Bookmarks for April 5, 2011
- Suwappu: Toys in media – Blog – BERG
Yes, them again. Just go watch the video, and think about the sort of toys your kids will be playing with. And then think about the sorts of toys *you* will be playing with.
Author: Alasdair
Bookmarks for April 4, 2011
- Why #StartUpBritain is nothing more than a government backed link farm
I have some interesting in start-ups – I've worked at a couple, and I hope to work at more later in my career. I am dismayed to see that this government, with claims to value entrepreneurship so highly, is essentially devaluing the hard work and enterprise that goes into them by offering a package of "help" that amounts to nothing more that a series of money-off vouchers roughly akin to the usual supermarket "£5 off when you spend £20", and links to sites that frankly, encourage deeply unethical business practices.
- Rogue on the Sofa
One that'll appeal to the old school computer gaming nerds. And probably provide you with a few new games to play.
Bookmarks for March 31, 2011
- Why Angry Birds is so successful and popular: a cognitive teardown of the user experience
Absolutely superb analysis of all the little details that have gone into the hit game. Lessons to be learned for anyone designing any kind of interaction.
Bookmarks for March 30, 2011
- 3eanuts
Peanuts was a 4 panel strip. The gag was in the fourth panel. (I know you know this.) 3eanuts reveals the bleak despair of it all, by removing the 4the panel.
- Thorn Dice Set with Decader
Very tempted by a set of D10s in this style. Same chap makes a number of styles of dice, all lovely and interesting in different ways.
The Fate of Woodstock
The source blog will get auto-linkposted later today, but for now, I just had to share this little bit of comic genius.
Bookmarks for March 29, 2011
- Data Science Toolkit
Get your own virtual server with tools for a variety of common data extraction tasks. Very, very neat.
Bookmarks for March 27, 2011
- danah boyd | apophenia » The Politics of Queering Anything
Interesting thought on the merits and flaws of having expressly LGBTQI identified panels at conferences, versus just making sure that identity politics and queer theory have a role to play in the discourse of every panel.
Bookmarks for March 15, 2011
- Gadget Daily News – Home – Apple Creating a Magazine Publishing Tool for Developers?
I am very, very interested in this. As, I imagine, a number of folks of my acquaintance will be.
- Inventables: Find new materials
I have no immediate use for most of the things this site sells, and yet, I want them all. Masses of fascinating stuff that the future will be made out of.
Bookmarks for March 13, 2011
- Twitter tells third-party devs to stop making Twitter client apps
I would almost certainly not be using twitter today were it not for Twitterific. Regardless of the commerical thinking behind it, even if it turns out to be good for users in the long run, right now, this feels like a dick move, to use the vernacular. Will be interested to see the fall out from this.
Bookmarks for March 11, 2011
- Behold: The Nicolas Cage Matrix
A guide to Nicolas Cage movies. Really must get round to watching Bad Lieutenant.
- insane asylum plans
This is what is says on the tin. Kind of fascinating.