December 2007
84 posts
“You believe in freedom of speech, until someone says something that offends you....”
– 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2007.
Number 9: You.
Five Short Video Game Industry Keynotes →
“You probably don’t understand the kids that make up the bulk of our audience, but I do. I call them the network MySpace remix 3.0 social generation… YouTube is the perfect example of whatever point it is I’m making.”
Pratchett announces he has Alzheimer's →
Terry Pratchett is suffering from a rare form of early onset Alzheimer’s :-(
Secret Websites, Coded Messages: The New World of... →
Sam & Max (Nearly) Save Christmas →
The Power of Christmas compels you…!
WatchJulia Sweeney: “Letting Go of God” (an excerpt)
Gamasutra's Best Of 2007:
Top 5 Most Significant... →
The Human Calendar →
End world hunger while increasing your vocabulary →
How to make a giant octopus oozing out of a... →
30 Usability issues to be aware of →
An A to Z of Big Ideas! →
One idea for every letter. Off to a smashing start. Maintained by GOOD Magazine.
Quality reduced file size in Mac OS X Preview →
Use different Quartz filters to get a tiered reduction in filesize when compressing PDF-files in OS X.
DOPPLR →
Dopplr tracks friends & co-workers across land, sea and air. Let’s people keep up with where you are and may even lead to dinner with a friend in that random country you both happen to be in. Cool idea for globetrotters.
Gummy Awards: Best Album of 2007 →
Stereogum.com’s readers’ compiled tastes. Will have to check out some of these. Glad to see some of my record collection in the top 10 already.
World of Datecraft →
It’s got some sort of weird potential I suppose. I certainly know people who’ve gotten together through WoW, so it’s perfectly possible.
Can’t help thinking, however, that if I’d spent even a fifth of the time I’ve spent in WoW working on my love life instead, I’d be married with children by now.
Till Facebooks försvar →
Internetworld’s gästkrönikör tar sig an anti-Facebook propagandan. [Swedish]
“The more easily you can talk about a user interface, the more easily you can...”
– Russell Beattie
The word "weblog" celebrates the 10th anniversary →
The word “weblog” celebrates the 10th anniversary
Why 2008 Will Be An Awesome Year For Movies →
Long list of interesting movies due ‘08.
“Fans of bishōnen albinos will be thrilled.”
– GayGamer.net’s response to the tidbit that the Castlevania movie will feature a naked male protagonist; Alucard. To whit: “Because girls and gay men need fan service too.”
“Tongues continue to wag concerning Wayne’s longtime habit of keeping...”
– Bruce Wayne is #8 on Forbes’ Top 15 Fictional People of 2007.
10 Ways To Get Design Approval →
A lengthy list of self-references and in-jokes in... →
(with pictures)
WatchBarry Schwartz: The paradox of choice at TED
Killing Some Bad Layout Conventions →
by Andy Rutledge
