Building Our Dream Home with Google

[ 8.4.08 ] by Sam

As soon as my boyfriend and I closed on our new house and we started talking and dreaming about what we wanted to do with our fixer-upper and then we started talking about what work we need to do…and let’s just say dreaming was a lot more fun. Right now our to-do list is a bit daunting (we both nearly cried) and we know that the sooner we start checking some stuff off, the better the list will look. In combination of my OOD (Overly Organized Disorder) and my love of Google products, we’re using everything Google to project manage our renovation.

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Cool use of Wii remotes

[ 7.31.08 ] by Doug

The Pixel Project developed an interactive table combining the Papervision3D and WiiFlash libraries for the Liliesleaf Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa. WiiFlash lets you hook up a Wii remote (and now the Balance Board) to a PC/Mac using its Bluetooth interface.

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An Event Apart Boston via tag cloud

[ 6.30.08 ] by Jennifer

An Event Apart Boston was a good time for designers and developers alike. According to my notes, there was much talk of users and search…

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Dancing: why the web is awesome…

[ 6.26.08 ] by Jamie

This speaks for itself. Enjoy.

More videos like this one on Matt Harding’s Website.

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Meanwhile, in Japan…

[ 6.17.08 ] by Jamie

What do you get when you cross graffiti, web chat, YouTube, anime, and karaoke? Something weird and wonderful called Nico Nico Douga.

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Web Video: behold the message, not the medium

[ 6.17.08 ] by Jamie

At some point, web video technology and functionality will find some equilibrium point in terms of how it works, what it does, how ads are served…And when that happens, it’s the message that will count, not the medium.

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So long, reunions? Hello, Facebook?

[ 6.13.08 ] by Julie

Will social networking apps like Facebook really “kill the college reunion”? Or will the innate human desire to see your ex-boyfriend in person with his spouse and kids (yikes!) live on?

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Not Apples to Apples

[ 5.19.08 ] by Kristina

Ever wish you could cross a simple kitchen tool with an iconic portable music player? Yeah, me neither. Say hello to the iTimer.

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Instant subdomains with Apache and mod_rewrite

[ 5.14.08 ] by Doug

I thought I would share a technique we use here at Tierra for instantly creating subdomains on our development servers without having to touch the Apache config files or restarting Apache. This is useful for quick projects or per developer sandboxes on a project.

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Touch me, I’m a website

[ 5.9.08 ] by Jamie

What happens when websites become touch-sensitive? Get ready to design, develop, and QA in a whole new way.

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