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new-aesthetic: How Google Will Use Balloons to Deliver Internet...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:40:17 -0400

How Google Will Use Balloons to Deliver Internet to the Hinterlands

“By early 2012, the experiment had gained status of a genuine Google X project. It also had a new leader. DeVaul, preferring to work on tech rather than management, helped hire a project leader, Mike Cassidy, a top search engineer who had started multiple companies before joining Google. Cassidy built up the team with network engineers, mapping specialists, energy experts, and ex-military operatives who were stunningly good at recovering downed payloads in wilderness terrain. (When balloons would go down, the payload would separate and glide earthward by parachute. Civilians stumbling on the scary-looking package would see a non-branded message reading HARMLESS SCIENCE EXPERIMENT, and a promise of a reward for those who called a number to return it.) When it became clear that Google needed many more balloons that its small team was able to hand-craft, Cassidy began a fruitful collaboration with Raven Aerostar, the company that makes weather balloons for NASA and created the monster bubble that took Felix Baumgartner into near space for his record leap earthward.”

Iggy Pop in the East Village. Outrageous

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:20:18 -0400

Iggy Pop in the East Village. Outrageous

“There are a thousand no’s for every yes.” -...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:40:16 -0400

“There are a thousand no’s for every yes.” - Apple’s New Design Manifesto

An old gentleman, quiet and introspective, is changed entirely...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:20:18 -0400

An old gentleman, quiet and introspective, is changed entirely when he hears his favorite music again.

A stunning proof of how fundamental music and human culture is to our identity and sense of well-being.

WHY NOT SEND YOUR TWEET BY CARRIER PIGEON? GET IT? BIRDS....

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:44:47 -0400

WHY NOT SEND YOUR TWEET BY CARRIER PIGEON?

GET IT?

BIRDS. TWITTER. TWEETS. FLY. TWEET TWEET.

John Masefield’s Sea Fever was my grandmother’s...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:23:45 -0400

John Masefield’s Sea Fever was my grandmother’s favorite poem. So I recently gathered some shots of her hometown - Newport, Rhode Island - and layered over the verse.

Like the sea and shore could recite the poetry for itself.

boatporn: Favorite Places. A home for your imagination.

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:22:00 -0400

boatporn:

Favorite Places.

A home for your imagination.

The Next Big Thing might be your past. Here your Foursquare...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:57:16 -0400

The Next Big Thing might be your past. Here your Foursquare history rendered as a stunning “time machine” animation and infographic.

We’ve seen this before, but this data viz is from the Foursquare office itself and it shows. Really rich illustration and seamless playback.

Not sure what it does for Samsung though, apart from suggesting that mobile tech elite should think more about Samsung.

"Facebook’s first data center ran into problems of a distinctly ironic nature when a literal cloud..."

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:40:19 -0400

“

Facebook’s first data center ran into problems of a distinctly ironic nature when a literal cloud formed in the IT room and started to rain on servers.

Though Facebook has previously hinted at this via references to a “humidity event” within its first data center in Prineville, Oregon, the social network’s infrastructure king Jay Parikh told The Reg on Thursday that, for a few minutes in Summer, 2011, Facebook’s data center contained two clouds: one powered the social network, the other poured water on it.

“I got a call, ‘Jay, there’s a cloud in the data center’,” Parikh says. “‘What do you mean, outside?’. ‘No, inside’.”

There was panic.

“It was raining in the datacenter,” he explains.

”

- Facebook’s first data center DRENCHED by ACTUAL CLOUD • The Register (via new-aesthetic)

revoltfactory: Vine Passes Instagram In Total Twitter...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:20:22 -0400

revoltfactory:

Vine Passes Instagram In Total Twitter Shares

It’s the first time Vine links have surpassed Instagram links on Twitter. Happened the day after Vine was released on Android.

(via marketingland)

unionmetrics: unwrapping: Anatomy of a Tumblr post on the...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:40:28 -0400

unionmetrics:

unwrapping:

Anatomy of a Tumblr post on the desktop dashboard.

Fantastic basic tutorial for the Tumblr uninitiated

salmosalar: They sound lost. I must go down to the seas...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:20:30 -0400

salmosalar:

They sound lost.

I must go down to the seas again.

Social media content flows reveal the politics of...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:12:14 -0400

Social media content flows reveal the politics of sharing.

Instagram is right in the middle, pushing out in all directions. Poor Google+ meanwhile…

prostheticknowledge: Can You Like This? Fun little piece of...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:40:18 -0400

prostheticknowledge:

Can You Like This?

Fun little piece of net-art / minimalist gaming from MAADONNA (aka Emilio Gomariz @ Kim Asendorf).

Can you manage to click the Facebook Like button?

Try for yourself here

Like it.

zackdoesletterpress: Working on some social icons for the Print...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:20:19 -0400

zackdoesletterpress:

Working on some social icons for the Print & Press website

khyoon: Lego: 55 Years Of The Brick Originally used for...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:40:15 -0400

khyoon:

Lego: 55 Years Of The Brick

Originally used for Lego’s Facebook page, these light brain teasers celebrate narrative and imagination - corner bricks for the brand.

yoannmichaux: Vespa. Stop for nothing. Vespa Ads by Saatchi...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:20:32 -0400

yoannmichaux:

Vespa. Stop for nothing. Vespa Ads by Saatchi & Saatchi

Live more adventurously.

karenhurley: How will you spend your last 10 years?The average...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:40:25 -0400

karenhurley:

How will you spend your last 10 years?
The average Canadian will spend their last ten years in sickness. Change your future now.

Advertising Agency: Lowe Roche, Toronto, Canada Via

ad-dict: Smart Ideas for Smarter Cities via My Guerilla...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:20:27 -0400

ad-dict:

Smart Ideas for Smarter Cities

via My Guerilla Marketing and Bloguerrilla

text-mode: via sakrecoer:

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:40:20 -0400

text-mode:

via sakrecoer: