Monthly Archives: January 2009

IGNORE EVERYBODY

So you want to be more creative, in art, in business, whatever. Here are some tips that have worked for me over the years.] 1. Ignore everybody. 2. The idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be yours. 3. Put the hours in. 4. If your biz plan depends on you suddenly [...]
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Processing

I’ve been tinkering with Processing recently, well trying to tinker with it. The coding skills are not quite up to scratch (I am working on it though (trying to anyway), would love to program my own DV) It’s Open Source language for specifically creating and prototyping data visualisations, the visualisations do not render in Safari [...]
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Onebox – many results

Google’s Onebox search results get more intelligent and now keeps you up to date with the scores. It doesn’t stop at tennis though…
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Collaborative filtering

How do you look for books, new music and information? We increasingly seem to discover things via recommendation features on websites and web applications. It’s nothing new, and I suppose most of us now see recommendation engines as standard features on websites. Ever thought about how much they shorten the buying cycle/purchase funnel? I think [...]
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iPhone apps from Japan

Carrying on with mobile the theme, you just have to check out these iPhone apps from Japan. I’m not sure what I like the most, the apps or the enthusiasm of the presenters.
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NRU

This is one of first the first branded apps I have seen for the G1. First glimpses of StreetView on Android were pretty amazing, and now NRU by Lastminute.Com Labs makes me worried. Why? Because I’m a loyal iPhone user who, might just cave when the G2 makes it to our shores next year. It [...]
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Definitely a keeper…

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Data Visualisation Deconstructed

Well it’s no secret that I have small obsession with web applications and really damn cool data visualisation concepts. Recently I digged a bit deeper into the anatomy of web applications and now I’m digging a bit deeper into anatomy of DV concepts. There are so many cool DV concepts about, some of them are [...]
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Far East Friends

I love getting messages like this. I’m such a huge fan of Japanese type, it’s a shame I can’t read it. Anyway, it still looks cool.
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Apparently I’m not too irritating…

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I should really start to import things from the motherland

I’m always impressed by the quality and quantity of open source products available. My latest discovery is Magento, an open source eCommerce platform. With open source content management systems and eCommerce platforms of this caliber freely available, business possibilities for budding netrepreneurs are endless. Right, off to order 400 shawls and 600 bags of Hanuman [...]
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