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iA’s 2006 Facebook Designs, Redesigned

April 21, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

A design firm that will be familiar if you’ve followed discussions about online news design over the past few years recently shared their updated mockups for a redesign of Facebook. And they’re pretty.

iA’s 2006 Facebook Designs, Redesigned

Posted in NewstangleTagged facebook, iA, redesign, Technology, UI, web design

Riders on the Storm

April 20, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

David Brooks on how recent Internet use research continues to dismantle Cass Sunstein’s original “Daily Me” thesis.

Riders on the Storm

Posted in NewstangleTagged birdsofafeather, CassSunstein, Internet, Media Theory, research, Technology

Infrequently Asked Questions of FAQs

March 30, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

A useful FAQ about FAQs from A List Apart.

Infrequently Asked Questions of FAQs

Posted in NewstangleTagged contentstrategy, FAQ, Technology, usability

8-Bit NYC

March 8, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

A map of New York City, Legend of Zelda style. I’ll go on the record as wildly preferring this method to the “web visualized as subway map” approach that’s been so persistent in recent years. I will also approve of Super Mario Bros. 3 mappages.

8-Bit NYC

Posted in NewstangleTagged clevernesseconomy, maps, NewYorkCity, nintendo, Technology, visualization

The Internet? Bah!

February 23, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

Clifford Stoll’s 1995 predictions included “…no computer network will change the way government works.”

The Internet? Bah!

Posted in NewstangleTagged 1995, government2.0, Internet, predictions, Technology

Anatomy of a Large-Scale Social Search Engine

February 3, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

Aardvark has published a whitepaper outlining some of the technology and much of the logic behind their social search engine.

Anatomy of a Large-Scale Social Search Engine

Posted in NewstangleTagged Aardvark, research, search, social networking, Technology

GNILLEY presentation at Game Jam Sydney

February 2, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

This is a game in which you attack your enemies by yelling loudly into a microphone. (Spotted via Engadget.)

GNILLEY presentation at Game Jam Sydney

Posted in NewstangleTagged anger management, gaming, Technology, video

The social behavior incentive (how your app can be as addictive as Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare)

January 25, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

Good advice from Robert Scoble on building social software.

The social behavior incentive (how your app can be as addictive as Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare)

Posted in NewstangleTagged facebook, foursquare, social media, social networks, Technology, Twitter

Controlled Serendipity Liberates the Web

January 22, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

Nick Bilton on the cause, method, and effect of human curation of the Web.

Controlled Serendipity Liberates the Web

Posted in NewstangleTagged aggregation, curation, filterfailure, Technology

Top 10 Internet of Things Products of 2009

December 9, 2009 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

I continue to be fascinated by the busy intersections where the physical world and the Internet overlap. Here’s a solid roundup of products making that happen in 2009.

Top 10 Internet of Things Products of 2009

Posted in NewstangleTagged Internet, internetofthings, rfid, Technology

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