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▼6 Thoughts About Location Madness - ReadWriteWeb
Location based social networks - are you over it already? It feels like location is all we ever hear about anymore, especially this week leading up to SXSW. We're excited about location too; see our enthusiastic write-ups What Twitter's Geolocation API Makes Possible and The Era of Location as Platform Has Arrived. But it's getting a little ridiculous. We offer below a few thoughts to consider...Expand this post »
Location based social networks - are you over it already? It feels like location is all we ever hear about anymore, especially this week leading up to SXSW. We're excited about location too; see our enthusiastic write-ups What Twitter's Geolocation API Makes Possible and The Era of Location as Platform Has Arrived. But it's getting a little ridiculous. We offer below a few thoughts to consider...Expand this post »
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Like▼Twitter turns on geolocation for twitter.com
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For Twitter, location means a neighborhood, not venue. With a really clear location UI.
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Like▼Four Ways of Looking at Twitter - HBR.org
Data visualization is cool. It's also becoming ever more useful, as the vibrant online community of data visualizers (programmers, designers, artists, and statisticians — sometimes all in one person) grows and the tools to execute their visions improve. Jeff Clark is part of this community. He, like many data visualization enthusiasts, fell into it after being inspired by pioneer Martin Watten...Expand this post »
Data visualization is cool. It's also becoming ever more useful, as the vibrant online community of data visualizers (programmers, designers, artists, and statisticians — sometimes all in one person) grows and the tools to execute their visions improve. Jeff Clark is part of this community. He, like many data visualization enthusiasts, fell into it after being inspired by pioneer Martin Watten...Expand this post »
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Like▼Just In Time For The Location Wars, Twitter Turns On Geolocation On Its Website - TechCrunch
When I wrote that location would be this year’s Twitter at SXSW, I also meant that Twitter’s geolocation would be this year’s Twitter at SXSW. The service has just turned on geolocation on its website today for the first time. While Twitter’s geolocation feature has been live through its API since last November, there was no sign of integration into the main twitter.com site until now. As you ...Expand this post »
When I wrote that location would be this year’s Twitter at SXSW, I also meant that Twitter’s geolocation would be this year’s Twitter at SXSW. The service has just turned on geolocation on its website today for the first time. While Twitter’s geolocation feature has been live through its API since last November, there was no sign of integration into the main twitter.com site until now. As you ...Expand this post »
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Like▼The EFF details new iPhone Developer Program License Agreement via NASA/Freedom of Information Act - 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
The EFF today posts the "iPhone Developer Program License Agreement". Normally, they wouldn't be allowed to reproduce the document because of the terms of Apple's SDK but since NASA created an app,...Expand this post »
The EFF today posts the "iPhone Developer Program License Agreement". Normally, they wouldn't be allowed to reproduce the document because of the terms of Apple's SDK but since NASA created an app,...Expand this post »
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Like▼Tracking Deploys with Compare View - The GitHub Blog
-> We log a message to Campfire anytime someone deploys code to staging or production. It looks like this: Recently, we added the link pointing to a Compare View where you can review the commits that were shipped out along with a full diff of changes: This makes it really easy for everyone to keep tabs on what's being deployed and encourages on the fly code review. And because Campfire ke...Expand this post »
-> We log a message to Campfire anytime someone deploys code to staging or production. It looks like this: Recently, we added the link pointing to a Compare View where you can review the commits that were shipped out along with a full diff of changes: This makes it really easy for everyone to keep tabs on what's being deployed and encourages on the fly code review. And because Campfire ke...Expand this post »
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Like▼Everybody's getting into app contests. Even the army.
US Army Launches “Apps for Army” Contest, Offers $30,000 in Prizes - ProgrammableWeb
The US Army has joined the ranks of government agencies courting developers by announcing a new competition called “Apps for the Army” (A4A). The competition aims to promote some fresh ideas and practical web and mobile applications for use within the military: Apps for the Army is a web and mobile application development challenge for active duty Army, National Guard and Army Civilians. $30,0...Expand this post »
US Army Launches “Apps for Army” Contest, Offers $30,000 in Prizes - ProgrammableWeb
The US Army has joined the ranks of government agencies courting developers by announcing a new competition called “Apps for the Army” (A4A). The competition aims to promote some fresh ideas and practical web and mobile applications for use within the military: Apps for the Army is a web and mobile application development challenge for active duty Army, National Guard and Army Civilians. $30,0...Expand this post »
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Like▼CauseWorld’s Checkin For Charity Gets More Citi Money - TechCrunch
CauseWorld, a mobile app that lets users check in to retail shops for credits that can be donated to charity, is clearly on a roll. The app first launched in December as “the first mobile application that let’s you do good deeds simply for walking into a store.” CauseWorld app users earn “karma points” when they walk into stores and check in with their cell phone. No purchase is required at an...Expand this post »
CauseWorld, a mobile app that lets users check in to retail shops for credits that can be donated to charity, is clearly on a roll. The app first launched in December as “the first mobile application that let’s you do good deeds simply for walking into a store.” CauseWorld app users earn “karma points” when they walk into stores and check in with their cell phone. No purchase is required at an...Expand this post »
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Like▼I Don't Like The iPad Because... - John Battelle's
Searchblog - Readtwit
@louisgray wrote: You know you're in a good place when people admit to having dreams about you sharing content on the Web. http://bit.ly/dyW4np /cc @lgstream Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. I Don't Like The iPad Because... ...it's driven by the same old media love affair with distribution lock in. I've been on about this ever since I studied Google in...Expand this post »
@louisgray wrote: You know you're in a good place when people admit to having dreams about you sharing content on the Web. http://bit.ly/dyW4np /cc @lgstream Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. I Don't Like The iPad Because... ...it's driven by the same old media love affair with distribution lock in. I've been on about this ever since I studied Google in...Expand this post »
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Like▼News is a lousy business for Google too - cdixon.org - chris dixon's blog
There is a widespread myth that search engines have taken profits away from news websites. A few months ago, Rupert Murdoch said: “Google has devised a brilliant business model that avoids paying for news gathering yet profits off the search ads sold around that content.” The reality is that news is a lousy business. Period. Even Google doesn’t make money on it. For example, here are Google’s ...Expand this post »
There is a widespread myth that search engines have taken profits away from news websites. A few months ago, Rupert Murdoch said: “Google has devised a brilliant business model that avoids paying for news gathering yet profits off the search ads sold around that content.” The reality is that news is a lousy business. Period. Even Google doesn’t make money on it. For example, here are Google’s ...Expand this post »
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Like▼Three lessons from the Chipotle iPhone app - O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies.
Instant access to burritos bigger than your head is the clear selling point of Chipotle's iPhone app (iTunes link). But if we put culinary convenience aside, the app itself is an interesting mix of simple design, e-commerce functionality and location tools. I've been digging into the app for a while (digging does not equal "eating," in case you're wondering), and I found three aspects to the a...Expand this post »
Instant access to burritos bigger than your head is the clear selling point of Chipotle's iPhone app (iTunes link). But if we put culinary convenience aside, the app itself is an interesting mix of simple design, e-commerce functionality and location tools. I've been digging into the app for a while (digging does not equal "eating," in case you're wondering), and I found three aspects to the a...Expand this post »
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Like▼Camera Diarrhea - in my view ...
This is an acute malady created by the prevalence of digital cameras combined with a lack of a variety of skills. It is perhaps related to the psychological issues of compulsive hoarding. Just like...Expand this post »
This is an acute malady created by the prevalence of digital cameras combined with a lack of a variety of skills. It is perhaps related to the psychological issues of compulsive hoarding. Just like...Expand this post »
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Like▼Foursquare Just Made Your Location History A Lot More Interesting - TechCrunch
As has been made abundantly clear to me over the past two weeks, just about every location-based service is planning big things for the SXSW festival, which starts later this week in Austin, Texas. A few of the players have already started rolling out small changes, such as aesthetic upgrades. But a new, subtle update by Foursquare may have much larger implications. As we noted last week, Four...Expand this post »
As has been made abundantly clear to me over the past two weeks, just about every location-based service is planning big things for the SXSW festival, which starts later this week in Austin, Texas. A few of the players have already started rolling out small changes, such as aesthetic upgrades. But a new, subtle update by Foursquare may have much larger implications. As we noted last week, Four...Expand this post »
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Like▼Photo: St Patrick's Day Parade, Alexandria
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Alexandria's St Patrick's Day parade comes early each year -- a warmup for the bigger parades in the weeks to come.
The light was sharp, but fantastic. And everybody was excited to get outside after all our snow.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1
Lens: Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f1.5 Aspherical (Leica thread mount)
Adapter: John Milich LTM-G1
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Like▼★ Attention Is the Real Resource - Daring Fireball
Jason Snell — editorial director at Macworld — wrote an interesting piece on his personal site regarding full-text RSS feeds, prompted by Merlin Mann’s piece last week regarding The Atlantic. Snell...Expand this post »
Jason Snell — editorial director at Macworld — wrote an interesting piece on his personal site regarding full-text RSS feeds, prompted by Merlin Mann’s piece last week regarding The Atlantic. Snell...Expand this post »
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Like▼Photo: Chicagoland
via flickr.com While Chicago wasn't particularly windy last night, it sure was big and bright. Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Lens: Voigtlander Ultron 28mm f1.9 Aspherical (Leica thread mount) Adapter: John Milich LTM-G1 Permalink | Leave a comment »Expand this post »
via flickr.com While Chicago wasn't particularly windy last night, it sure was big and bright. Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Lens: Voigtlander Ultron 28mm f1.9 Aspherical (Leica thread mount) Adapter: John Milich LTM-G1 Permalink | Leave a comment »Expand this post »
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Like▼Apple and the Ugly Truth About How Computers Are Made - Change.org's Social Entrepreneurship Blog
Last week, Apple released its Supplier Responsibility 2010 progress report -- an audit of all of the manufacturing production facilities -- and the results aren't pretty. The report found that a too-high percentage of facilities employ child labor or unscrupulous labor practices. Which leads to some broader questions about what real corporate responsibility looks like, and what we should expec...Expand this post »
Last week, Apple released its Supplier Responsibility 2010 progress report -- an audit of all of the manufacturing production facilities -- and the results aren't pretty. The report found that a too-high percentage of facilities employ child labor or unscrupulous labor practices. Which leads to some broader questions about what real corporate responsibility looks like, and what we should expec...Expand this post »
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Like▼Facebook Drives 3X Traffic to Broadcast Than Google News - ReadWriteWeb
We've spent some time recently looking at how Facebook has become a bigger driver of traffic to online news than news portals like MyYahoo or Google News, and our initial suspicions were confirmed with some data by the folks at HitWise. In continuing to look at this trend, Heather Hopkins, an analyst with the traffic analysis company, dug a little bit deeper into the stats and found that there...Expand this post »
We've spent some time recently looking at how Facebook has become a bigger driver of traffic to online news than news portals like MyYahoo or Google News, and our initial suspicions were confirmed with some data by the folks at HitWise. In continuing to look at this trend, Heather Hopkins, an analyst with the traffic analysis company, dug a little bit deeper into the stats and found that there...Expand this post »
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Like▼I Don't Like The iPad Because... - John Battelle's Searchblog
...it's driven by the same old media love affair with distribution lock in. I've been on about this ever since I studied Google in 2001: Media traditionally has gained its profits by owning distribution. Cable carriage, network airwaves, newsstand distribution and printing presses: all very expensive, so once you employ enough capital to gain them, it's damn hard to get knocked out. The web ch...Expand this post »
...it's driven by the same old media love affair with distribution lock in. I've been on about this ever since I studied Google in 2001: Media traditionally has gained its profits by owning distribution. Cable carriage, network airwaves, newsstand distribution and printing presses: all very expensive, so once you employ enough capital to gain them, it's damn hard to get knocked out. The web ch...Expand this post »
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Like▼Aperture 3 Supports Panasonic G1 Raw - At Last!
Panasonic
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C1 - Lumix DMC-FZ50
- Lumix DMC-G1**
- Lumix DMC-GH1**
- Lumix DMC-L1
- Lumix DMC-LX1
- Lumix DMC-LX2
- Lumix DMC-LX3**
via apple.com
Yes -- finally! Though from the list it looks like the Olympus EP1 raw is not supported.
Update: Apple added raw support for the Lumix GF1, and Olympus E-P1 and E-P2 with a software update Feb 25.
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Like▼Photo: The Dojo
via flickr.com Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Lens: Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f1.5 Aspherical (Leica thread mount) Adapter: John Milich LTM-G1 Permalink | Leave a comment »Expand this post »
via flickr.com Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Lens: Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f1.5 Aspherical (Leica thread mount) Adapter: John Milich LTM-G1 Permalink | Leave a comment »Expand this post »
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