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Ben Bishop

Senate black box bill could see 2015 car models ship with data recorders -- Engadget - 0 views

  • Event Data Recorders in all automobiles produced from 2015 and on.
  • legislation still needs to pass the House of Representatives
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    Black boxes: not just for airplanes anymore... And these should actually be black.
Ben Bishop

DIY Cellphone has the footprint of an ice cream sandwich, definitely doesn't run ICS (h... - 0 views

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    Another step forward in the "open source ecology" type world. Parts are still relatively expensive, but it's heading in the right direction
Jessica Murphy

Semi-Interactive Webcomic - 0 views

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    My coworker sent this to me a while ago to see my reaction. This comic responds to the user's movements on the page. If you're jumpy, you've been warned!
Jessica Murphy

Chinese iPhones Smell Of Pineapple, Mango, And Apple - 0 views

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    Apparently people in China claim that their phones smell like fruit when charging. According to the article, the smell might come from the organic solvents used in the manufacturing process that heat up when charged. One Apple China rep advised iPhone owners not to inhale too hard.
Jessica Murphy

Microsoft Takes on Dropbox with Major SkyDrive Update - 1 views

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    Microsoft combined the functions of two of their cloud storage services--SkyDrive (storage) and Mesh (file synchronization and remote access)--to create what they consider a superior alternative to Dropbox, Apple's iCloud, and Google's apps storage.
Mikenna Pierotti

Can A Computer Grade Essays As Well As A Human? Maybe Even Better, Study Says : All Tec... - 0 views

  • Computers have been grading multiple-choice tests in schools for years. To the relief of English teachers everywhere, essays have been tougher to gauge. But look out, teachers: A new study finds that software designed to automatically read and grade essays can do as good a job as humans — maybe even better.
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    My last day teaching was Friday and already they're trying to make it so I can't come back :( Though, I've seen computer poetry and I'm not sold on the idea that computers can gauge quality...
Aaron Dawson

Top analyst: 'Apple will decline' - 0 views

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    At first I wasn't sure if this would relate to any of our discussions/readings/principles of design, but I think a lot of us in class are Mac users. A prophesy with any validity or not, it's something to think about for future investments.
Aaron Dawson

Color Forecast - 0 views

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    A really cool website that documents color trends in 'the world's most fashionable cities.' Perhaps we can use patterns for color/theme ideas as creative fodder for our sites (even if an American city is not featured here).
Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang

Apple-Samsung US lawsuit 'going to be huge' - Armnet.com.au - 0 views

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    This is another plagiarism-themed article that complicates notions of ownership and creativity. This article recaps how Apple and Samsung have been locked in a bitter struggle over tablet designs.
Ben Bishop

B2G - MozillaWiki - 0 views

  • Mozilla believes that the web can displace proprietary, single-vendor stacks for application development
  • Boot to Gecko (B2G)
  • B2G/Architecture.
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • The UI of B2G is called Gaia and is a collection of web apps. Some design concepts are posted here.
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    Mozilla is jumping into the ring with a mobile OS platform. Still in development, but this is the main page for info about the new platform
Mikenna Pierotti

Webby Nominees - 0 views

  • Conservation International - Save a Mile http://www.conservation.org/act/g...
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      Nice design. I wonder how compliant it is? :P
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      47 errors 61 warnings!
Benjamin Myers

Video: Inventing on Principle - 0 views

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    The previous post referenced in "Connect With Your Creation Through a Real-Time Editor"
Benjamin Myers

What Kind of Blogging Do We Want? - 0 views

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    Another common topic has seemed to be blogs and blogging, especially following the readings for last week. This seemed like a blog post that might add to the discussion.
Benjamin Myers

Connect With Your Creation Through a Real-Time Editor - 0 views

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    I thought this might be interesting, especially as we head toward the section of the class where we discuss games. Here is an excerpt from the default blurb: "Victor has worked on experimental UI concepts at Apple and also created the interactive data graphics for Al Gore's book, Our Choice. In the talk Victor showed off a demo of a great real-time game editor that makes your existing coding tools look primitive at best."
anonymous

How Language Shapes the Culture of Facebook - 0 views

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    A writer for Facebook (wow, that seems like such a weird way of putting it) explains the rationale behind the site's language and features such as the "Like" button. We can connect this to the patterns in Designing Social Interfaces.
Benjamin Myers

HTML Codes - Special Characters - ASCII Table - 0 views

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    Useful if you find yourself using a lot of special characters on your website. For example, in reading responses to the ELO works, it can be useful for some authors' names).
Benjamin Myers

The League of Moveable Type - 0 views

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    Free fonts.
Benjamin Myers

Welcome to Tablecloth - 0 views

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    I thought this might be useful for anyone who wanted to build tables into their website.
Benjamin Myers

Poster Cabaret - 0 views

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    Here is the other website that I look back to frequently. I don't want to spam the message board with websites that are largely just "inspiration" sites, but if any of you are interested in others, I have a bunch and am always looking to trade.
Benjamin Myers

Useful HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Tools - 2 views

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    Another article from Smashing Magazine ... the title gives the sense of what the article is all about.
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