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April 2009

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Pogoplug → pogoplug.com

A hardware+website combo lets you access your external hard drive from anywhere on the Internet. 

Apr 22, 2009
#cloud computing #storage #hardware
Glyphish — Icons and resources for iPhone developers → glyphish.com

A nice set of icons for designing iphone/ipod touch application toolbar buttons

Apr 21, 2009
Twitter fail on Twitter Fall at the Telegraph → ftalphaville.ft.com

An experiment to bring Twitter into the Telegraph website backfires, sadly. Too often the crowd creates the need for the moderation they say we don’t need. Frustrating.

Apr 21, 2009
#social networks #conversation #twitter #newspapers #media-clash
Why Microsoft's ads are so bad. - By Seth Stevenson → slate.com

Seth utterly shreds Microsoft’s ad efforts over the past two years, calling more of the same lack of rudder in the consumer market, and increasingly in the biz-sumer market.

Apr 20, 2009
#microsoft #advertising #marketing
IE6 Update: Grifter's Edition → ie6update.com

I’m conflicted on this trick to get people using IE6 to update. Using their worst behaviour (activeX installs) to get them into something safer? Deception for good!

Apr 20, 2009
#browsers #hacks #microsoft
What if our tech is good enough? → techradar.com

A compelling post that asks whether we rely too much on gains in technology to believe that we’re getting somewhere with what that tech can do. Not fully baked, but worth a read.

Apr 20, 2009
#tech #history #philosophy
Orbicule's Undercover for iPhone → orbicule.com

Makers of the excellent theft recovery app and service for Mac have brought it to the iPhone with the same cleverness.

Apr 16, 2009
#iphone #security #cool
How Slideshare become the ultimate Fool on April Fool's Day → jaffejuice.com

An upset blogger gives the rundown on SlideShare April Fool’s Day joke gone wrong.

Apr 16, 2009
#blog #product management #lessons #stunt
Happy April Fools day | SlideShare Blog → blog.slideshare.net

The scene of the crime, where SlideShare faces its community over a bungled April Fool’s Day joke.

Apr 16, 2009
#product management #stunts #lessons
The dark secrets of Whopper Sacrifice → news.cnet.com

Burger King’s edgy Facebook campaign was shut down in ten days, but that was long enough to expose what Facebook is most protective of: the relationship networks of its members.

Apr 15, 2009
#facebook #social networks #marketing
UX Test Kitchen → uxtestkitchen.com

Fearless, forward and free. A nonprofit interactive agency providing free website and media development to other nonprofits.

Apr 15, 2009
#nonprofits #design #user experience
CuteLab → cutelab.com

Why haven’t I seen these people before? The site is playful, the portfolio strong, and it’s most cool that the mission is R&D for the future of Good Times.

Apr 15, 2009
#Vancouver #design
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