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What is the future of the UI?

Mike — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:58:10 +0000

I’m sure most of you have watched Minority Report and thought that the computer interface they use in it is pretty awesome. But have you ever wondered how long it will be until we have a system like that available for the average user?

This talk by John Underkoffler at TED shows that the technology is available today:

9 Funky April Fool’s Day Pranks

Mike — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:16:38 +0000

Here are a handful of some of the cool April Fools Days Pranks I saw today. Enjoy

Dr Peppers Chatroulette cheerleader prank

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This is why Dr Pepper is my soft drink of choice. It is by far the best April fool’s day prank in this year.

xkcd switches to terminal

The web comic xkcd made quite a nifty terminal based website design.

Google UK’s Translate for Animals

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Google always goes all out for their April Fool’s day jokes (In fact most of the Google product team’s done something). This year, I think the UK translate team’s was the most creative and that you can download the application on the Google Translate for Animals website.

Train Signal announces Windows 3.1 is the Future of Computing

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The amount of time and effort that went into this video is crazy! Each time I’ve re-watched it I’ve noticed something new. It’s defiantly worth a watch if you have creative block (or you want to see what Windows 3.1 looks like).

4chan adds Facebook Connect

4chan tweeted that they are introducing 4chan 2.0 (beta), which now includes facebook connect.

Wikipedia’s features “Wife Selling”

Wikipedia featured an article about Wife Selling.

The Guardian reported about “Google Canoodle”

The Guardian reported that Google is mapping British water ways with a canoe. This strangely seems like quite a good idea.

Google Wave’s Human Notifications

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Google Wave announced you can now have Dr Wave, Ashton Kutcher or a Puppy notify you when you have a new wave.

The Independent – Hadron Collider planned for Circle Line

Lastly, The Independent reported that a Hadron Collider was planned for the Circle Line in the London Underground.

Are tags on a blog post a waste of time?

Mike — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:49:04 +0000

I recently received a question regarding why I have taken down the tags on my posts. The reason was because watched a video from google (Also embedded below) which made me wounder how much they are benefiting (and being used by) my users. After a brief test (I watched how many people were using the tag pages) I found that very few users actually were using them.

The best way to summarize what I found would be:

For every 246 human users clicking a link on a page, 1 would be clicking a tag link.

Widget Sets for Socialize This

Mike — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:12:32 +0000

I’ve just finished a quick update on my wordpress plugin Socialize This which increases the functionality of the Widget Sets. If you want to try out a few new Widgets in Socialize This take a look at the Widget Sets page.

Also, if you have made some Widgets and would like them listed on the Widget Sets page, contact me.