Archive for June, 2008
Enable Time Machine on a Network Drive
On Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.x), there’s a nifty built-in backup program called “Time Machine”. By default, it only works with drives that are directly connected or connected through an airport extreme. The hack below allows it to at least see network drives, although there is no guarantee that the backup will be [...]
Read More..>>Cultural Drivers Behind Mobile Usage in China
This study includes some interesting cultural observations about mobile usage in China. In recent years, the world’s fastest growing economy has exhibited a decidedly technological bias as urban conventions start to cascade into the rural areas as necessity.
In China, not answering your mobile telephone is considered rude, no matter where you are, whom you [...]
Del.icio.us Bookmarks for April 29th through June 12th
Human Computer Interaction – discussion grou
Remember everything. | Evernote Corporation
How to build community: 4 steps to defining a social network with value
SynchStep (iPhone & iPod Touch) – Greg Elliott
mobile karaoke – ITP project
A Summary of User Interface Design Principles
Information Design Patterns
Graffletopia – iPhone Wire Frames
Cell Surfing 2008, by Buongiorno – 2008 qualitative study of 18-34 [...]
Preview of the Android OS
Here is a Google promo video of the Android OS:
Read More..>>Block spam SMS messages on your mobile
Not a new phenomenon, but increasing in prevalence is spam SMS messages, also known as m-spam or SMS spam. I’ve personally not received any, but per a post by David Pogue of the New York Times, here’s how you block them…
* AT&T: Log in at mymessages.wireless.att.com. Under Preferences, you’ll see the text-blocking and alias [...]
Read More..>>the kids these days…
MIT has release a great set of interesting FREE research reports on the intersection of youth culture and digital media. The following topics contain many more specific articles within.
Topics include:
Youth, Identity, and Digital Media
Learning Race and Ethnicity: Youth and Digital Media
Digital Young, Innovation, and the Unexpected
The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning
Digital Media, [...]
the kids these days…
MIT has release a great set of interesting FREE research reports on the intersection of youth culture and digital media.
Topics include:
Youth, Identity, and Digital Media
Learning Race and Ethnicity: Youth and Digital Media
Digital Young, Innovation, and the Unexpected
The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning
Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility
Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital [...]
Enable php 5 on Apache 2 for Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.3
Notice: Mac OSX 10.5.3 Leopard uses Apache 2 and has different file paths from Mac 10.4.11 Tiger (Apache 1). The older instructions for Apache 2 / Mac OS X 10.4.11 are located here:
www.semiconducted.com/diy-tech/2008/enable-php-on-apache-without-modifying-the-default-httpdconf-file.html
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With this method, you can create your own custom file which will override the default Mac Apache 2 server settings without [...]
68 percent of products returned because they do not meet expectations
The report by technology consulting and outsourcing firm Accenture pegs
the costs of consumer electronics returns in 2007 at $13.8 billion in
the United States alone, with return rates ranging from 11 percent to
20 percent, depending on the type of product.
Accenture estimates that 68 percent of returns are products that
work properly but do not meet customers’ expectations [...]
The power of memes -or- How NOT to pick a slogan for your new business
This may come in handy when trying to convince a client to not follow tired trends. This is from team forty’s post combined with an old one from 37 signals, reorganized by affinity with a few personal additions of my own.
Point. Click. Play. – Toys ‘r UsPoint. Click. Rent. – Apartmentguide.ComPoint. Click. Bank. – [...]