Archive for March, 2009
Collaborate on Design Revisions With redmark
Collaborating on design work is notoriously difficult. Deciding what the perfect shade of blue is, how rounded those rounded corners should be, and whether or not to make the logo bigger is all difficult enough when a discussion is happening between people in the same room. Add a virtual environment to the mix, and making [...]
Setting Up The Web Working Day
Image by sxc.hu user blu_arim
A piece by Chris Brogan called “Why Bookstores Are My Office” made me think about how web workers and telecommuters have an enormous amount of discretion in setting up, organizing and utilizing their time. Web working is an enormous opportunity to thrive under an ideal environment and an ideal schedule, yet [...]
SXSW, Web Worker Daily, live FriendFeeding, and other stuff
I’ve been neglecting little old OMC, and I’m sorry for it. I have been very busy on the webs, but that’s still no excuse.
Here’s a quick brief on what I’ve been up to.
Bunch of stories published over at Web Worker Daily, for one:
* Say Hello to Blellow, Microblogging Web Workers
* Can Microblogging Platforms Help Reduce [...]
Web workers of the world unite, ahhight
I’ve joined Web Worker Daily as a contributing writer, a GigaOM Network site. Pretty cool stuff as I have the opportunity to continue to explore new products, ideas, and trends surrounding social media and the webs, in this case to help (hopefully!) empower, inform, and occasionally entertain web workers around the globe.
Here’s a glimpse of [...]
The Future of Twitter: Integrated Search, Trends, Featured Users
People have been speculating on how Twitter is going to make money for what seems like forever. This slideshow from Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist with Union Square Ventures (which has invested in Twitter), features a screenshot that may signal how it’s actually going to happen.
Slide 22 simply reads: Where We Are Going
And from what [...]
"It's a Web cam that's built into a doll"
I’m not sure what this is, but I’m pretty sure it’s cool. And I’m pretty sure it’s pretty wacky.
It comes buried near the bottom of a Silicon Alley Insider piece. Author Nicholas Carlson writes:
Geisha Tokyo Entertainment makes something called Dennoh Figure ARis or Cyber Figure Alice. Max described it as an “augmented reality doll.” It’s [...]
