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Archive for December, 2009
21
Dec
IE7 is no longer the most used Browser
Great news, according to StatCounter’s numbers , IE7 is no longer the most used browser. The initial numbers are deceiving as they show all versions of IE (IE6 though to IE8. If you choose the Browser Versions stats you can see that FF3.5 has bypassed IE7. CSS programmers will surely utter a sigh of relief world wide, finally they are able to use standard W3C approved CSS on sites, without having to worry about the majority of users seeing their creations through MS eyes. Another (overdue) nail in the Microsoft coffin?
20
Dec
Justin.tv to launch pay-per-view
Finally the truly digital TV is about to launch. Whatch out for Justin in 2010. Earlier this month Ustream announced that SnoopDog would launch his upcoming album on his own Ustream channel. Live Internet TV will become more and more part of everyday browsing life…
18
Dec
Google’s feeling lucky
It seems that Google is Feeling Lucky about something. Feeling good about the new year. If you go to Google and just press “I’m feeling Lucky” without typing anything in the Search Field, you will see a countdown. Seconds counting down. So the question is, are they only looking forward to 2010 or will there be yet another announcement made on January 1st. The countdown is linked to your system time, so if you update your own system clock, the timer will listen, jumping ahead in time (pas new years eve) just makes the counter disappear. So only time will show, I guess…
VIA
18
Dec
The conversation of a lifetime
I heard a documentary about Storycorps on the BBC Documentary Archive Podcast. Following this podcast I subscribed to Storycorps’ own podcast. There are several amazing stories of (sometimes not so) everyday life to be listened to here.
From Storycorps/About Us
StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening.
By recording the stories of our lives with the people we care about, we experience our history, hopes, and humanity. Since 2003, tens of thousands of everyday people have interviewed family and friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to take home and share, and is archived for generations to come at the Library of Congress. Millions listen to our award-winning broadcasts on public radio and the Internet. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, creating a growing portrait of who we really are as Americans.
BBC Documentary Archive : The Conversation of Your Life – Part 1
BBC Documentary Archive : The Conversation of Your Life – Part 2
Story Corps Podcast
17
Dec
Can you see the button
A new tool by Google tries to help you to optimize your design.
How many times have you come to a website, where you want to buy, order, download or just find something, but you don’t see it right away. A sign of designers using their wonderful large (read humungous) screens, not thinking of netbook users, or just regular 15″ screen users. Simple, yet terribly useful tool to check out how your design will work in the real world.
