teabyrd.com my adventures

roundup


Friday roundup

The National releases their first video from their upcoming album. The track and first single is “Mistaken for Strangers.”
Online Communities - Mapping web2.0
Videos galore from the forthcoming Vincent Moon film about The National.
Baseline CSS!
The Branding of Polaroid - How Polaroid beat Kodak from 1957-1977
Critical Metrics - Expertly filtered music recommendations with mp3s.

Sunday Roundup

Earlier this week, the Pew Internet and American Life Project released their newest study on how teens deal with privacy on online social networks.
SPIN hosts The National for a short in-house concert way back in 2005 (videos).
PolarClock v2: screensaver/clock (photo above). View the online version first.
Desktop Tower Defense: Don’t begin playing this if […]

Sunday roundup

It’s been a long weekend packed with work and my motivation to go on is waning.
LastTV - Take a last.fm username, enter it at last.tv, and get a music video channel personalized to the last.fm account. This is one of the better youtube/last.fm mashups I’ve seen.
São Paulo bans outdoor advertising - BoingBoing […]

Sunday Roundup

Nikon | Universcale - Visualizing the universe on a gigantic ruler
The Shins cover Pink Floyd’s Breathe (from stereogum). Another clip from a Portland show
A Radio Station Just For You - The NY Times looks at the rise of personalized web radio services like Last.fm and Pandora
Dana Carvey on SNL as John Mclaugh (video)
famfamfam - […]

Sunday Evening Roundup

The Beauty of Data Visualization
10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World with a special showing from Athens’ Tree that Owns Itself 
This American Life - Redesign!  If you’ve got Showtime or a place to grab last week’s television premiere, watch the first episode.
Best.online.docus - This site contains links to hours upon hours of streaming full-length documentaries […]

Sunday roundup

Forgetfulness - A short film from the Sundance Action Poetry series.
Famous Sounds - “Famous sounds” are sounds that have been created or used by somebody, liked and then copied by many others, and thus earned a “classic” status.
How to be a Gardener - a four hour instructional series from the BBC
Best of Technology Writing 2006 […]

Sunday evening roundup

Large-scale screen systems visualizations
Charlie Rose interviews Henri Cartier-Besson
Another multitouch interactive screen
Jeff Han has started a new company to provide multi-touch solutions called Perceptive Pixel. He has released some new prototypes for Fast Company, watch this video. Another set of impressive demonstrations, this time split over two wall projections making it easier for multi user […]

del.icio.us roundup

It’s been a rough couple days with technology.  The front speakers in my car aren’t working, and I lost another internal harddrive to age.
large-scale drawing on buildings with lasers
worldmapper - visualizing the globe in new ways (thanks Matt)
The Hold Steady - several live video clips
VR images from the apollo landers
Choosing color combos

Thursday roundup

100 Best Fonts

Toonces the Driving Cat - videos of the old SNL skit featuring a cat that can’t drive very well
A proposal to slow down reading

Sunday roundup

Desmond Decker - Israelites video
On newspaper design
Bruce Sterling - A Short History of the Internet
A 2006 survey of new media from The Economist
The era of mass media is giving way to one of personal and participatory media, says Andreas Kluth. That will profoundly change both the media industry and society as a whole
The Harvard Business […]

← Before After →