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Piximilar - Idée Inc. - The Visual Search Company

color similarity technology

color similarity technology license
september 2009 by sstrudeau

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How Hard Could it Be?: Glory Days | Printer-friendly version

"Watching nonprogrammers trying to run software companies is like watching someone who doesn't know how to surf trying to surf. Even if he has great advisers standing on the shore telling him what to do, he still falls off the board again and again. The c

quote management software technology
july 2008 by sstrudeau

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Code Monkey Island > Technical tidbits (somewhat) related to my work on Ravelry.com

nice web development blog from the developer of Ravelry

dev blog web technology
july 2008 by sstrudeau

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Cheese goes to extremes.(Lab Notes)(cheese injection technology)(Brief Article) Industry & Business Article - Research, News, Information, Contacts, Divisions, Subsidiaries, Business Associations

"Research scientists funded by America's dairy farmers and in part managed by Dairy Management Inc.[TM] (DMI), developed a new process to create cheese in almost any flavor imaginable that can have color added to match." I love the internet...

cheese "cheese" technology paper injection flavor weird food
june 2008 by sstrudeau

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Poor People Use Yahoo, Those Better Off Use Google

Oversimplified analysis -- but interesting along the lines of danah's myspace/facebook class observations

class technology socialsoftware yahoo google demographics
february 2008 by sstrudeau

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Subtraction: Open Design Positions at NYTimes.com

If I had a bit more js experience and solid actionscript/Flash, i'd be gunning for this one. The NYTimes design team are rock stars!

job jobs nytimes design technology php javascript flash
october 2007 by sstrudeau

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Detroit Creative Technology Office - Directory Component

This is EXACTLY the kind of thing that Detroit needs and should get support -- list of companies doing "creative technology" (loosely defined) in Detroit. Cheap urban space could be a great resource for creative types to grow in ...

detroit creativeclass creative technology directory company list
august 2007 by sstrudeau

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Don’t hire an Internet person at ZackExley.com

"I know people who are the future of the progressive movement. Most of them have “Internet” stuck on them. But they are not Internet strategists, they are strategists. They are not Internet communicators, they are communicators. They are not Internet

organizing internet nptech technology strategy organization
june 2007 by sstrudeau

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NewTeeVee Monday Morning Vid-Biz Headlines «

At some point in my generation, cell phones and computers became more important than television. Being on the cusp of "Gen X / Gen Y" is interesting to have a foot on both sides...

mobile computer youth generation technology media device importance poll
june 2007 by sstrudeau

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PC World - The 50 Best Tech Products of All Time

If by "all time" you mean "since 1980" and by "tech products" you mean "digital consumer electronics" then this is a pretty good list. I've owned and used a surprising number of these products...

list best technology article
april 2007 by sstrudeau

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Functioning Form - SxSW: 2007 Themes

Nice overall summary of the emergent "themes" of sxsw 2007

sxsw 2007 themes technology peerproduction
march 2007 by sstrudeau

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501cSUCK

Chicago nptechies calling out the shady and mediocre non profits of the world

nptech blog nonprofit technology 501c3 criticism critique chicago
february 2007 by sstrudeau

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ChipIn

Widget-based fundraising

fundraising finance nonprofit technology tools widget money funds social collaborative
november 2006 by sstrudeau

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theballot.org

check out voter guides or make your own. Cool!

via:revgeorge politics technology map ballot voterguide socialsoftware organizing cool
october 2006 by sstrudeau

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The Public Whip — Counting votes on your behalf

Cool site mining data about votes in the UK parliament

idea technology data mining analysis statistics politics civic cool web2.0 web vote democracy internet government participation reference
september 2006 by sstrudeau

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MySpace Launches Voter-Registration Plan - washingtonpost.com

MySpace is ... giving members tools such as a "I Registered To Vote On MySpace" badge to place on their personal profile pages.

politics technology socialsoftware myspace voterregistration registration voter vote voting
september 2006 by sstrudeau

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The Democratic Party | PartyBuilder | Party Builder

The Democrats' answer to MyGOP... haven't really looked at it yet

politics technology democrats tool site socialsoftware
september 2006 by sstrudeau

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EchoDitto Blog | EchoDitto

A thread in which I am accused of being a troll in the pay of the GOP. Awesome! (not really). EchoDitto pushes out CEO after he expresses personal support of McCain.

politics technology witchhunt ideology mccain echoditto consulting
september 2006 by sstrudeau

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Eyebeam reBlog: Sunlight labs launches Popup Politician

Reminds me of my never-executed plans to do some pop-up CSPAN and pop-up City Council videos a la VH1's pop-up videos

popup idea politics technology funny cool advocacy
july 2006 by sstrudeau

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NetSquared and the New Wave of Online Volunteering
nptech net2 volunteers volunteering volunteer volunteerism nonprofit technology toread
june 2006 by sstrudeau

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Mobile Voter - voter registration and voter mobilization (GOTV) by text-messaging (SMS)
voter vote registration elections politics technology sms text
may 2006 by sstrudeau

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DefectiveByDesign.org

Organizing direct action to oppose DRM pushed by Big Media

drm ip activism media technology nptech
may 2006 by sstrudeau

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USATODAY.com - Blogs, podcasts, videos, Internet whiz kids help politicians brave new world
politics technology blogs podcasts
may 2006 by sstrudeau

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Network-Centric Advocacy: Congresspedia - SourceWatch
technology politics nptech congress wiki reference
may 2006 by sstrudeau

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Gale Brewer: New York City Councilmember

I like that Councilmember Brewer is blogging. I wish it was a more compelling blog. Flickr stream is a great idea; they should stick that in a badge on the blog.

blog nyc council brewer politics technology
may 2006 by sstrudeau

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ShelleyTheRepublican.com: Linux: A European threat to our computers (by Tristan)

I want to believe this is a joke, but I'm pretty sure it's just pure ignorance. If it's a joke, it's hilarious. If it's not; it's frightening, but still hilarious

dumb funny linux politics technology scary opensource
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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Metavid

This project records the house & senate cable broadcasts, OCR's the closed-captioning text and encodes it with open codecs into a standard format for reuse. This is basically a souped up version of what I envisioned for Ann Arbor local politics meetings

video politics technology nptech congress senate cspan media
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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Lifelong Kindergarten :: MIT Media Lab

Fun

art design education kids games cool research technology
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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Chris Baggott's Email Marketing Best Practices: Politics & Email

Good tips for how and how not to use an email marketing for pols. No comment on how well NY democratic senators do...

email politics technology nptech marketing
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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Peter Levine: the world of DailyKos
blogs politics technology web strategy message via:robg3 toread
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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Consortiuminfo.org - Bill Introduced in Minnesota to Require Use of "Open Data Formats"

MN is following in MA's footsteps with open document standard legislation

government technology openstandards odf bill standards documents
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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LXer: Why I Stopped Promoting Linux in Government

"I also think that anyone in America who believes our government cares about us lives in a dream world. I don't care if you're a Republican, Democrat, Libertarian or whatever. The people running for office are politicians. They don't listen and they don't

politics technology nptech government linux floss foss opensource
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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Wired News: Net: a Political Free-for-All

"The Federal Election Commission decided Monday that the nation's new campaign finance law will not apply to most political activity on the internet."

politics campaign finance campaignfinance internet blog political technology nptech
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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R&D Internships | Eyebeam R&D OpenLab

EyeBeam is bringing on interns. Now if only I had a wealthy benefactor...

internship eybeam web technology art cool
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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A load of C.R.A.P. - At The Whiteboard - ZDNet
drm technology video copyfight via:gregoryheller
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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Social Source: Gender, Techies and CiviCRM
civicrm drupal nptech gender technology
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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ScoutSeven Blog Land

"ScoutSeven is a project devoted to harnessing the convergence of online technology, grassroots organizing, organizational development and social justice values."

via:gregoryheller shop progressive technology nptech
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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Rise in Online Fundraising Changed Face of Campaign Donors
politics technology fundraising money
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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Can Blogs Revolutionize Progressive Politics? -- In These Times
toread blogs politics technology
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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Ann Arbor Public Schools | Homepage

A spoof of the Ann Arbor Public Schools web site. Funny that nat'l satirircal tactics (e.g., whitehouse.org) is making its way to local politics.

spoof annarbor politics funny humor technology web
february 2006 by sstrudeau

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TXP Magazine: Textpattern "supports" US Democrats

You hear a lot about Drupal/CivicSpace being used to build campaign sites. This is the first time I've seen TextPattern mentioned. Cool!

politics technology textpattern
february 2006 by sstrudeau

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Voter Activation Network

Vendor of an Advokit-like voter contact management type tool for running political campaigns; according to one report, users find it friendlier than Advokit and it excels in areas like PDA integration, but lacks some flexibility and power of Advokit

voterfile voter politics technology campaign advokit vendor proprietary
february 2006 by sstrudeau

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Multi-Touch Interaction Research

Cool!

research interface touch cool interactive technology via:egoldber
february 2006 by sstrudeau

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Welcome to NeuroSky

I want to play with one of these...

mobile neuro technology input
january 2006 by sstrudeau

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we make money not art: Conversation table
art conversation social technology table visualization
january 2006 by sstrudeau

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xray lab - Paul Davies Artist
art technology toread
january 2006 by sstrudeau

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Collaborative Practice in Art and Culture
art technology tools
january 2006 by sstrudeau

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FREE GEEK Chicago

Taking a cue from Free Geek Portland, some volunteer techies in Chicago have launched a "franchise" in the Windy City. One day, if I am less burdened by debt and burned out on the big city, I might move back to Michigan and help start something like this

nptech ecology computers nonprofit chicago resource free technology recycling
december 2005 by sstrudeau

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Smart Mobs: Shanghai looks to an Intelligent Transportation System

Shanghai is looking at wiring together all the info about their transit system and making it available. Awesome. I want to know when the next train / bus is coming now, on my cell phone, so I know which stop to walk to ...

transit technology cool mobile
december 2005 by sstrudeau

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strandbeest

This guy builds and "evolves" wind-powered robots mostly out of PVC and posts videos to his web site

robots robotics windpower project video fun technology
december 2005 by sstrudeau

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Congress votes database | washingtonpost.com

The Post has put up a database of congressional votes including RSS feeds. Pretty hot. Ripe for mashing up.