Archive for October, 2006
Video Games as Art
This article puts a new perspective on the interactive graphical narratives we call video games.
Gratuitous use of interactive fluid dynamics
It’s a Mac application for burning disks. They’ve really taken the metaphor to an extreme. I like it.
Serendipity
I noticed this pattern on my Facebook page today:
The length of each network name is correlated with how many friends I have in that particular network.
Google Base Local
Have you ever wanted to use Froogle, not just to find the best price on goods, but the best price on goods near you? Well now you can.
Notice the little blue sliver at the bottom of the screen shot? That actually extends into a second search box and a group of site-navigation links. For some reason, I couldn’t scroll down there; so, I used TAB.
True Names in the wild!
Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto, the guy behind Ruby of Ruby on Rails fame, referenced “True Names” in his talk about Ruby Design Principles.
The Presentation MP3
When he mentions True Names, he’s on this slide.