Archive for the ‘sites i like’ Category
Listening past the Snap, Crackle and Pop
Muttmutt writes :
Both Slashdot and Wired recently reported on a guy who’s been digitizing his collection of more than 6,500 78 RPM records. I decided to check it out for myself and discovered a lost world of wonderful music that hasn’t seen the light of day in decades.
Filed under culture, hack, sites i like, technology : Comments (2) : Aug 16th, 2008
Twitter is down. again.
Twitter got you down? More excited about the twitter crash than the iPhone at WWDC? Here’s your shirt :
This is an experiment in demand-based sales. If (and only if) 100 people order the shirt, I will print it and ship it (for free!). If the market speaks and says “no thanks” then we all just walk away.
Benefit for you : at $15 shipped, this is a bargain
Benefit for me : no fear of sitting on a crate of unsold shirts
Benefit for us : we’re all promoters of the product. Use the widget below to order, then add it to your favorite social blog-o-webs to track progress and find more buyers. The quicker we hit 100, the quicker we all get shirts!
Filed under sites i like, technology : Comments (2) : Jun 9th, 2008
Bookmark this : mypunchbowl
Do you have friends?
Do you ever plan events with said friends?
If you answered “yes” to both, bookmark this right now : mypunchbowl.com
Many have come before it to make party invites easy and fun. These have all failed. Until now.
This site has the best user interface (web2.0, naturally), just enough customization, and it’s dead-simple to use (for both the inviter and the invitee). What’s more, it focuses on the full party life cycle : planning, preparation, and postmortem. Oh, and did I mention it’s free?
Bookmark this now, because in exactly 9 weeks you’ll have a party to plan and you’ll forget about this post by then. Embrace the web2.0 goodness.
Filed under culture, sites i like, technology : Comments (1) : Jun 4th, 2008
A N I M O T O is A M A Z I N G
In the last 24 hours, I’ve fallen in love with animoto. So much so, I’ve actually paid to get the unlimited service (you can make 30 second videos for free, or spend $30 and get unlimited videos for a year).
What a refreshing take on the boring old photo slide show. This blows the favored Ken Burns effect right out of the water. I’ll never make my friends/family sit through a boring iPhoto slide show again!
Here’s another one I put together.
Now what we need is Yahoo! to swoop in, purchase animoto, and roll it into their Flickr offering. (I would be shocked if Google & Yahoo aren’t already in talks to purchase this little upstart!)
Filed under sites i like, technology : Comments (4) : Mar 21st, 2008
Bucketworks : exercise club for your brain
I just got back from a great work event at a local Milwaukee business called bucketworks. For anyone in the area, I highly suggest that you check it out. I’d been there a few times before and had mixed feelings, but this time was much different. We did a team-building/values-describing/creativity-incubating set of activities with the bucketworks founder. It was the sort of stuff that we very rarely do at work, but the sort of stuff that I really enjoy.
I’m going to start hanging around the place more often to get inspired and motivated to make some of my entrepreneurial experiments grow. Check out their website (which, by the way, could use some modernization) and let me know what you think. And if you’re local, come check it out with me. I promise, it’s cool.
Filed under culture, sites i like, work : Comments (2) : Jun 13th, 2007
The Burg
In yet another installment of I-love-the-internet-and-its-transformative-impact-on-the-arts-and-culture, I wanted to share an internet TV show that I’m really enjoying: The Burg.
I’m impressed by the level of writing and video production for the no-budget show. It’s not as polished as its professionally produced competitors, but in no way does this detract from the experience. It reminds me of another low-budget show that actually made it to cable, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Only better.
As a proud disowner of a television (translation: I don’t have a TV), I get all my video entertainment down the tubes of the internet. This arrangement has been working out quite well for me, and I’m pleased to report that I watch far less television than I did when I had a boob-tube. Between Comedy Central’s Daily Show clips, iTunes downloads, and internet TV like The Burg (oh, and the less-than-legal stuff), my media needs are met.
And my bank account appreciates the $2000 I’m not spending on an HDTV and the $600 I’m not spending on cable each year. Bonus.
Filed under culture, sites i like : Comments (0) : Feb 4th, 2007
For super-nerds only
Here is a video of, by, and for super-nerds like myself. It is nothing short of artistic genius.
This is my current favorite youtube video of 2007. Let’s see if anything else can take the top rank in the next 11 months.
Filed under culture, sites i like : Comments (0) : Jan 23rd, 2007
This is why I love the internet
Consider: By what means could this artist share his works 15 years ago? How many people would have seen it? The internet loves art!
Filed under culture, sites i like : Comments (0) : Nov 30th, 2006
