With all the knee-jerk DMCA legal reactions to copyright infringement so popular in the States, it’s nice to see that some companies aren’t falling for it all the time. This story via Slashdot.org tells of an ISP standing up for their customer, in the face of Ralph Lauren, no less. Gasp.
via Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | Photoshop Disaster Draws DMCA Notice For Boing Boing.
Google Street View goes live in Toronto – thestar.com.
A little bit scary to see my place front and center, with a view that can pan around and inspect the neighborhood.
Nice to see a bit of a stranglehold loosened here in Canada, even if it’s two other giants ganging up on third.
When it comes to websites, structure is something that every designer needs to think about before choosing a typeface or a colour scheme. The planning in these stages shapes how your content is presented and accessed, but in some cases, may actually influence appropriate content choices. Decisions about navigation shouldn’t be left to the end of the planning process, for your designer to deal with as an afterthought. Content is what you want on your site, but it’s extremely important that you make a commitment to a method of organizing it.
He’s the man behind the song at the end of the Valve game, Portal, but even before that, he had a cult following on the internet. Almost three years ago, he quit his job as a computer programmer to pursue music full-time. He started a project called “Thing-a-Week,” a regimented approach to his creative side, and one that would cement a great connection to his fans. The concept was simple, but required dedication to pull off. Every week, he would release something. Anything. Most of it was cool stuff. Some of it was übercool. Much of it was about monkeys, and other everyday topics.
There are a few defining characteristics for geeks, many of which can be hotly debated. Using a custom version of Linux as your day-to-day operating system, knowing how to code in the assembly language of an obscure piece of hardware that doesn’t even get used anymore, scolding your friends for not having strict doctypes on their webpages about cats they own.
There’s another sort of geek, and that’s the one that gets chills when he or she sees an opening cinematic crafted by the team at Blizzard.
You may know of them as a search engine, and a free mail service, but Google has an amazing amount of tools for use on the web — some are even made to be used when you’re not even on the internet!
They also have some great solutions for businesses. You can be one person, or have enterprise-level needs, but you’re sure to find a Google product to help you with your day.
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