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Compare cell phone to pro camera
via Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger by Robert Scoble on May 14, 2008
You can’t compare a $3,000 digital SLR to a $500 cell phone from Nokia, can you? Well, look at these two photos. Which one was made with the Canon 5D with a 50mm F1.4 lens and which one was made with a Nokia N82 cell phone?You can visit my Flickr account to see which camera made which images and you’ll see some other comparison photos and other images that I’ve made with the Nokia N82. Make...
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Noam Chomsky at Google (Video)
via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on May 12, 2008
Noam Chomsky, author and institute professor at the Massachussets Institute of Technology, visited Google’s Cambridge office for a question & answers session last month. Topics covered are the concept of universal grammar and how this branch changed over time; positive progress recent generations made towards better understanding of history; pros and cons of the internet as a medium in...
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Not Much Life in China's Virtual Worlds
via E-Commerce Times by Chi-Chu Tschang on May 10, 2008
Last November, Procter & Gamble's Vidal Sassoon launched with much fanfare its first hair salon in China's virtual world. There was even a virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony. However, today the VS salon in HiPiHi, China's oldest and largest virtual world, sits mostly empty save for the occasional visitor. "It's a bit like the real world but not as many people," says an avatar...
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Tourist trap: crackdown on rogue traders - Sydney Morning Herald
via "victoria university" - Google News by (author unknown) on May 12, 2008
Tourist trap: crackdown on rogue tradersSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 6 hours ago... with economic modelling by Victoria University predicting the corruption would deliver a $130 million loss to the sector over the next five years. ...
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Importance of caching your applications
via Resourceful Idiot by jstad on May 12, 2008
This was not an easy lesson to learn. Our site is less than a few weeks old and I had figured that it would not receive any large traffic for a few months. I was wrong. As some of you noticed our site hit the viral level with our article about web terms. The amount of traffic that was sent our way crippled our server and taught me the importance of caching mechanisms.For those unfamiliar with...
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Your Windows Could Soon Clean Themselves
via EcoGeek.org by Peg Fong on May 12, 2008
Don’t do windows? Now there’s an eco-friendly way to not clean as often. A Denmark company has a new cleaning product called ShineOn that keeps windows free from dirt and grime for up to two years.ShineOn is a thin coating developed using nanotechnology by SCF Technologies. The coating chemically bonds with glass to create a layer that uses the sun’s energy to “burn” loose dirt that...
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Google Friend Connect Makes Any Site Social
via FaceReviews: Facebook Applications Reviews and Facebook News by Rodney Rumford on May 12, 2008
Google will officially announce a preview release of Google Friend Connect in about an hour. I will be on the conference call to learn as much as possible as to how Google Friend Connect will work.Here is what we know for sure at this point:The Friend Connect service will help website owners grow engagement by enabling any site on the web to easily provide social features for its visitors....
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Conversation with Jena Thompson
via ReGeneration by Todd Dwyer on May 09, 2008
... organization as the nation’s top-rated environmental charity.She has also worked as a conservation associate for Resources Law Group in California and director of international sales and marketing for Austin Logistics, a private financial services software firm in Austin, Texas.Jena holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas and enjoys scuba diving, travel, and the outdoors.
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Blog of the Week: Icon-O-Cast
via DesignAday by (author unknown) on May 10, 2008
There aren’t very many design-related podcasts out there. A select few are of consistently high quality. Lunar Design started Icon-O-Cast in June of 2007. They’ve been releasing one or two episodes per Month ever since. From interviews with the likes of Don Norman to conference presentations and in-house discussions, John Edson and other Lunar employees cover a lot of ground. There are five...
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Google at Serious Play Conference in Pasadena.
via BusinessWeek Online -- NussbaumOnDesign by (author unknown) on May 11, 2008
I had a blast at the Serious Play conference put on by The Art Center College of Design last week. The theme: play is seriously creative and innovative if you take it seriously. Play is collaborative, iterative, experimental and generates...
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