Stellar
I have two Stellar invites if anyone is interested. Let me know in comments.
Update:Michael has one invite left.
Update: All gone.
Telex — ‘A radical new approach to thwarting Internet censorship would essentially turn the whole web into a proxy server’
Telex is a proof of concept that would harness multiple servers outside restrictive countries that would make it harder, or impossible, for governments to block access to specific websites.
“This has the potential to shift the arms race regarding censorship to be in favor of free and open communication,” said J. Alex Halderman, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at U-M and one of Telex’s developers.
“The Internet has the ability to catalyze change by empowering people through information and communication services. Repressive governments have responded by aggressively filtering it. If we can find ways to keep those channels open, we can give more people the ability to take part in free speech and access to information.”
windoodles
Friend of clusterflock Garrett Miller’s got himself a new endeavor.
Interview with an Ubu
The mainstream art world knows nothing of Ubu. Why would they be interested? Ubu is intended for people who don’t have access to the centres of urban culture and all the riches they offer. We often receive emails from people living in rural, isolated or suburban areas whose only line to the outside world is a web connection. For them, Ubu is an open-source museum and offers a full education on a type of culture that is unavailable, say, in their local mall or library. The museum world, although claiming to be interested in education, only serves those who can afford to come to them, a privileged class. Ubu is free and embracing of everyone, regardless of their geographic location or income.
The Blogfather
Matt Haughey gets profiled in a local Portland rag:
“Interesting stuff” is Haughey’s trade. It started in 1999, when he posted a link on his blog to a website where people were posting pictures of their cats. It sounds like nothing in 2011, but in 1999, this was pretty monumental. Then a 26-year-old Web designer living in California, Haughey had to code all the software so he could “blog” in the first place. He had to design the front page, and find enough people who knew what a blog was to read it and join in. To do that, he had to create blog comments. In the first year, about 12 others signed up to his project—which he called “MetaFilter.”
There are some clear parallels to our modest blog: troll free comments sections, for one.
density and difference
Mule Design Studio compares Twitter and Google+ designs.
on attribution and credit
Regardless of context, John Gruber speaks the truth:
Why do we put bylines on stories in the first place? Because writers deserve credit, obviously. But bylines also serve the reader. All work is better when it is signed by its creators. Edward Tufte says:
Agencies, departments, and organizations don’t do things — people do things. People’s names should be on things to foster both accountability and pride.
Dear Photograph
Dear Photograph is a tumblr that asks you to
take a picture of a picture from the past in the present.
(thanks, Teresa)
So you have an awesome idea for a website…
It takes a while to parse, but it’s completely spot on.
Broadcasting the Indy 500
Fourteen years ago a group that included Amy, Patrick, Espen (the designer of the first version of the site), and me broadcast the 81st Indianapolis 500 on the web. We built sites commemorating the history and the cars, provided a place for information about the Indy Racing League, and streamed a very small, very pixelated feed of the race, live, as well as constantly updated telemetrics about each car. My recollection is it was one of the first, if not the first, live video feeds on the internet. It felt good to be part of that group, to make the weekend happen. The internet felt transformative then, full of potential. It still does.
If you want this, I hate you.
for the sports fans
The editors of Longform create a sports centered site, Sportsfeat.
I can’t stop playing with it
Otomata lets you set a few variables, press play, and listen to the beautiful (sometimes) sounds that come out. It’s minimalist composition for the musically challenged.
If you make a composition you like, you can save it as a link. Here are a few I made that I like.
Also, I found a way to record them through the system audio on my Mac.
(via kottke)
Dads: The Original Hipsters
from the spam
What a shit. How can you call it a web site?
drawergeeks was so cool
Re: this post on imaginawesome, the now defunct drawergeeks collaboration did a similar thing in 2006.
Svpply is Hiring.
One of my favourite startups of the last year, Svpply, is hiring a bunch of web-developer-y type positions, but also:
Community Director
Boston, MAIdeally you’re already one of our most loyal users, your taste is generally admired, and you possess a keen knack for listening. You’ll be responsible for maintaining all forms of outreach to our community (Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, conferences and panels), for encouraging successful use of our product, for gathering feedback, and generally informing our feature development from the perspective of our users.
Tweet of the day, honorable mention
Specifically, he’s been tweeting gorgeous photos from this collection all afternoon.
Greplin
Greplin aggregates all your social media so you can easily search it. It was made by a nineteen year old.
Maginal Revolution update
One of my favorite, essential, daily reads has moved to WordPress and has been slightly redesigned.
FuckYeahNouns.
Stellar
Stellar helps you discover and keep track of your favorite things online. If you like playing around on Twitter or Flickr, you’ll probably enjoy Stellar. There are a few dozen people using Stellar right now and some of them seem pretty enthusiastic about it, so I’m encouraged to open the site up a bit more.
Update: I’ve got three invites, if you want one. Let me know in comments. All gone. I’ll post again if I get more.
headline of the day
Facebook will soon share users’ phone numbers and addresses with 3rd parties
a website I stumbled on
from the comments
Yes, donkeys have held our affection the longest. Because of donkey fuckers. But, you know, we mustn’t be forever tied to tradition. We need to make way for the new. I’m not sure that any of us even thought about honey badgers when we designated donkeys and goats as official clusterflock animals.
I’m gonna tell you up front, I don’t have the right tools to fix this one. And even if I had the right tools, I can’t promise you that I could fix a problem like this.
