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    links for 2007-11-30

    Movable Type Community Solution: Create a Powerful Online Community
    Six Apart’s social-network-in-a-box offering
    (tags: sixapart socialsoftware web2 networking blog movabletype)

    Power Use: Power Conscience Concept Keeps Tabs on Your Electricity Consumption
    Wait, it looks nicer and shows more flowers the more power you use? And not the other way around?
    (tags: powerconsumption monitoring green energy powersaving consumption electricity concept via:gizmodo)

    What […]


    Don’t do this: GMail and Mail in OS X 10.5

    There’s some advice that says that you can/should map the “all mail” label in GMail’s imap implementation to the “trash” folder in Mail (or any other imap client, really), the intended effect being that when you delete something, it only gets archived, instead of moved into some frankly annoying deleteditems label that starts cluttering up […]


    links for 2007-11-29

    Why DataMapper?
    ActiveRecord replacement ORM
    (tags: ruby rails orm activerecord via:mattb gem datamapper database)

    Setec Astronomy | MetaFilter
    Gets swoon points just for mentioning Setec Astronomy
    (tags: cooty rats semen setec astronomy mefi blackops surveilance military classified)

    “The War Room” (Watchmen)
    Need one of these.
    (tags: movies design storytelling warroom process prototyping concept comics watchmen adaptation)


    links for 2007-11-28

    News - Deus Ex 3 announced // PC /// Eurogamer
    Fingers crossed it’ll actually be good
    (tags: deusex3 sequel franchise deusex montreal eidos gaming gamedesign via:eurogamer)

    reCAPTCHA: Stop Spam, Read Books
    (tags: captcha spam books hosted soas)

    Children of Men
    Showreel of Foreign Office motion graphics
    (tags: childrenofmen graphicdesign design video advertising motiongraphics compositing london)

    37signals Product Blog: Pulse is a new web-based […]


    links for 2007-11-27

    Mark Coleran Visual Designer
    Gorgeous motion graphics art direction and design
    (tags: animation broadcast InformationDesign interaction interface fantasy film future design graphics movie multimedia TV 2d infographic interfacedesign video ux typography showreel designer concept visualisation motiongraphics motion via:foe)


    links for 2007-11-26

    Human Computer Interaction in Science Fiction Movies
    I could’ve sworn I already tagged this
    (tags: hci sf movies userinterface interfacedesign design interaction paper academic)


    links for 2007-11-25

    Comic Book Resources - CBR News: Kevin O’Neill talks “The Black Dossier”
    Some people have been complaining that there’s “too much to read”. It’s like Christmas every day reading this thing.
    (tags: via:plasticbag alanmoore comics interview kevinoneill blackdossier lxg)

    Worlds In Motion - AGDC: BioWare’s Gordon Walton Gives 12 Lessons from WoW
    Not just applicable to MMORPGs.
    (tags: austin gamedesign […]


    links for 2007-11-24

    The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos
    (tags: viral video distribution marketing youtube via:techcrunch via:crystaltips)

    ackley + ahern interview
    10 years ago: Johnathan Ackley and Larry Ahern interviewed about Monkey Island
    (tags: monkeyisland gamedesign interview ackley ahern lucasarts adventuregame pointandclick)

    Slashdot | Protecting IM From Big Brother
    (tags: privacy im offtherecord otr protocol encryption)

    Autoversioning
    Wow. Holy grail, if it works.
    (tags: via:simonwillison subversion […]


    links for 2007-11-23

    Berlin Calling | Mssv
    Adrian thinks of moving us to Berlin. I’ve heard Australia’s good.
    (tags: berlin london costofliving relocation startup business via:adrianhon)

    Where is the Game of Dreams? | Ask MetaFilter
    AskMeFi on dreamlike games. Requisite mention of Rez.
    (tags: askmefi gaming dreams gamedesign recommended)

    The Escapist : Yahtzee Visits Valve, a Travelogue
    The Cabal System: “When a job needs done […]


    links for 2007-11-22

    RadioShack.com - Lenmar 3.6V/700mAh Ni-MH Cordless Phone Battery AT&T Lucent
    Replacement cordless phone batteries
    (tags: lenmar atandt att cordlessphone battery rechargeable replacement 3.6v radioshack)

    Half-Life 2: Episode Two Stats
    They’re like the Google of the gaming world. And they even make the stuff public!
    (tags: data development testing stats videogames videogaming gaming gamedesign valve halflife halflife2 episode2 steam)

    Amazon.com: The League […]


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