Links from 2008

DataPortability – Connect, Control, Share, Remix on Vimeo.

A study that looked at how ideas spread through social networks [found] found that under most circumstances a critical mass of more easily influenced people, not 'opinion leaders', are key to making ideas popular.

"A powerful and intuitive code editor for Windows". In alpha, but could be a potential TextMate replacement when forced to use a PC.

a low-level utility for examining and modifying PNG image files. It runs on Windows 95 or higher (98, ME, 2000, XP, etc.).

Idea generation is an addiction... an engaging, brain-spinning indulgence that must be practiced in moderation.

Eight additional mistakes we've seen as we watch users try to create accounts and sign into the site.

No idea whether the conference will be any good, but like the phrase.

Facebook has 59 million users [but] you won't catch Tom Hodgkinson volunteering his personal information - not now that he knows the politics of the people behind the social networking site

Be Kind Rewind

Microsite for the new Michel Gondry film, via No Man’s Blog.

Possible Xenu alternative.

A library that provides a common API for various javascript mapping APIs to enable switching from one to another as smoothly as possible.

"A Macintosh application that automatically downloads Web sites from the Internet." No HTTrack for Mac, alas.

Creates a weekly feed of your top 5 artists from Last.fm for import into Tumblr.

Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in people of working age in the UK

London Word Festival | 20 February – 14 March 2008.

Saul Williams, dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Richard Herring, Simon Munnery, Toby Litt, some people discussing Oulipo and much, much more.

LWF events on upcoming.org.

According to new figures from Nielsen Online some online video sites have doubled their audience since the strike began.

"When testing time came around, we found a way to make it fun… QA Deathmatch." Fun being a relative term in this instance.

"Let’s say you’re designing an interface for a contact form. There are a lot of people involved in the problem and they all have their own issues they want resolved." Contrived but useful example of how forms can get compllicated.

"In real life, it’s important (and polite) not to obtrusively interrupt someone when they’re in the middle of something, and, of course, this carries over to website usability as well. So, how should we enforce form field character limits [...] ?

A pure Javascript plotting library for jQuery. It produces graphical plots of arbitrary datasets on-the-fly client-side.

A small script that converts data tables to charts using the API and a wee bit of JavaScript. Using this script you can take a simple, valid and accessible data table [...] and it gets automatically converted to a pie chart.

"It must a fascinating job to search out these new tools and marry them with brands. Because a brand is just a series of functions and mapping those to software just makes sense in a digital/programmable/tactical/oral culture." JFM?

And that is the essence, and mind f*ck, of interactive marketing: How do you make the marketing so interactive that it is invisible?

We create attractive, entertaining, often blistering content which draws the consumer in by engaging them with the sort of stuff they are genuinely interested in.

"Lets you easily power off devices when not in use, saving both energy and money" Like this idea. Bit manual, mind. Wouldn't have expected it from Belkin.

Enhances your web site or blog by creating an embedded player for each audio link. All the links can be played with one click, turning the page into a playlist.

I find that certain mental states are good for certain tasks. No caffeine is good for doing my taxes, running and washing up. Walking with no music and being in the shower is good for insights into problems.

"The possibilities of using CSS3 selectors as an alternative to hacks when targeting specific browsers." Novel.

Welcome to the online portfolio of Peter Costello. A London based designer and art director.

Forthcoming UFO/SWFObject replacement. Keep forgetting the name

Clever clever. "What this does is quietly redirects any files located in our \scripts\ or \css\ folders with version numbers in between the file name and the extension back to just the filename and extension."

A jQuery-based, Facebook-style lightbox which can display images, divs, or entire remote pages.

For shared visualization and discovery.

Explore and compare data, graphs and maps, Share insights via email, blog or data downloads, Upload the data you care about.

Free (mildly festive in places) album from the doubledotdash!? people. Good stuff.

Makes it easy to keep track of the web pages, videos, music, and photos your friends and family interact with around the Internet. The site is currently in a private beta-testing period.

Vitalic – Birds, by Pleix.

(reblogged from rach)

"A blog about living, working, cooking and eating on organic farms and small holdings around the UK." Great idea.

Arcade Ambience Project

“an attempt […] to simulate the audio ambience of a crowded arcade room during the golden age of arcades in the 1980s.”

Load Firebug lite in any page via a bookmarklet.

Blimey, going back a bit. Spot me and win a prize.