Month: June 2012
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Explainer: How A Digital Camera Is Made
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Thanks to PetaPixel, who brings us this cool video on the production of a Canon digital camera:
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VHS Archives: September 1987 – Soccer
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At one point in my life, I apparently played soccer – here’s video proof.
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Explainer: The Crisis of Credit Visualized
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Easily the most clear explanation of the credit crisis I’ve seen, with nifty infographics and great narration. Thanks to Jonathan Jarvis at Crisisofcredit.com. The Crisis of Credit Visualized via The Crisis of Credit Visualized – HD – YouTube. Found via Reddit
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Read These Tips, or Nobody Will Ever Let You Be an Airbnb Guest Again
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Since being forced to suspend my AirBnB’ing of my apt in NYC, I don’t really have to take these pointers into account anymore, they’re still good to know. In my time hosting AirBnB guests at my apartment, I’ve seen a seriously wide range of interesting people and strange behavior. The list in short, with my…
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Video: Assembly of the AWARE2 Multiscale Gigapixel Camera
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Today, a very very cool time laps video of the assembly of the AWARE2 Multiscale Gigapixel Camera: Project overview, from The Duke Imaging and Spectroscopy Program: This program is focused on building wide-field, video-rate, gigapixel cameras in small, low-cost form factors. Traditional monolithic lens designs, must increase f/# and lens complexity and reduce field of…
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Dieter Rams: Ten Principles for Good Design and World Receiver T 1000
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While helping unpack boxes in my parent’s new house today, I noticed they own a Braun coffee maker. Although I’ve probably drank coffee from this maker for years, I never noticed that it was a Braun product – and I love that. The design is so simple and useful, it blends right in. I’ve been…
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Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror
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From NASA JPL, a great video overview of the Mars Curiosity Rover’s descent to the martian surface: Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiositys Seven Minutes of Terror – YouTube.
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Interactive Mapping: Trulia’s Local Commuter Map
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I love this new mapping tool from Trulia. Based on your current location, it calculates the average commute time to your destination, based on multiple traffic factors. The use of the Google Maps API is great!. Thanks for the heads up, Mark Wilson. In addition to commute times, Trulia’s maps also feature lots of other…
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Infographic: Recycling in Antarctica
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Recycling in Antarctica seems like a complex job – but somebody’s got to do it. And hopefully it will be ME sometime soon. For now, here’s an interesting matricx of the various recycling rules “on the ice”… Recycling in Antarctica – Boing Boing.
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Naked Condoms: SEO and Online Marketing Strategy
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Client: Naked Condoms Project scope: Audit Naked Condoms’ full web presence and make recommendations to optimize: Overal site usability UX/UI Analysis SEO Effectiveness and optimization ECommerce checkout process and user funnel optimization Conversion optimization Concept: The Naked Condoms site could benefit from a major overhaul, improving usability, SEO, and checkout process. We recommended numerous fixes,…
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CheckedUp: Advertiser Opportunities Research and Strategy for iPad App
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Client: CheckedUp Project scope: In support of iPad app launch, develop a detailed advertiser opportunities package, for use by client to sell in-app sponsorship opportunities. Concept: Given the consumer positioning of the CheckedUp iPad app, we developed three tiered advertiser opportunities package. Each advertiser package incorporated in-app sponsorship opportunities, one level building on the previous. In…
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Structured Web: Website Production
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Client: Structured Web Project scope: Redesign client’s website from the ground up, giving them a fresh new look on the web, and a simplified, conversion-optimization oriented message to consumers. Full Website Redesign and Information Architecture Conversion Optimization Planning and Execution Website Design Production, including production of 10+ page templates and layouts Concept: Simplify the site…
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Aphex: Business Development and Mobile App Marketing Strategy
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Client: Aphex Audio Xciter Project scope: Strategize and sell comprehensive mobile application marketing strategy for 6 month total engagement, including complete conceptualization and integration of Online, Offline and PR marketing teams. Hire full time online marketing manager to work in-house, vet offline and PR marketing agencies for partnering on overal campaign. Concept: Develop and launch…
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Notes from LeWeb Conference, London
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Today I virtually attended a couple of talks of the LeWeb conference in London. A few brief notes: Jason Goldberg, Founder & CEO & Bradford Shane Shellhammer, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Fab & Michael Arrington, General Partner, CrunchFund Best selling item on Fab.com? A vibrator. They’ve sold “tens of thousands” of them, especially the colorful…
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BTS: Online Marketing Strategy
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Client: BTS – https://unleashbts.com BTS is an award-winning provider of small cell, mobile 3G and 4G communications technologies for the federal government and commercial sector. Leveraging the latest commercial cellular technologies, BTS has been at the forefront of engineering advanced artificial and collective intelligence algorithms to automate the complexities of deploying and managing a telecommunications network.…
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American Express OPEN: Mobile Application Strategy
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Client: American Express OPEN Small Business Network Project scope: Create a comprehensive mobile application strategy and concept to connect consumers to small businesses in their neighborhood. Concept: The American Express Small Business Network Concierge is an application designed to foster a connection between consumers and the small business around them. This application highlights what makes each…
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Movies in Bryant Park are.. Psycho!
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Summer is here, and with it come outdoor movies. There are outdoor cinemas all over NYC, and one of the more prominent ones is the Monday Night Movie in Bryant Park, smak in the middle of Midtown Manhattan. Although I didn’t stay for the entire presentation of Alfred Hitchcocks’s “Psycho” last night, I had a…
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Notes from Mobile Monday NY – June
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A few brief notes from tonight’s Mobile Monday talk, at the New York Times Center. Best practices in mobile media consumption Asish Patel, Head of Social Media at VICE Media Favorite app is Twitter. With native applications, the key factor is providing a utility that can’t be found elsewhere, such as on the mobile Web.…
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Biking to Piermont
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A Saturday ride is always nice. This past Saturday I biked with friends up to Piermont, NY. About 50 miles round trip. And yes, I was wearing my Gran Fondo NY jersey. It’s actually the only biking jersey I own right now.
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Infographic: Spaceships to Scale
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Thanks to Science journalist Ananyo Bhattacharya for this awesome infographic of past, current and future space vehicles, drawn to scale. Found via BoingBoing. Cool – got call out from @BoingBoing http://t.co/nFlBuHsR << Je suis arrivé (ht @BL_Owens) — Ananyo Bhattacharya (@Ananyo) June 19, 2012
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Good Evening, Lower Manhattan
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Welcome to my evening view from the Prince Building on Broadway x Prince, looking south to lower Manhattan. Images taken with my iPhone 4, and edited in Adobe Photoshop CS5 – I used the “Photomerge” automation and then content aware fill features, which are very well demonstrated in this video: IceflowStudios : Photoshop CS5: My…
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Enhanced iOS 6 Geofencing with Find my Friends and 3rd Party Apps
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With Apple’s announcement of all of the great new features in iOS 6, there’s a newfound potential for even more pervasive Geofencing functionality. Previously, I wrote about how to set up geofencing in iOS 5 – and mentioned that it integrates seamlessly into both calendar and tasks. Now, there seems to be a few hints…
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Competing in the HITS Hunter Mountain Olympic Triathlon
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This weekend I went up to Hunter Mountain with friends Rachel and Jay to compete in the HITS Hunter Mountain Triathlon. Jay and I did the olympic length tri, and Rachel did the sprint length. A bit of media during the weekend: Results (PDF): Hunter Mountain Overall Olympic Results June 9, 2012 Place 54 Bib…