Think of Strobe’s offerings as a way to create an experience that is a blend of HTML5 and native mobile apps. How this works is that an application is developed in HTML5 instead of proprietary formats. It is wrapped in a native app wrapper for, say, the iPhone, but when accessed through a web browser on a PC or any other device, like tablet, it offers the same user experience.
Submitted by alex on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 17:51
Of course, this was all made possible by the Times itself. In spite of all of the travails the news industry has been through, the company is still a beacon of quality, and that’s an enormous help in luring good talent. What’s more, management was unequivocally supportive of my staffing plans from the first, not only by providing me with the open positions and the budget that I needed, but also in allowing me to materially change the environment for how interaction design is practiced at the Times.
Submitted by alex on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 17:29
jayrosen_nyu: The CEO of Seed Media just started blogging at Science Blogs four days ago http://jr.ly/zpph Certainly helps explain: http://bit.ly/cU2jKW Sent with Reeder
Submitted by alex on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 04:45
How does it work?
Submitted by alex on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 07:25
I was caught off guard by an interesting compare/contrast over at snarkmarket. Two quotes from recent books, both disparaging looks at pre-internet life. The author, Tim Carmody, asks if these kinds of feelings are what are driving us to use our cognitive surplus towards creation.
Submitted by alex on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 07:05
MapOSMatic is a free software web service that
allows you to generate maps of cities using
OpenStreetMap data. A city map
is made of two pages:
- The map itself, splitted in squares allowing to easily look for streets;
- An index of the streets with references to the squares on the map.
The generated maps are available in PNG, PDF and
SVG formats and are ready to be printed.
Submitted by alex on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 06:59
Is this one reason why we’re giving up on TV as our primary mode of consuming cognitive surplus? Creating something, even if it’s just a Wikipedia article about Thundercats, seems more meaningful? Or (alternative hypothesis) are people ROFLing at LOLCats mostly drunk?
via snarkmarket.com
Submitted by alex on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 06:43
Beta Q&A site for cooks, chefs, anyone who can make a dish that can objectively be described as "mean
Submitted by alex on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 06:19