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links for 2009-07-22

2009/07/22, Wednesday

links for 2009-07-21

2009/07/21, Tuesday
  • Helveticons

    Royalty-free vector icons, glyphs and symbols based on the Helvetica Bold typeface

  • As new technology is developed, we are constantly reevaluating the place of possessions (such as electronics) in our lives. Times are changing, and what makes our possessions valuable to us no longer depends on the things themselves. More than ever, we value the interactivity of things in our lives.

    Interaction design will undoubtedly keep pace with the development of digital technology, advancing rapidly. But these advances must not overwhelm users. Instead, we must imagine the ideal role of technology in our lives. For digital content to play an enriching role in our lives, we must seek the kind of interaction design that reflects a new value system, one that strikes a chord with our senses and sensibilities.

    Next-generation design development at Sony is focused on creating effective interaction design, tried and tested through rapid prototyping, in order to shape new lifestyles.

  • What's physical X wonderfl?
    wonderfl added "physical computing linkage" feature, through collaboration with the project team at IAMAS lead by Shigeru Kobayashi.
    Physical computing is an area of study that pursue physicalization with hardware devices other than typical personal computer accessory, such as keyboard or mouse.
    Though you may think it's very difficult to build up something with hardware, especially if you don't have experience in electric circuits, we made it easy. We provide you physical computing environment that you can try with light heart.
    For those who have hardware already, wonderfl is a place to make it public and share, and get feedback. For those who don't have hardware, get all information you

links for 2009-07-19

2009/07/19, Sunday

links for 2009-07-16

2009/07/16, Thursday
  • The iPhone is a wonderfully designed device, sporting sleek curves and oozing minimalism. Fortunately, the great design doesn’t need to stop there. Ever since the App Store went live, we’ve seen some incredibly attractive software released for the platform.

    Whether you’re looking for a robotic unit converter, a realistic app for reading novels, or a intuitive Twitter client – this roundup has something for you. Each application puts design first, offering a fantastic user experience.

  • iPhone applications are hotter than ever. So how do these applications stand out and get noticed?

    One great way to do this is by creating a great website design that showcases these applications in the best possible way.

    These sites are usually very focused, professional and clean. You will also notice that there’s usually a video displayed in an iPhone casing that shows how these applications are used.

    In this post we bring you 40 excellent websites designed to showcase iPhone and iPod touch applications.

  • それも、マイケル本人による他のダンサーよりいち早くの抜擢であった。

    夢は叶ったようにも思える。しかし物語はこれからなのだ。

    結局「Kento Mori」はマイケル・ジャクソンと契約する事は出来なかった。
    彼自身もマドンナに直接メールをするなど双方の調整に努力し、これもまた異例の事ではあるがマイケル本人がマドンナ本人に直接電話をし「Kentoを使わせて欲しい」と交渉したが、それすらもマドンナには通用しなかった。マドンナもまた「Kento Mori」を必要としており、マドンナはプロフェッショナルだったという事でもある。彼はマドンナのバックダンサーとして踊るしかない状況となったのである。

    そこで舞い込んだ「キング・オブ・ポップ」マイケル・ジャクソンの訃報。

    マドンナは直前に急遽プログラムを変更しマイケルとマイケルを夢見て生きてきた「Kento Mori」の為にスペシャルプログラムを組んだ。
    マイケル・ジャクソンの扮装をさせ、マイケルの名曲「Billie Jean」や「Wanna Be Startin’ Something」に合わせ、「Kento Mori」にソロダンスを踊らせたのである。

links for 2009-07-15

2009/07/15, Wednesday

links for 2009-07-13

2009/07/13, Monday
  • If you have a hard time crawling out of bed in the morning, it could be that your body is biologically programmed to start the day later.
    Some people who appear to have insomnia are biologically night owls, one expert says.

    Some people who appear to have insomnia are biologically night owls, one expert says.

    Experts say a spectrum of natural sleeping and waking rhythms exists, ranging from extreme morning people to extreme "night owls."

    A new study examines how morning people compare with night owls on a strength test and looks at what other physiological processes may contribute to their performance.

    Researchers tested participants' leg muscle strength at various points in the day. They looked at nine "early birds" and nine "night owls," who were classified as such based on a questionnaire.

    Surprisingly, morning people's strength tends to remain constant throughout the day, but night owls have peak performance in the evening, said researchers from the University of Alberta in Can

  • 電車に間に合うと思って歩いていて、間に合わなかったことはありませんか?
    このアプリは指定した時間に間に合うために現在歩いていなければいけない場所を教えてくれるアプリです。
    まずは必要なデータを計測するために、出発地から目的地まで経路を記録しながら歩いてみます。
    それからはアラームに、目的地に着きたい時間を指定すればデータから逆算して出発しなければいけない時間にアプリが起動します。
    自動起動後は現在の位置と自分が歩いていなければいけない位置を同時に表示(レースゲームのゴーストのように)。
    もし出発が遅れても画面のマークに追いついたらあとは歩いて大丈夫。
    アラームは曜日指定で設定できます。

links for 2009-07-11

2009/07/11, Saturday
  • SlickMap CSS is a simple stylesheet for displaying finished sitemaps directly from HTML unordered list navigation. It’s suitable for most web sites – accommodating up to three levels of page navigation and additional utility links – and can easily be customized to meet your own individual needs, branding, or style preferences.

    The general idea of SlickMap CSS is to streamline the web design process by automating the illustration of sitemaps while at the same time allowing for the predevelopment of functional HTML navigation.
    Features and Benefits

    * Eliminates the need for additional software
    * Easily revised with clients on-the-fly
    * Clickable anchors with visible URLs
    * Design process results in working HTML code

links for 2009-07-10

2009/07/10, Friday
  • Density Design is a research and teaching program. Born as a laboratory course in the final year of the Master Degree in Communication Design at the Politecnico di Milano, it develops into a research group.
    Using complexity as a keyword to understand reality, combining it with a continuous research for information aesthetics and representation, DensityDesign explores the emergent relationships among communication design, information visualization and complex systems.
    It moves in an emergent multidisciplinary field that could be called Space of Actions. Established in September 2004 DensityDesign is a platform for verifying the potential of communication artefacts in helping decision making processes and the Communication Design ability to facilitate dialogues within participatory actions.
  • info viz by Density Design @ Politecnico di Milano
  • Density Design is a research framework and an experimental laboratory, born as a laboratory course in the final year of the Master Degree Course in Communication Design at the Politecnico di Milano.
    Using complexity as a keyword to understand reality, combining it with a continuous research for information aesthetics and representation, DensityDesign explores the emergent relationships among communication design, information visualization and complex systems.
    It moves in an emergent multidisciplinary field that could be called Space of Actions. Established in September 2004 DensityDesign is a platform for verifying the potential of communication artefacts in helping decision making processes and the Communication Design ability to facilitate dialogues within participatory actions.

    The DensityDesign project is currently coordinated by Prof. Paolo Ciuccarelli (Politecnico di Milano - Department of Industrial Design, Arts, Communication and Fashion) and continuously developed trough the

links for 2009-07-09

2009/07/9, Thursday
  • The founding members of the AR Consortium are eight companies whose primary focus is augmented reality, whether technology, tools, applications, solutions, or content. Future members will be invited individuals who are actively involved in pioneering AR research, application, design, and theory. The Consortium will also seek the involvement of Corporations with a vested interest in augmented reality as Associate Members or Sponsors.

    Chairman: Robert Rice, Neogence Enterprises

    President: Ori Inbar, Ogmento

links for 2009-07-08

2009/07/8, Wednesday
  • Your current feed reader is full of unread items. You’re hesitant to subscribe to any more feeds because you can't keep up with your existing subs. Maybe you've even abandoned feeds altogether.

    Fever takes the temperature of your slice of the web and shows you what's hot.

  • KING­desk Web Design has just released wp‐​Typography, a merger and expan­sion of the wp‐​Typogrify and wp‐​Hyphenate Word­Press plu­g­ins and Smar­ty­Pants func­tion­al­ity. It is now a one‐​stop‐​shop for improved web typog­ra­phy in Word­Press. It fea­tures the fol­low­ing capa­bil­i­ties (includ­ing gran­u­lar con­trol):

    * Hyphen­ation
    * Spac­ing con­trol, includ­ing: glu­ing val­ues to units, widow pro­tec­tion, and forced inter­nal wrap­ping of long URLs & email addresses.
    * Intel­li­gent char­ac­ter replace­ment, includ­ing smart han­dling of: quote marks, dashes, ellipses, trade­marks, mul­ti­pli­ca­tion sym­bols, frac­tions, and ordi­nal suf­fixes (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd)
    * CSS hooks for styling: amper­sands (class “amp”), acronyms (class “caps”), num­bers (class “num­bers”), ini­tial sin­gle quotes (class “quo”), and ini­tial dou­ble quotes & guillemets (class “dquo”).

    Please note, this is a first gen­er­a­tion beta. This rep­re­sents a ground‐​up rewrite of man