Open Intellectual Property

thebroadcaster: BitCoin – the world’s first decentralized,...

Tue, 24 May 2011 10:37:57 -0400

BitCoin – the world’s first decentralized, open-source digital currency.

via curiositycounts

"Members of the class of 2011 are facing an anemic job market as the national unemployment rate..."

Tue, 17 May 2011 17:04:29 -0400

“Members of the class of 2011 are facing an anemic job market as the national unemployment rate hovers around 9 percent. Here are some of the ways graduating seniors are getting a leg up:
-Applying at places they happen to walk by and get a good feeling about
-Getting the phone numbers of the 500 biggest companies in the United States; calling them and screaming, “ARE YOU HIRING?”
-Practicing handshake with boss doll at home
-Packaging resumé with a free iTunes download
-Lurking at Chinese lunch buffet to find out what people with jobs talk about
-Putting up “Josh Needs Work” fliers in their area and expecting support, not laughter, you guys
-Googling “How to get a job”
-Comping extra slice of cheese on sandwich of anyone who looks as if they might be hiring”

- Job searches are abound… this might be a bit too true (via The Onion)

the-whole: msnbc: New York Times had to stop the presses -...

Thu, 05 May 2011 11:05:04 -0400

the-whole:

msnbc:

New York Times had to stop the presses - literally - when the Osama news broke. This is what their homepage was going to be before they received word of the president’s announcement.

Photo: Nick Bilton/Flickr via mediabistro

I kinda understand why the NYT had to stop the presses. It was not the only paper. The Oklahoman also scrambled to get Osama’s death on the front.

But I had a chat with a colleague and he posed this question:

What good did it do - business wise - for newspapers, especially local ones, to stop the presses? What extra value could local papers have added?

Good question.

chenalexander: Charting the Beatles. Almost looks like guitar...

Wed, 04 May 2011 21:42:18 -0400

chenalexander:

Charting the Beatles.

Almost looks like guitar tabs…

joshsternberg: LEGO: Star Wars May the 4th be with you.

Wed, 04 May 2011 21:29:08 -0400

joshsternberg:

LEGO: Star Wars

May the 4th be with you.

jaketbrooks: Another strong interactive over at the...

Wed, 04 May 2011 15:03:05 -0400

jaketbrooks:

Another strong interactive over at the Times.

Things about it I love:

1) How quickly they were able to collect the information, build the interactive and launch it after the news broke.

2) It includes the names of the people who conceived of it and built it, Aron Pilhofer and Jon Huang.

3) Perfect example of how good things can come of creating an environment where journalists and developers can collaboratively innovate.

Beyond its creation, I’m incredibly interested in the business behind the interactives. What is their traffic like? Is the ad sales department given enough lead time to sell against them? Do they draw a higher CPM? I could see an entire micro-industry inside the Times popping up around them.

Think about it. A specialized ad sales person could create unique relationships with advertisers based on their desire to be placed adjacent to an interactive vs. an ordinary article. Not only do the numbers bear out—potentially higher traffic, longer time spent on the page, likelihood of it going viral is higher—but the quality of the thing is higher. It gives advertisers the opportunity to position their brands next to something that is truly unique and innovative, something that is different from anything they could find elsewhere.

wnycradiolab: Jell-o cubes bouncing at 6200 frames per second. ...

Wed, 04 May 2011 11:00:25 -0400

wnycradiolab:

Jell-o cubes bouncing at 6200 frames per second. Forget everything you thought you knew about gelatin desserts.

(via the always-informative Metafilter)

Butterfly in the sky...I can go twice as high

Wed, 04 May 2011 10:59:05 -0400

world-shaker:

This song is now

Stuck in your head

For the rest of the daaayyyy

mindworker:

Tue, 03 May 2011 17:00:06 -0400

mindworker:

rachelsterne: GigaOm on NYC as a Platform So does this make it...

Tue, 03 May 2011 16:20:01 -0400

rachelsterne:

GigaOm on NYC as a Platform

So does this make it an open source city?

This is not helping my data and...

Tue, 03 May 2011 16:10:36 -0400

This is not helping my data and data visualization addictions…

futurejournalismproject:

MIT’s SENSEable City Lab maps collected data across Singapore.

Via the Lab:

The digital revolution has layered a vast system of cameras, communication devices, microcontrollers and sensors over our environment, enabling entirely new ways to imagine, monitor, and understand our cities. These systems have a value that goes beyond their original purpose: the digital exhaust of cellular networks reveals social and economic patterns, tracking systems highlight global material flows, and digitally managed transportation fleets address a city’s mobility. Taken together, the impact of digital networks on cities will be as significant as any past human undertaking.

We noted the project in early April so a backgrounder can be read here

Run Time: 1:50.

good: Armed with our bikes, our bus passes, our carpools, and...

Tue, 03 May 2011 15:57:15 -0400

good:

Armed with our bikes, our bus passes, our carpools, and our plain old feet, GOOD staffers are attempting to make it a full four weeks keeping our personal car use to a minimum. (GOOD developer Ben Callaway, for instance, has pledged to not drive to work more than once for the whole month.) If you know Los Angeles, with its sprawl and its dearth of public transportation, you know this is going to be hard. But that’s why we call it a challenge.

As usual, consider The GOOD Challenge an opportunity to experiment with changes in your own community. It might not change your life, but it will definitely change your month.

The GOOD Challenge: Stop Driving So Damn Much - Culture - GOOD

Simple, to the point, effective. Perfect.

weandthecolor: Alpha Bike concept “The Alpha Bike, designed by...

Tue, 03 May 2011 12:21:38 -0400

weandthecolor:

Alpha Bike concept

“The Alpha Bike, designed by a group of engineering students, contains an entirely internal drivetrain that allows riders to switch between fixed-gear and multi-gear setups. The simple switch is enabled by an electronically controlled clutch, part of the Switchable Integrated Free-Fixed Transmission (SWIFT), discreetly hidden in the bike’s frame.” read more here.

More concept design inspiration.

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austinkleon: NYTimes illustrations by Tom Gauld I wish Tom did...

Tue, 03 May 2011 12:21:08 -0400

austinkleon:

NYTimes illustrations by Tom Gauld

I wish Tom did a daily strip of these.

gluttonousadvert: Defendius Labyrinth Door Chain Designed by:...

Mon, 02 May 2011 18:00:06 -0400

gluttonousadvert:

Defendius Labyrinth Door Chain

Designed by: Art Lebedev Studio

thebroadcaster: Moat is a search engine for banner ads. Pull up...

Mon, 02 May 2011 13:00:05 -0400

thebroadcaster:

Moat is a search engine for banner ads. Pull up all of the banners for hundreds of brands, and see all of their mechanical details at well. Awesome research tool.

Some benefits

Transparency - Ads are transient; viewable one second and gone the next. Moat Ad Search provides a single location to easily find ads running on the Web.

Media Insights - Whether you’re an advertiser, a publisher or an agency, it’s helpful to understand what ads are running where as you formulate your own campaigns.

Showcasing - Creative agencies need a forum to demonstrate the innovative work
theyhave done.

Business Development - If your website is selling advertising, you need to know which advertisers are buying and where they are running.

Initial reaction was: who wants to see more banner ads? But after some review, it’s a pretty cool tool

sunfoundation: Bike sharing facilitated White House rally Last...

Mon, 02 May 2011 12:02:01 -0400

sunfoundation:

Bike sharing facilitated White House rally

Last night, crowds gathered at the White House to celebrate the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed by US forces. Capital Bikeshare played a significant role in getting people there quickly.

Photo

Mon, 02 May 2011 12:01:31 -0400

world-shaker: theatlantic: nprfreshair: This stunning 360...

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:44:32 -0400

world-shaker:

theatlantic:

nprfreshair:

This stunning 360 degree panorama of the night sky was stitched together from 37,000 images by a first-time astrophotographer.

Wow.

This is awesome.

Not awesome like, “Oh hey, the McDonalds drive thru guy actually gave me enough ketchup this time” awesome, but “This is the freakin’ galaxy, of which we’re a tiny speck of dust on another tiny speck of dust, and it’s in an composite of 37,000 photos that one man took and stitched together” awesome.

That kind of awesome.

curiositycounts: Magnificent detailed map of the Land of...

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:27:48 -0400

curiositycounts:

Magnificent detailed map of the Land of Knowledge by Marian Bantjes, reminiscent of this 1977 German map of the Empire of Love