October 2004

Do we repel the idea of making all knowledge available because we are innately afraid of the unknown? (ISIS critics wanting some things to remain private because we “don’t know what would happen if they were made known”)

Phidgets Inc. :: Unique USB Interfaces – add “weight sensing”, or “motion sensing”, or many other capabilities to ANY OTHER PRODUCT through a USB interface…hmm…

Computer sketching

Computer Depiction @ MIT – non-photorealistic (sketch-like) computer rendering; amazing!

FunServices – amazing ambiently-interactive flash elements, lots of fun to discover!

Singlefile book catalog website – design by 37signals, possible partner for UpNext’s books?

‘BentRider Online – with reviews of actually _cool_ recumbents

Carfree.com: City Design Patterns

RSS is dead – Danah Boyd – “Syndication readers are the modern day whack-a-mole.”