Archives: The new kid on the blog

No comments Interface Programming Usability Why didn't I think of that?

As per a Xavi Vergés request in my post about the redesign of this blog, I introduced a whole new Archives section in the blog so all posts can be accessed by chronological order. I also tossed in a calendar that can be found at the bottom sidebar. All this ...

Barcelona Mobile Monday Peer Awards Wrap Up and Pictures

One comment Barcelona + Mobility + The real world

I attended the Mobile Monday Peer Awards held in the Espacio Movistar in Barcelona where I was invited by Rudy de Waele from m-trends.org (along with my digital camera and my Flickr Pro account). This edition of Mobile Monday takes place during the 3GSM mobile telephony congress held this week ...

We are teaching the Machine that is us/ing us

No comments Web 2.0 + Why didn't I think of that?

I was discussing this morning with my colleague professor Ignasi Ribas about machine intelligence. We went over the usual stuff: IBM Deep Blue beating chess master Garry Kasparov, 2001's HAL, brute force computing and robots dreaming of electronic sheep. Finally we ended up where most of these discussions end (especially for ...

Get a Useless Account. Sign in open!

One comment Web 2.0

Are you a Web 2.0 freak with dozens of accounts in every conceivable start-up that has shiny buttons and badges? Then this is the right place for you! A website where you can register and edit your account as many times as you want! Nothing else. But is this a true ...

fivenin.es: the birth of a social network in Barcelona?

4 comments Blogosphere + The real world + Web 2.0

Kiwoo.org sent me a link to a simple and misterious website named fivenin.es, a domain registered just 4 days ago. In the page there is: a simple Helvetica Rounded logo, a philosophical quote about imperfection, a link to a social event in Barcelona and an email for confirmations. Apparently this is about ...

Lost Vegas: Back to the Retrofuture

One comment Animation + Movies + TV

Imagine James Bond meets Get Smart meets Austin Powers meets The Jetsons meets Gilligans Island meets Elvis meets Tom Jones meets Sin City meets Bikini Bandits meets Martinis meets Chevrolet meets Bewitched meets Space Age meets Tiki Lounge meets Formica meets Stereorama meets Spaceports meets TV Dinners, all in the ...

Un any sense perdre el Phil

No comments Music

L'amic Phil Musical ja ha fet un anyet a la xarxa. Un any ripejant (?) vinils de col·leccionista un parell de cops al mes i penjant-los per a la parròquia de l'space age i de la música d'ascensor. De regal ens ofereix el "Bailemos Con el Latin Combo" un disc ...

LEGO: Do androids play with plastic bricks?

No comments Animation + Design

Looking for information in the Lego website about the Concept Lab that they have in Barcelona, I learnt a few things about the brand and the process of making the infamous Logo bricks. The name 'LEGO' is an abbreviation of the two Danish words "leg godt", meaning "play well" and in ...

The Year of the Box

4 comments Interface + TV

In my annual prections (!) for the No Som Perfectes radio show from RAC1 station, I stated that having been 2006 the year of the Video, or better said the year of YouTube, it was only natural that 2007 be the year of the IP TV. I admit that I'm not ...

who’s the copycat

No comments Quotations

"Which is really ironic is that MS copied Apple's OS, Apple copied Xerox's GUI and mouse, and Xerox, well Xerox just copies...." --posted by slide @ wired.com

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