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poptech: This crazy-looking thing is a new kind of wind turbine...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:24:13 +0100

This crazy-looking thing is a new kind of wind turbine —which happens to produce 600 percent more power than a conventional windmill.

Love it.

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:12:15 +0100

Love it.

parislemon: dbreunig: The evolution of the iPhone...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:24:03 +0100

parislemon:

dbreunig:

The evolution of the iPhone camera

Getting there.

Technology and progress.

"In the next 40 years, we have to produce as much food as we have in the past 8,000."

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:12:16 +0100

“In the next 40 years, we have to produce as much food as we have in the past 8,000.”

- …and six other startling human-footprint facts from the World Wildlife Fund. Yikes. (via poptech)

Global carbon dioxide in atmosphere passes milestone level

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:12:17 +0100

Global carbon dioxide in atmosphere passes milestone level:

Climate warming greenhouse gas reaches 400 parts per million for the first time in human history

The steep ramp on the graph is not good.

Wow.

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:24:17 +0100

Wow.

The End of Fireworks CS

Mon, 06 May 2013 22:12:00 +0100

Surely you saw this coming?

I heard the rumors, but I was exhaling in relief, taking in the news of the launch of Adobe CC packages and working out how much I could get the latest Fireworks for per month, when I saw the first tweets come in about the announcement.

Now before you write me off as another jaded Fireworks fanboy, which maybe I am. I used to use and still do love Photoshop. It was one of the most used and most comfortable pieces of software I have ever used. I knew more keyboard shortcuts than I collectively know for any of my other software.

I even wrote about my experience with moving to Fireworks. Moving over hasn’t been straightforward and I haven’t attained the same oneness and flow that I had with Photoshop. But with that in mind, and this I do share this with the Fireworks evangelists, it was THE tool for web and ui design. Fireworks wins, not Photoshop, unquestionably for me.

I can see where they are coming from

I can see an argument from Adobes point of view in that they cant control the market and push or force designers to use Fireworks. Why would or should they? The market practically dictates that Photoshop is the tool for web designing. That remaining the case, I can see it makes no sense for them to continue to maintain two products with an overlap of feature, fighting for the same customer base.

However…

If I were feeling cynical, and I am. It could be that Fireworks ability to cover many bases made it a target. It enabled easy wireframing, vector and limited bitmap editing, [basic] html and css output.

Adobe thou wants you on the highest tier they can push you to. Take away Fw and you have to start thinking about other specific packages to tackle those tasks. You now need the expensive tier for that.

There was a future where Adobe made THE ultimate web designers tool it may not even have been Fireworks - but evolved from it. Now its likely to be a collection of apps. I dont mind Creative Cloud, its clearly the way forward. But this feels like it was a step backward.

So are you going back to Photoshop?

I still need to do some thinking, but I think Adobe would have to make Muse more Pro focused to give a Fireworks feel and I might be interested in that. I could go back to Photoshop I guess.

Sketch, by Bohemian Coding, is starting to look much more appealing too. I can adjust.

Goodbye Fireworks.

dvdp: Final footage of SS2 in first rocket-powered flight

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:24:09 +0100

dvdp:

Final footage of SS2 in first rocket-powered flight

discoverynews: SpaceShipTwo Aces First Supersonic Rocket...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:24:13 +0100

discoverynews:

SpaceShipTwo Aces First Supersonic Rocket Test

SpaceShipTwo, a six-passenger, two-pilot suborbital spaceship owned by Virgin Galactic, an offshoot of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, fired up its rocket engine for the first time on Monday to successfully complete a 16-second, supersonic test flight Branson called “critical.” Read more

Photo

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:11:42 +0100

That fan…

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:47:17 +0100

That fan…

A Manifesto for the Creative Economy - Nesta

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:12:20 +0100

A Manifesto for the Creative Economy - Nesta :

Nesta promotes innovation in the UK. We help people and organisations bring great ideas to life by providing investments and grants and mobilising research, networks and skills.

Interesting resource regarding Britains Digital Economy, it’s one of few things we excel at on a global stage and this document is encouraging the government to take the digital creative industry more seriously. Download the pdf.

mrdiv: disco_sphere Yes!

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:12:29 +0100

mrdiv:

disco_sphere

Yes!

discoverynews: Introducing Kepler-62: A Star System With Two...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:48:06 +0100

discoverynews:

Introducing Kepler-62: A Star System With Two Earths?

Two Earth-sized planets have been discovered orbiting Kepler-62, a star approximately 1,200 light-years away, inside its habitable zone. Which, quite frankly, is bonkers.

“We’re particularly delighted to find that there are two planets in the habitable zone.” — lead Kepler scientist William Borucki

Read more

"With an entire body at your command, do you seriously think the Future Of Interaction should be a..."

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:24:00 +0100

“With an entire body at your command, do you seriously think the Future Of Interaction should be a single finger?”

- A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design (via timoni)

Fair point…

decodering: The Queen’s stylesheets Brits, take control of the...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:48:16 +0100

decodering:

The Queen’s stylesheets

Brits, take control of the web. Spiffing allows you to write your CSS and stylesheets in conformance to proper British English (also known as correct English) grammar and spelling regulations.

coolerthanbefore: Buick Riviera hidden headlamps.

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:19 +0100

coolerthanbefore:

Buick Riviera hidden headlamps.

itomhiddleston: Back to the future ! 88MPH!

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 01:08:34 +0100

itomhiddleston:

Back to the future !

88MPH!

fastcompany: 5 Ways To Thrive During Marketing’s Seismic Shift...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:12:14 +0100

fastcompany:

5 Ways To Thrive During Marketing’s Seismic Shift To Mobile

During SXSW, major brands convened to discuss how to move forward with mobile. Urban Airship’s Scott Kveton outlines the key trends and strategies that emerged and provides examples of brands adding value via mobile.

What is increasingly clear is that mobile will confound the cookie-cutter campaign creator, bother the bulk emailer, and annoy broad-audience advertisers. Brands that rely on traditional, one-way mass media must completely re-engineer their approach for mobile, because when customers perceive marketing as an interruption, they take immediate action to tune you out.

Find your value in your customers’ lives.

Engage each customer in the key moments of their day.

Deliver value based on location.

Allow customers to personalize their experience to gain relevance.

Don’t sell to your customers: entertain, engage, and delight them.

Read more here.

Embed Vines You can now embed Vines via an button...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:45:00 +0000

Embed Vines

You can now embed Vines via an button below each clip and paste the code into a video post over here on Tumblr. Read more over on the Vine blog.

With Print Theme, I recommend the Simple embed instead of the Postcard to avoid a double border effect.