Sapere Aude
Month: December 2006
For these 2 reasons — the transparency of the HTTP pipeline, and the accessibility of the JavaScript object model — I think that AJAX is inherently more automatable than conventional GUI apps ever have been.
the view source qualities of RESTy interfaces are only slightly impacted by JSON / XMLHTTP, imho. more problematic: the js obfuscation.
their ‘gartner quadrant’ approach to UI is funny
Musicovery API generates the best playlists and recommendations from a mood (calm, happy,…), an artist, a track, a genre/style, a context/activity (for driving, working, partying,…), a theme, a period/year, a location (city, region, country, continent).
Darejunkies is a social networking site that allows users to create and compete in dares with a prize incentive. The site went live today and I was given the first login. It is stoooopid, which means it will probably be a hit.
Go to Darejunkies and you’ll find challenges listed by categories such as dating, embarrassment, food, etc. There are challenges like wrap yourself in peanut butter and go to a dog park, or get your grandma to tell you something embarrassing. Once you find a challenge that you think you can complete in the most amusing way, you accept.
if we get network effects for darwin-award worthy endeavors, populated areas will be so relieved!
is it too much to hope for that we won’t get uninformed views dominating, just like with all the GNR technologies? on the other hand, this might be a watershed moment where the term enters the early adopter phase
those look pretty kick ass. but the graph fallacy probably still applies. and i bet these all involved extensive tweaking
Google Maps, meanwhile, has just removed everything else from the page except for the map and the search box, ensuring no features get in between the user and their mapping experience. Like most Google software, though, features are definitely not going to be added.
funny gmaps critique
What would be more interesting to me is if they can use some of the more sophisticated image-based rendering approaches, especially the idea of plenoptic warping of images — e.g., take a gigipixel sphere and warp it such that it’s image data could be used for a much larger set of POVs with a more correct 3D feel. I doubt they’ll do anything so fancy at first. But there’s plenty of room to grow. My guess is that the first version will show some iconic form of the gigapixel spheres that you can click on and fly “into,” taking over your mouse controls until you click out and back to the Earth. Even with just that much, it’ll make for a good experience if they handle the controls properly.
how the 360 panoramas of old fit into GE from a tech perspective
Seriously, click those images and look at the full-sized versions. They’re remarkably similar. And I’ve checked with our PR group to make sure that this wasn’t just a template that Microsoft gave to all partners. It’s not.
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put your facial hear into a dormant state with LASERS! everything is better with lasers.
A device that uses light to send hair follicles to sleep, making skin smooth for weeks at a time, without shaving or waxing, is being patented by Philips.
strengthening the case for all-you-can-eat music subscription services? me, i don’t bother to buy songs. it’s too much hassle to discover what i like, track it down, buy. never mind the DRM. i just tune into last.fm instead.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 