A fresh, first-hand peek at a real Memeoirs
Much of my personal time investment over the last year has gone into the fascinating project that is Memeoirs, a FitMemes joint. Yesterday we leaked a insightful picture showing how a Memeoirs – the book – can look like. There are other layout options a user can choose from, this being the more classical one. With this post we’re getting the first glimpse of how e-mails may look like once printed on a lovely book. The description... Read More
Re-envisioning the web
Envisioning a human web. The core of our nature is empathy and a connection with our surroundings. That includes our community, as well as the natural world. Today’s web is disconnected from this core idea. The natural tendency of development is to grab your attention and energies, so you endure on. The paradigm of websites is to having you stay in. Facebook’s ultimate goal is to have mankind connected to their service 24/7, living alienated... Read More
Enhanced web experience with Ubiquity
Part of my contribution to the Friendly Tech Ninja. Firefox is one of the jewels of the Free Software crown, and it makes a great partner with Ubuntu. Out of the box you get a bleeding-edge, highly efficient platform for fully enjoying the bounties of the web. As you might know, Firefox is also highly extensible. It’s easy to add some features that were not originally bundled with the browser. Ubiquity is a über-extension, that a makes... Read More
WWW Zeitgeist
Edit: collecta.com has closed their service. According to mashable.com, they are aiming at developing other applications and pursuing new markets. CEO Gerry Campbell stresses the rise of a new trend; applications replacing websites. People would stop accessing a website to use a service, and instead hope to find it integrated in a platform, eg. their smartphones. “First, there is a huge need for real-time information,” he said. “Second, a destination... Read More
Powers of ten, a list.
Inspired by the mind-blowing Charles and Ray Eames’ 1977 video with the same title, I started collecting big numbers. Here’s a (ever growing and ever tantalizing) list, sorted in ascending order. Number of bacteria in your large intestine at this very moment: 109 (1 billion) 1 000 000 000 Number of years Earth has existed for: 4.54×10⁹ (4.54 billion) 4 540 000 000 Number of people alive today (29 / 08 / 2010): 6.8×109 (6.8... Read More
