Using Social Media to Make Your Life Better
Interesting article in USA Weekend about using online channels to “make your life better.” For the most part the sites mentioned are already well-known, but there are some other social networks tailored for specific interests and needs that are worth checking out.
The tweet life: Using social media to make your life better | USA WEEKEND | usaweekend.com.
Quote of the Day
“Just build something that you’d want to use today, not something you think people could use somehow.” – Paul Graham
via Startup Quote
End of the Road for Kodachrome
Most of my young life is recorded on Kodachrome film. My dad, thankfully, captured most of his kids’ lives on one of several cameras (like me, he was a gadget guy, too) but, regrettably, not on video.
Having the moments of the last several years digitally captured and stored is great — for now. In time I think all these photos and videos I have amassed will somehow not endure as well as those old photos from my childhood. Hard drive failures (which I’ve lived through a few times), corrupt files and a host of other modern hazards of storing life digitally can sometimes not always be the best substitute for the so-called outdated technologies that, in essence, were working perfectly fine.
For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas – NYTimes.com.
Suite 101 Archive: ‘Internet Censorship in Australia’
A while ago I did some writing for Suite 101, mostly as an exercise in research and writing for the Web. Here’s a snippet from a piece I wrote back in April, 2010 on Internet filtering in Australia:
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has created a blacklist of websites hosted outside of Australia that contain what it considers to be objectionable material not suitable for viewing. The ACMA calls this material “Refused Classification” (RC) and defines it depictions of child sexual abuse imagery, bestiality, sexual violence, detailed instruction in crime, violence or drug use and/or material that advocates the doing of a terrorist act.
Read the rest here.
The Designer-Client Relationship in the “Real” World
At one point or another I’d wager that both designer and client have been in one (or more) of these situations.
