Seedling →
Seedling is a gallery of great online writing, curated by real people.Technology, UI and web design, writing, social networking, and other categories. I'm tickled to be following a few of these already, and my RSS feed subscription count just doubled.
CNN's 10 Biggest Tech 'Fails' of 2010 →
Apple, Microsoft's Kin, privacy, and Facebook.
CNN's 10 Biggest Tech Trends of 2010 →
Apple, motion, privacy, and Facebook.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
Beyond C.S.I.: The Rise of Computational Forensics →
A brief look at the intersection of computers and crime-fighting, and how are perception of computational forensics as scientific is often wrong.
Spacecraft Saw ULF Radio Emissions over Haiti before Quake →
The implications are interesting. Athanasiou and co say: "The results of this paper clearly indicate that ULF electromagnetic waves can be very useful in revealing possible precursor seismic phenomena."
Information systems need to have information in order to run, but information underrepresents reality. [They are] based on [a] philosophical mistake…the belief that computers can presently represent human thought or human relationships. These are things computers cannot currently do.
— Jaron Lanier, You Are Not a Gadget
Verizon Strikes Out in Smartphones →
Interesting little graph in a nice article about Verizon and the iPhone. And make sure to note that's just the iPhone, not the other phones AT&T sells.
Visualizing Facebook →
This is fantastic; I love data visualization. Check out the article for details on how it was done.
Google TV Faces Delays Amid Poor Reviews →
The biggest promise of Internet television — the ability to watch any show or movie at any time, streamed over the Web — is far from reality with Google TV. People can pay to watch shows or movies on demand using Netflix or Amazon on Google TV, and can watch regular TV programming. The major networks, though, are not providing shows on Google TV, and NBC, CBS, ABC and Hulu have blocked people from watching full-length shows on their Web sites using Google TV.
And now Google is asking partners to delay introducing their versions.