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When a client asks for a Klout score..

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:42:29 -0400

thedailywhat: Street Art of the Day: A new Banksy has surfaced...

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:54:01 -0400

Street Art of the Day: A new Banksy has surfaced on the wall of a Poundland shop in London, and it depicts a child of Asian origin hard at work sewing Union Jack bunting. (Embiggen)

Chances are, the location of the work is significant: In 2010, Poundland launched an investigation after it was discovered that a 7-year-old boy was working 100 hours a week in an Indian sweatshop, producing items for the store. A spokeswoman said at the time: “Poundland does not tolerate child labor under any circumstances and will not work with companies that employ children.”

[highsnobriety]

Say NO to Crack, Say YES! to Roller Skating (by RhettandLink)

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:16:38 -0400

Say NO to Crack, Say YES! to Roller Skating (by RhettandLink)

The crew! (Taken with Instagram at The Cardinal)

Sun, 13 May 2012 12:43:21 -0400

The crew! (Taken with Instagram at The Cardinal)

“The Descriptive Camera “takes” pictures like a normal...

Sat, 12 May 2012 12:22:04 -0400

“The Descriptive Camera “takes” pictures like a normal camera, but it doesn’t output pictures, itoutputs written descriptions. How is that possible? There must be a little guy in there or something, right? Actually yes. Kind of.

Component-wise, the Descriptive Camera is relatively unremarkable. The camera is a usb camera and the output is done via a simple thermal printer. Also, there are some buttons and some LEDs to provide you a recognizable taking-a-picture-with-a-camera-experience.

The real meat of the device, though, is Amazon’s Mechanical Turk API. This framework basically allows people to submit Human Intelligence Tasks (HITs) they need real meatbags to complete. The HITs include guidelines and some sort of submission interface for the finished product, along with the price the requester is willing to pay for the completed service. So basically, what the camera does is take a picture, ship it off to the Mechanical Turk API requesting someone to write a description of the picture for $1.25, and then prints that description out. It generally takes around 3-6 minutes for the “film” to “develop,” and there you have it.”

(via Camera Prints Text Descriptions Of The Pictures It Takes | Geekosystem)

whatshouldwecallsocialmedia: WHEN I SEE SOMEONE USE THE WRONG...

Sat, 12 May 2012 11:11:03 -0400

whatshouldwecallsocialmedia:

WHEN I SEE SOMEONE USE THE WRONG FORM OF “YOU’RE” IN A TWEET.

Photo

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:51:27 -0400

Girls Reunion! It begins! (Taken with Instagram at Bread...

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:00:48 -0400

Girls Reunion! It begins! (Taken with Instagram at Bread Tribeca)

this IS crazy: Harvard Baseball 2012 Call Me Maybe Cover (by...

Fri, 11 May 2012 14:35:17 -0400

this IS crazy: Harvard Baseball 2012 Call Me Maybe Cover (by connerhulse)

hehehe

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:28:42 -0400

hehehe

yes, please! now where’s the tutorial? ;) ruemag: This...

Fri, 11 May 2012 12:13:58 -0400

yes, please! now where’s the tutorial? ;)

ruemag:

This sleek chignon is sure to keep summer fly-aways in check.

scottwsparks: This music video for ‘Get By’ by Delta Heavy has...

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:01:39 -0400

scottwsparks:

This music video for ‘Get By’ by Delta Heavy has to be the most creative piece of content I’ve seen all year. I’m now officially a huge fan.

thetuesdayten: A flashback from the 1950s with Art Linkletter...

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:51:01 -0400

thetuesdayten:

A flashback from the 1950s with Art Linkletter and little kids saying some pretty darn hilarious things. Thanks, Meranne :)

thetuesdayten: Feel me - Digital touch and new channels for...

Thu, 10 May 2012 14:39:01 -0400

thetuesdayten:

Feel me - Digital touch and new channels for bit-intimacy.

Feel me, a project from Marco (an interactive designer at IDEO), explores the synchronous and asynchronous relationships we have with technology (and people through technology.) Big thanks to my colleague Darren for sharing this.

thetuesdayten: Photos from space show ‘squashed’ supermoon. I...

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:30:43 -0400

thetuesdayten:

Photos from space show ‘squashed’ supermoon.

I meant to go moon watching on Saturday night, but I forgot. Thankfully, a Dutch astronaut (Andre Kuipers) photographed the supermoon of 2012 from a window within the International Space Station. And let’s be honest, his pictures are much cooler than what I would have seen anyway.

(via This Inspiring Note Greets Apple’s New Hires on Their...

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:30:08 -0400

(via This Inspiring Note Greets Apple’s New Hires on Their First Day)

thetuesdayten: How two designers turn inspiration into unique...

Thu, 10 May 2012 12:17:18 -0400

thetuesdayten:

How two designers turn inspiration into unique picture fonts.

Who says fonts have to be about numbers and letters? Sisters Nicole and Petra Kapitza are creating picture fonts ”that lie somewhere between image resource and art project.” I’m a big fan of the orbit font, above!

thetuesdayten: Disney tech presents Touché. I, for one, had no...

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:11:16 -0400

thetuesdayten:

Disney tech presents Touché.

I, for one, had no idea Disney was doing so much with technology. The video of Disney researchers explaining their new touch sensor is interesting, but the implications are even more so. For example, “everyday objects, once connected to a sensor controller, become multi-responsive touch devices: Sit on a sofa and the TV turns on, recline in the sofa and the lights dim. Close a door with one finger on the doorknob and a message displays on the door, ‘back in 5 minuts,’ close a door with two fingers on a doorknob, and a message displays on the door, ‘gone for the day,’ while the door locks.” I’m so ready to pimp out my apartment with this stuff ;)

When Obama endorsed marriage equality...

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:34:11 -0400

whenobamaendorsed:

… the news anchors were all like:

When Obama endorsed marriage equality...

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:33:47 -0400

whenobamaendorsed:

… he danced around the White House all like:

and:

and: