August 25, 2004 • 9:28 am 0
A friend of mine, Nicloai Rygh Johansen, who takes pride in being the first with the latest technology and has been using the e-mail service since May, just gave me an invitation to Gmail. So now I am too a part of this exclusive club of early adopters of the next big thing online.
Filed under: A Day in the Life
August 24, 2004 • 9:21 am 0
According to an article in the New York Times Online, researchers in Boston have found that:
the fetal cells do not disappear when a pregnancy ends. Instead, they remain in a woman’s body for decades, perhaps indefinitely. And if a woman’s tissues or organs are injured, fetal cells from her baby migrate there, divide and turn into the needed cell type, be it thyroid or liver, intestine or gallbladder, cervix or spleen.
Filed under: Mind and Body
• 8:32 am 0
The last few years, Tari Akpodiete has collected every banner ad she has come over. She is now making them available for the public at her web site Banner Report.
Filed under: Internet and Technology
• 8:23 am 0
The Flash vs. HTML war is far from over. These people are serious. Just look at how they are mobilizing their following. Behold the Flash Movement.
Filed under: Play and Travel
August 20, 2004 • 1:14 pm 0
Somebody had to make this — an American political campaign simulator. It is developed by Stardock, called The Political Machine and described like this:
Filed under: Today and Tomorrow
August 17, 2004 • 8:21 am 0
It will be interesting to follow the inpact of the Writing style guys at Wired. They just decided that:
Effective with this sentence, Wired News will no longer capitalize the “I” in internet. At the same time, Web becomes web and Net becomes net.
Filed under: Internet and Technology
August 4, 2004 • 9:50 am 0
According to an article in Wired.com, the Pentagon is looking for more effective weapons. These weapons, that instead of killing people, only temporarily incapacitate them, will create a less lethal battlefield. So called direct-energy weapons hold the most promise:
Aside from paralyzing potential attackers or noncombatants like a long-range stun gun, directed-energy weapons could fry the electronics of missiles and roadside bombs, developers say, or even disable a vehicle in a high-speed chase.
Filed under: Today and Tomorrow
August 2, 2004 • 10:14 am 0
Mark Hurst of goodexperience.com just published an article on Budgeting for Advertising and Customer Experience. His main argument resonates with my own experience — that most companies overspend on advertising and underspend on the customer experience, be it on a web site, in-store or other important experience points.
Filed under: Design and Experience
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