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..."without using Parallels, Crossover or Bootcamp, or even having a Windows Partition"

What you need to do to ensure that your emails not only look great in today’s email clients but also actually make it to where they’re going.

"Free music zilla, the first tool specialized for social music downloading, enables you download free music from [..] almost all social music services." Hmmm.

"The DVDs basically have a little more material than the episodes will have, but we actually put in a few treats in the episodes that are not on the DVDs, so you know... we want to reward people no matter how they come back to Futurama, we want to give th

You can't force people to follow directions they deem arbitrary.

— Michael Salamon, Procedurally Enforcing Workflow

77% of today’s online youth would rather live without television than live without the Internet.

For Suburban Shootout. Assume it's official. Looks dead.

Works with email client developers and the design community to improve web standards support and accessibility in email.

This article walks through the steps necessary for hosting media files for your web site using Amazon S3.

User Interface Design pattern library.

The new service [...] will be launched in 2008 and will include free downloads, streaming, show rental and purchase via the internet, with possible future expansion onto other platforms.

"Kangaroo will have wide implications for the BBC’s iPlayer and Channel 4’s 4oD service, with the latter being replaced by the new joint service. The smallest UK TV player, Channel 5 (owned by RTL of Germany), is conspicuous by its absence from the ve

Cory Doctorow describes how Facebook and other social networks have built-in self-destructs: They make it easy for you to be found by the people you're looking to avoid.

Some of you may have heard about Amato distribution going bust, but unless you understand the music industry you may have not quite understood the negative affect that this will have on dance music.

"A free software application for collecting and processing your thoughts following the GTD methodology." Java.

Clever. "Use the filters to find the right chart type for your needs. Then download as Excel or PowerPoint templates and insert your data."

"Campaign microsites may be a staple of the "old model," but they are by most accounts not facing extinction—although their role will probably be diminished from star to player in a cast of channels that also includes MySpace, YouTube and widgets."

On KateModern: "The whole thing is filmed in one take, in five minutes flat at 6pm, in the middle of rush-hour traffic. The film is then posted on the social networking site Bebo, where you can log on daily to catch up on the storylines and post comments.

Government campaigns appear to have had limited impact, because sexual health has worsened in 2006, the last year for which the HPA has figures, particularly among young men and women.

Mostly obvious but always good to be reminded.

Responsible for providing estimates of the number of people watching television. This includes which channels and programmes are being watched, at what time, and the type of people who are watching at any one time.

"The organisation that compiles television ratings in the United Kingdom [..] currently, BARB have approximately 5,100 homes". How crazy is it that 5,100 households dictate UK TV ratings? Will VOD fix this?

'One of the big criticisms of Neighbours' fans is that the BBC never promoted the show,' said Murphy. 'Five might make a bit more of a fanfare about it, so it might even be for the benefit of the show in the end.'

A few tips from eye-tracking studies

The story itself is pretty tedious but leads on to some great comments on the music industry.

Steven Poole: Trigger Happier

Steven Poole is giving away his book Trigger Happy as a DRM-free PDF.

Trigger Happy is a book about the aesthetics of videogames — what they share with cinema, the history of painting, or literature; and what makes them different, in terms of form, psychology and semiotics.

(reblogged from headlessness)

Suburban Home Records, when faced with the complexity and unpredictability of online consumer behaviour, have thrown their hands up and said ‘Oh go on… just download the album already’.

A new domain, even for many of the world's largest brands, is not a particularly good idea.

Chris Heilmann's presentation and notes from @mediaAjax.

Some people are naturally wide, some people are naturally deep. But the assumption is, in most business contexts, that you can — and should want to — jump between the two as the need or situation dictates. But this is a load of crap.

New TV spots for World of Warcraft

“I’m William Shatner and I’m a shaman”

IE on Mac using Wine. Not sure how useful this is without testing.

or why I won't, until the money runs out...

Testing your design in all the different email clients out there has got to be the most frustrating and time consuming parts of sending email campaigns. Our design and spam testing tool changes all that.

General purpose utility for Mac OS X

A systematic analysis of the 100 most popular applications - those that have at least 1million users - in an attempt to get a better grasp on favoured activities that take place in this global playground.

A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of the dust cloud towards him…

— Ask MetaFilter, So this consultant walks into a bar…\_

‘Everybody is happy now’ | Guardian Unlimited Books

Margaret Atwood on Huxley’s Brave New World.