Ben Hammersley’s posted the best blond joke ever. Really.
Author: Kars Alfrink
Designer turned design researcher. Postdoc at TU Delft. Exploring contestable AI.
I get invited to a good beta (Newsvine)
Guess I won’t be needing that shirt – today I got an invited to the private beta of Newsvine.
In the words of Mike Davidson (previously known for his work on sIFR, now of Newsvine):
“We believe in turning news into conversation, and every page on Newsvine.com is designed to do precisely that.”
20 most favorited photos of 2005
20 most favorited photos of 2005
Originally uploaded by Kaeru.
Screens in train – again
Nou, eindelijk die WiFi van de NS kunnen testen. En hij werkt best aardig (op de sporadische time out na). Gelijk een dilemma op Plazes. Hoe geotag je een bewegend object? Beetje jammer dat ze het alleen niet voor elkaar krijgen de juiste reisinformatie op de schermen te krijgen. Op weg naar Den Bosch is volgens de NS de volgende halte Amsterdam Centraal, tot grote verwarring van menig reiziger…
V for Vendetta: will they get it right?
After seeing several of his great graphic novels1 being turned into crappy Hollywood movies; will Alan Moore finally be honored with a proper silver screen adaptation? One of my favorite comics of all time, V for Vendetta, is being translated to a movie at the moment. The accompanying site has made me quite hopeful…
Web 2.0 redux
“Web 2.0 means getting bought by Yahoo.”
Yahoo! buys del.icio.us
Wow. Yahoo! continues on it’s shopping spree. Now they’ve bought social bookmark service del.icio.us. I guess I’m just glad I’ve already got an account with del.icio.us – otherwise I’d have to struggle through Yahoo!’s horrible sign up process… Congrats, del.icio.us!
Web 2.0
Web 2.0, proper noun The name given to the social and technical sophistication and maturity that mark the— Oh, screw it. Money! Money money money! Money! The money’s back! Ha ha! Money!
Screens in train!?
Screens in train!?
Originally uploaded by Kaeru.
NS (Dutch Railway) decides TV screens are the best way to sell WiFi on board of their trains. Sigh…
Xbox 360
Xbox 360
Originally uploaded by Kaeru.
Last thursday I got to try out the new Xbox 360 before it launched in the Netherlands. The wireless controller was nice, the graphics of both games I tried were as good as was to be expected. But sadly – no innovations in gameplay. I would’ve loved to see some massive online games in action. That had to wait to after the launch of course. Some more shots over at Flickr.