.
Pageflakes
Pageflakes is an Ajax-based start page similar to Netvibes, My Yahoo!, iGoogle, and Microsoft Live. The site is organized into tabs, each tab containing user-selected modules called Flakes. Each Flake varies in content; information such as RSS/Atom feeds, Calendar, Notes, Web search, weather forecast, del.icio.us bookmarks, Flickr photos, social networking tools like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, email and user-created modules.
Use your voice to instantly connect to your favorite music
"Search for music by singing or humming. All you need is a microphone."