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Say it with links: Jimmy Hendrix, Ultimate Google, Rubik’s Cube and a lot of AJAX

03
Sep
08

say it with links

If you are a webdesigner and can’t find inspiration tonight, here a list a “100 beautiful blog design” gathered by hongkiat.com. I call it a complete list covering the importance of a great web interface: colors, font, attractive logo, text alignment, effective navigation, inspiratio, etc.

This link will be more appropriate for the developer, here James Lao build a script that helps you building an Ajax powered Shopping cart. You can download the source codes or just demo it if you are curious.

If you like the iTunes coverflow, and want to reproduce it on your site. On this site, you will find 10 great javascript sources to download. Those scripts are light and very nicely done.

Okay, i was really bored during Labor Day weekend… i was looking a site where it could explain how to solve a Rubik’s Cube. Once you get it, you can impress your co-workers on Monday.

This link will be very useful for the Google fanatics. If you want to become the ultimate Google user, this complete list of tips and tricks will make your life easier.

And to finish, if you are nostalgic, Youtube stores an awesome compilation of artistic videos of the greatest moments in Art (with the A Capitale). So to make sure you click this link, you will find John Coltrane performing ‘My Favourite Things’, Ella Fitzgerald duets with Dinah Shore, Oasis and Madonna’s first live performance, Jack Kerouac reading from On the Road! And more!

Say it with links: lookup stats, share your graphs, rate websites, easy tag clouding and some fun

26
Mar
08
  • Once in a while we have to lookup stats to search for specific data. Thanks Nationmaster, for sharing the goods.
  • Don’t throw away your obsolete charts to the recycle bin. Swivel is a community that appreciates and shares them.
  • Rating websites at Ok or Ko can be fun, but eventualy you’ll get bored. Trust me.
  • Ever wanted to know what a webpage is truely about with a simple glimpse? Here’s instant Tag Clouding device for you.
  • Download and read the many MIT Media research Theses available and learn from the students.
  • Time for fun! Visit the Funky Forest, an interactive ecosystem where children create trees with their body and then divert the water flowing from the waterfall to the trees to keep them alive.

  • Say It With Links: Return to the Bookmark, Where is my pizza, Swedish Hollywood and Time for Three

    08
    Feb
    08

    Friday already? Geez, was that the shortest week ever or what? Time for our every-other-Friday rendez-vous with our recently added bookmarks.

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    • Tired of hitting Apple + D (yeah, control D for 90% of the population, or 68% of our dear readers) to save a web article for later? Be honest, why bother, you know you will never read it. Busy reader, rejoice, I might have something for you. Since I’ve started using Instapaper, I actually COME BACK to read my bookmarked pages. When you come across some content you want to save for later, just press a bookmarklet and the page will be stored in your Instapaper list. And it’s optimised for that iPhone that you’re drooling over.

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    • You got used to tracking your Amazon shipment via a Fedex widget, the LED sign on the platform says that the next L train to Manhattan will arrive in 17 minutes and you now all of your ex’s outs and abouts thanks to Facebook and other social networks. But did we really need that online Pizza Tracker by Domino Pizza? via the fine guys at Core77

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    That’s it for today. And for the week. Looking forward to Monday. No, I’m kidding.

    Say It With Links: Facebook Goes South, YouTube Goes Mobile, and Your Screen Goes Clean

    25
    Jan
    08

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  • The first screenshot of Facebook in Spanish surfaced. The team did a pretty awesome job at crowd-sourcing the translations, using a Facebook App and a voting system among translators. Get ready to be spammed by your foreign friends soon.
  • They’ve been talking about it forever, and they’ve finally made it. Non-iPhone owners, you can finally access YouTube videos on your cellphone, and most of the site’s functionalities, including upload. And they’re nice enough to warn you that you should upgrade to an unlimited data plan!
  • You need some love for the weekend but don’t feel like going to a bar and walk the walk of shame in your neighborhood the morning after? Or you just love dogs but your lease specifies that you can’t have pets? The Trendwatch team found the perfect solution: a screen-licking dog!
  • Say It With Links #9. This Week: Green Noodles, Encouraged Eccentrics, Conversation Fillers, Facebook Strategies, Free Books and Nasty Treats

    04
    Jan
    08

    First link collection of the year, or what noticeable news were left unnoticed because we were too busy stuffing ourselves with Ferrero Rochers, putting up for auctions on eBay most of the Christmas presents we received.

  • Make your CupNoodle addiction eco-friendly, design your own re-usable cup. Also interesting, their view on how to include and make the most of eccentrics in the company.
  • 100 things we didn’t know last year, by the BBC
  • Brands are not my friends, even not on Facebook. So brands have to be smart to take advantage of Social Networks, with different strategies according to their position on the market.
  • Download Kevin Kelly’s book True Films for free, but with contextual ads inside. Or is PDF monetization next and worthy? (Kevin is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine)
  • 73.3 calories in one of these golden Rochers. Time to stop now!
  • Say It With Links Under the Xmas Tree

    21
    Dec
    07

    The links, just the plain bare links, because you’re not the only one who wants to leave the office earlier today!!!

    - The guys at Fullsix Portugal have a big big heart. Check out their awesome Christmas card.

    - What’s the link between frozen peas and cancer?

    - Broadcast your Facebook status as RSS to use in your tumbler or anywhere else.

    - Dove works with screenwriter Judith Thompson on a play called “Body and Soul” which questions the perception of beauty and aging in our society.

    - What would happen if Burger King took the Whopper off their menu? An amazing piece of viral advertising.

    - Garnier pretends not to support anymore the fake TV show they were sponsoring. I can’t tell if it’s funny or lame. But at least they’re trying!

    - P&G gets personal to fight age-old problem of aging with Reflect.com

    - Too much information? Ignore it says the New York Times

    - Study: 59% Of Teens Create Content Online.

    Say It With (One Single) Link #8

    07
    Dec
    07

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    It’s Friday, it’s the day when we, at the Trendwatch, share a bunch of links with you. We’ve been pretty pretty busy finalizing the Winter 2008 issue of the keynote, which left us with very little time to surf the web to harvest the best and/or most relevant sites and articles around.

    So there will be only one, but its quality will, I promise, counterbalance the lack of quantity.

    How many times a week are you stuck with a big (and of course legal) file that you need to share with your co-workers, friends or Mum? That video of your nephew trying to strangle the family cat, too heavy for emailing? The zip file compressing your own band’s tracks to a size that is still not suitable to send to (those so 2006) record labels? Well, maybe you should meet Senduit, the most amazing one-trick site I’ve ever had to visit. The picture up there sums it all pretty well. Locate the file on your hard drive, choose the file-sharing expiration date, and you’re all set. Or almost. All you have to do now is wait for the file to be completely uploaded and copy-paste in an email the short link that will be given to you.

    Cleverly made by the guys behind Tumblr (it’s like a blog for lazy guys like me), there is no ad, no waiting time, and its quiet design makes the Apple website look cluttered.

    Say It With Links #7

    28
    Nov
    07

    Hello everybody!
    I decided to dedicate an entire “Say It With Links” post to (in my opinion) one of the most interesting, forgotten, underestimated and ancient forms of web - real world interaction: Telerobotics or remote control over the Internet.
    Back in the 80’s and 90’s, there where so many projects of this nature… most of them conducted by universities from all over. I don’t know why, but nowadays there are only a few left. How come?? Just try it, this stuff is really fun!
    I definitely sense an opportunity to be explored here by brands. And universities again could use some fundings and become partners with online agencies on a win-win relationship.

  • Interactive Model Railroad: drive a model train in real-time and watch it go round and round!
  • The Telegarden: It ran for 9 years, and retired in August 2004. You could remotely plant a seed in a garden in Austria, water it and watch it grow (I actually did this in 97 and thought it was pretty cool)!
  • This one is so cool… I played with it for nearly an hour last night! It’s located in Australia and is called Robotoy.
  • Some people don’t mind technology monitoring their lives… This guy doesn’t mind at all! He even monitors the times he flushes the toilet, believe it or not…

    So, I’d just like make you think about the possibilities here and consider bringing this thing back to life.
    For example, how about playing a game trying to grab a client’s prize/product (did anyone say cell phone? Mp3 player?) while manipulating a real robot arm over the Internet (like those insert coin crane games)?
    What about streaming video from special sponsored cameras on football games?
    The possibilities are endless.

  • Say it with Links #6

    09
    Nov
    07

    Hi everyone. As usual, Say it with Links is in session. Here are the links we believed were interesting for weekend literature:

    - Got ITunes? Got IPod? Congratulations, you are now part of the monopoly.

    - Video killed the Radio star, right? Well, what we should be wondering now is if the Internet Video is killing the Video star.

    - The fast-speed evolution of computers has made most consumers throw away their technology when it breaks, replacing it with a new one. But, this trend is changing - consumers are realizing, due to Internet interaction, that things can be fixed.

    - Adobe is preparing to release a Web-Based Photoshop Express - the evolution of big desktop programs into the webapplication world?

    - As previouly predicted, Facebook has announced that it is developing tools to become a advertising network. But, as expected, the backlash was sure to follow.

    - MySpace terrorism was a known fact in the Web as the security flaws pointed out to this Social Network were various. But now the target is shifting from the unknown user to higher profile pages. Take as an example the most recent victim - the singer Alicia Keys.

    - eMarketeer forseen that the Internet advertising in the US will double in the next 4 years. A definite sign on the effective ROI found in the advertising investment done on the WWW.

    That’s it for now. If you have links you’d like to share or some feedback concerning the current ones, drop us a comment.

    Have a great weekend!

    Say it with Links #5

    02
    Nov
    07

    Hi everyone. Time for Say it with Links. We have little links these weeks, but definitely worth mentioning:

    - In the midst of all Internet services that show up, some can actually gain some momentum with the simplest of concepts. That’s what Stumbleupon is proving - it will love you when big brands like Google sometimes won’t…
    - Ran out of ideas? Maybe some resources can help you find the inspiration for the next big thing.
    - Sometimes we tend to forget some products that Google has that are actually quite useful. Special note to Google Trends and Google Alerts, IMO.
    - Yahoo 360º goes down!
    - Check out a new social network of sorts - Antics - based on ethics and the goodness of peoples’ actions. A Social Network where users are rated positive if they help the old lady across the road.
    And that’s basically it for this week. Seen anything interesting worth seeing? You can always submit it and we’ll place it on the next edition!
    Thanks and have a nice weekend.




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    We work for The FullSIX Group; a leading full service marketing agency with digital DNA. From our 15 international offices with over 600 employees, we constantly embrace and encourage innovation to make integrated marketing and communication campaigns that are more accountable and efficient for our clients.


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