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Original Sketch of the Twitter UI

Published June 28th, 2008 in Technology. 0 Comments

This is a yummy slice of tech history. Back in 2006, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sketched this conceptual, um, sketch of Twitter’s original UI on a notepad.

Snip from the description on Flickr:
The 6th year; the idea has finally solidified (thanks to the massively creative environment my employer Odeo provides) and taken a [...]

SLORK - Laptop Orchestra Project

Published June 3rd, 2008 in Music and Technology. 0 Comments

The SLORK Project could very well change the way music is created in the future. The project uses laptops as musical instruments, and also as devices to virtually collaborate in real time with musicians around the world.
Snip from the site:

The Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk) is a large-scale, computer-mediated ensemble that explores cutting-edge technology in [...]

TinEye Image Search - Review

Published May 21st, 2008 in Technology. 0 Comments

TinEye is an exciting and new image search engine from Idée Inc. The service is currently in private beta, but I managed to garner an invite to use it.

The interface of the site couldn’t be simpler. All you have to do is upload an image or an image URL, and the engine takes care [...]

The Machine is Us/ing Us - Final Version

Published October 14th, 2007 in Technology and Viral. 0 Comments

This is the final version of ‘The Machine is Us/ing Us‘ video. It was created by Michael Wesch, an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Kansas State University. He examines the phenomenon called Web 2.0, and comes to the conclusion that we are the cogs which run the machine. In effect, we are the [...]

RIAA Gets $222,000 For 24 Songs

Published October 5th, 2007 in Music and Technology. 1 Comment

This is big. The RIAA has won a crucial victory in its tirade against music piracy. Jammie Thomas, a Minnesota native and single mother of two, was found guilty of breaching copyright infringement laws, in the first ever file-sharing case to go before a jury. The jurors awarded a sum of $222,000 to the RIAA [...]

Apple iphone Class Action Suit

Published October 3rd, 2007 in Gadgets and Technology. 0 Comments

A lawyer has called for people from California to join a class action suit against Apple. He wants consumers to band together to punish Apple, for releasing a crippling software update which left hacked iphones completely useless . Well almost useless, as you can still use it as an mp3 player ( if you manage [...]