Tate Online | Net Art – once again I’m probably about 5 years behind the curve. But nice to see that the Tate are doing a series of Net Art projects.
I’m only a day late on discovering The Dumpster – a project to visualise the romantic (or otherwise) life of teenagers. I’m not quite sure how it’s supposed to work, or what I’m supposed to take away from it, but I guess that’s art ;-) It’s an interesting idea though…
Tips on writing better written in a simple and easy to follow fashion – Writing Tips for Non-Writers Who Don’t Want to Work at Writing. Almost everyone I know could benefit from reading this. And even if I don’t know you, I’d still recommend it.
Update:Â As Lori points out here: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/15/180927.php not everything in the above post is totally correct and buttoned down. But at the same time I really do think there’s some great ideas and principles in there.
Saw this on iamcal.com.
threadless are doing a secret sale – buy 3 or more shirts and enter the code ‘tenbucks87’ at the checkout and you’ll get them for $10 each. you have until feb 25th – tell everyone you know
A really nice example of a ‘viral’ promotion.
Nothing too clever, just a simple secret discount code at a well-liked and talked about online tshirt store. Why is it viral? Because people are telling each other about it. Easy.
Flipping the Funnel (ebook) – as ususal Seth writes in a way that makes you think, “duh, of course, who didn’t know that”, but then you realise that you didn’t, and he’s just implanted something new and brilliant in your brain.
A really straightforwardly written ebook about how tools like del.icio.us and flickr can be used to give your company’s fans a voice that can have a really unique kind of cut through. Read it or weep.
Saw a couple of these stickers around the place on my way to work this morning. Nice to see a bit of non-extremism in the hood.
Yahoo News Story details how Skype, Google and a load of the usual VC suspects are backing FON. FON is a startup that aims to create a global community of wi-fi sharers. Members are either Bills (who charge a small amount for access) or Linuses (who just share for free). There were a couple of startups doing this previously and I don’t know where they are now. At least these guys have got some cash in their pockets
Is it really possible to overlay music onto the London Underground map? Each line representing a genre, giving proximity and intersections real meanings? Sounds bloody impossible to me. But someone’s given it a red-hot go. Nice work – Going underground from Guardian Unlimited: Culture Vulture
When I’m tired and not feeling on top form I can never really be bothered to look at stuff online. The one site that always cheers me up a bit is Boing Boing, you’ll never fail to find something interesting, odd, funny or inspiring. I’m not sure which category to put this one in…
As I’m sure everyone knows it’s now very cool to hate Google. So this Script to replace Google logo with Evil Google logo is just what you need. It takes the Google logo and replaces it with one created by the Students for a Free Tibet.
In case you don’t know the story, Google have agreed to filter their search results in China to comply with the government’s censorship wishes. It’s a tough one. Google was already being crippled in China so in some ways it’s a good thing that they’re now accessible and, importantly, able to show users when things have been stripped out by the local authorities, meaning they can see they’re being censored.
Allegedly all the big search engines have done similar deals with the government. But now that Google are officially ‘evil’ they’re the worst (of course)…
From Boing Boing: BBC report on UK gamers from 6-65 – contains some amazing figures.
“59% of 6 to 65 year olds in the UK are gamers. In total there are 26.5 million gamers in the UK. The average age of a UK gamer is 28 years old, and the gender split is almost even, averaging out at 45% female and 55% male”
I was shocked at the volumes, the average age, and the gender split. The report is well worth a look and contains some great info-graphics – see above.
Boing Boing: Dance Dance Revolution at 765 schools – story about the fact that in the US they’re now using Xboxes with dance mats to help kids get less fat. If it helps I suppose it can’t be a bad thing. Can it?