We’ve all heard about Web 2.0 and how wonderful it is. Some of us even have lectured on it, but do we know what are we talking about? Apparently a person who does is Tim O’Reilly the publisher of those thech books with animal drawings on the cover. He’s written a paper ...
In this new memory game based on flickr contents you get to play in both sides of the tiles. Two of my colleagues at the IUA from Pompeu Fabra University, added a new twist to the memory game (the pairs game we used to play when we were kids). The concept behind ...
A New York street artist places blank bubble stickers on ads in public spaces, giving people the chance to write whatever they want in it. From the bubble project manifesto: “Our communal spaces are being overrun with ads. Train stations, streets, squares, busses, and subways now scream one message after another at ...
Of the many sites providing information about the Katrina disaster, none is more up to date than scipionus.com, a visual wiki tracking the effects of the hurricane. Wiki open source technology, google maps and the power of users meet at scipionus.com a wiki launched on Wednesday by two computer engineers Jonathan ...
Danish students are giving the open source movement a new flavor. Vores Øl (Our Beer) is a great tasting energetic beer and it’s the world’s first open source beer. It is based on classic ale brewing traditions but with added guarana for a natural energy-boost. Vores Øl recipe and the whole ...
Who will take tomorrow’s front page photograph? a professional press photographer or a passer-by armed with a cameraphone? If you own a digital camera or a camera phone (probably both if you are an average technosexual) you could well be the next Robert Capa. Just try to be there when something noticeable ...