Distracted.
Distracted.
Walk2Web is an incredibly addictive (though not time efficient) web-based surfing tool that allows you visually browse the internet using links that connect one website to the next. As if that wasn't engaging enough, it is also possible to create…
While reading this morning I came across Terragen from a description of a Joan Fontcuberta project mentioned on BLDGBLOG. Terragen is landscape generation software that is available as a free download for non-commercial use, but that also has a number…
Twingly is a screensaver that serves as a visualization of the global traffic in the blogosphere… and very addictive to watch. Normally, I run the open source Electric Sheep screen saver, which is very pretty, but I’m switching over on…
Don MacAskill of SmugMug has posted a nice little explanation of how thoughtful Macs can be when viewing *some* images on the web. He also provides guidance if you prefer to not have your Mac control your mind.
There are probably a whole lot of Web2.0 collections out there but go2web20.net is certainly the most Web2.0 of them that I have come across. There’s a whole lot of time-killin’ potential if you’re planning on visiting.
Streamline online tasks with the help of IMified – www.imified.com. It allows you to connect your favorite chat client to a number of your existing online services like Google Calendar, Basecamp, WordPress, MT, TP, Blogger and a few more. In…
Picnik is another handy online photo editor for those times there’s no Photoshop, Gimp, XnView, or Picassa around. Picnik allows you to rotate, crop, resize, edit color and contrast and save as JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, PDF, and TIFF. There…
Research Chronology 2 is a project by Aaron Siegel that allows del.icio.us users to visually map their tags chronologically and outline tag “paths”. The visualization that is created provides insight into tagging trends and intersections. [via visualcomplexity]
What is this? On 26 July 2006 Blackboard announced that they had been awarded the patent for eLearning technology (no. 6,988,138). Upon reading this patent it occurs to me that they have pretty much patented the concept of the LMS.…