Month: December 2008

Compiz future

If we are to have a healthy development environment, and any hope of bringing Compiz out of a constant alpha-stage, we need to have clear development goals and a way to cooperate. Before somebody puts 6+ months of development into their work then present it as a final solution.

for some reason, desktop linux continues to be total FAIL. maybe all that effort would be better spent making browsers better.

Infrastructure and Flow

Maps of infrastructure visualize what it’s possible for people to do. Maps of flow show what they actually do. The 2 may diverge sharply. The distinction between maps of infrastructure and maps of flow matters to me because I think it can help explain certain misconceptions and misunderstandings about our connected world. My contention is that we tend to assume more connections than actually exist. We see a map of infrastructure that shows it’s possible to fly from Antananarivo to Albania and assume, on an unconscious level, that the connection is routine, frequent, common.

2015-08-27: Interactive globe with trade as little dots of light.

VE Santa

wherein MS tries second life style fail.

You’ve all seen the NORAD Santa Tracker and while that’s been fun over the years, well, it has gotten a bit stale. So, a few of us here in the Virtual Earth Product Group decided it was time to spice things up and build a more immersive 3D tracking mechanism for Santa and his reindeer. Not only that, but we went ahead and recreated a 3D version of Santa’s Village at The North Pole.