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Steve Jobs introduces the Mac Mini “It’s very, very, tiny.”
BYODKM.
No more excuses for not switching.
We have Mac Mini’s on our studio desks. The Mac Mini rocks.
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What the heck is unicode?
Remember computers just deal with numbers. Unicode enables a single software product or a single website to be targeted across multiple platforms, languages and countries without re-engineering. It allows data to be transported through many different systems without corruption.
Unicode provides a unique number for every character, no matter what the platform, no matter what the program, no matter what the language.
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Debtris US
A little bit about money in our sphere. We especially like the little dot that represents the OPEC Climate Change Fund.
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directed by: David McCandless
animation by: Miles Tudor, Dom Del Torto
music: Daniel Pemberton
sources: NY Times, The Guardian, BBC
data here: http://bit.ly/debtris
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The true meaning of a campaign. The opportunity for a long term effort and creating the opportunity to be agile and respond to current conditions. Wonderful idea. Creative and disruptive work. Humor. Love it.
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Ice Cube takes us to the Eames House and celebrates their vision and design. The Eames’ are design heroes.
The Eames House, Case Study House #8, was one of roughly two dozen homes built as part of The Case Study House Program.
Read MoreSo google does it for us again today. Now that we have an iPhone 4S we want a way to hook our nifty device to a tripod for time lapse photography. How do we do that without a tripod of some weird thing constructed of rubber bands and cardboard?
Our search discovered this wonderful little device. Funded on Kickstarter and now available to you and best of all me.
Check out all three Glif packages here >
Read MoreWe almost bought one of these.
Then we read the review at FastCompany and now we’re not so sure. We’ll save you from reading the full review. (We found the writing annoying. Don’t publishers use copy editors anymore?)
This product is a reminder of how important it is for products to “just work”. There appear to be too many steps involved to sync the wristband with your phone. Wouldn’t you think it would be effortless? This company has plenty of smart designers it seems they tried to get the product to market too soon.
Here’s how it should work. You wear your wristband all the time, as recommended — when it comes in proximity to your phone a sync is triggered. How do you make it work and conserve battery? Hey that’s what Apple figures out all the time. Jawbone discovered it’s not that easy.
We’ll wait to discover if the next version will address the shortcomings. Hope so because there is so much that is right.
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The Fire is a fiendishly effective shopping portal in the guise of a 7-inch slate.
— Wired.com
We always thought that Amazon should have been giving away the Kindle to get folks hooked. Apparently they finally got that idea into Beta. With the Kindle you got a reader although a clunky device — no elegant industrial design offered. But now you get a sleeker little tablet that really isn’t worth much unless pay $79 a year.
In depth review at Wired.com
We suggest you take a look at the Nook at $249. it does everything you could hope for in a powerful little tablet.
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So, one would wonder why no one has been paying attention to Wallee. This little company has a great little selection of smart little devices that will make you love your iPad even more. This is an image of their wonderful wall mount. It’s so simple it is perfect. You can twist your iPad to be horizontal or vertical. With a simple twist you can remove it from the wall. So, next time you are cooking and want to read a recipe but don’t want the danger of ingredients falling on your iPad get a Wallee wall mount. You can buy additional disks to mount it in multiple locations.
They also make the Pivot; your iPad looks like a mini iMac when attached to the base. The Kick is a smaller stand option. Carry is a nifty minimilast bag. Hand Strap, Headrest, and last but not least, Glove.
The newest product is called Wallee Lock. You can mount an iPad to a wall and secure it from folks with sticky fingers.
The only item not on our wishlist is the Hand Strap. We just don’t have the need. All of the products are under $100. US
If you want to see creative uses check the gallery out here : gallery >
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Really, people are excited about this? How many outlets do you have that aren’t near the floor? PlugBug Charger #design #tech
We think it’s all about it being red.
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