Link love for August 3

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Jeffrey Melton

The Perfect Backup Strategy for Your Mac.

Stats of the Union tells health stories in America.

Sound Cells – Universal iOS App Creates Generative Music.

Aphonium – App Creates Generative Audio and Visuals.

SunVox – Multiplatform Modular Music Creation Studio.

Surprise Surveillance Theater: An Experimental Drama with Unwitting Stars.

Japanese artist Eiji Watanabe cuts butterflies out of printed field guides and sets them free, covering the walls and ceilings of installation spaces.

15 Shopping Rules of Thumb.

Every individual needs emotional and intellectual support from her creative tribe to sustain a positive, thriving and aspiring practice.

Hidden is an app that lets you spy on the person who may have stolen you laptop.

Urban Quiver camera bag from Blackstone Bags.

Link love for October 29

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Jeffrey Melton

Shoot from edge to edge with the Lomo Sprocket Rocked Panorama camera (above).

That Spunky Sound 0.12 particle synthesizer.

Greek your text Like a Boss with the Gangsta Lorem Ipsum generator.

There’s a new Processing Plug-in for Eclipse.

A new experiment shows that memory of inconsequential events is improved significantly when they happen around the same time as a novel, exciting, or surprising one. BOO!

A letter you can send to requests for spec work if you want to decline politely and explain the reasons for your decision.

K. Stockhausen’s Advice To Clever Children.

The OXO Candela Zoom makes us want to sleep with a night light again.

Nicole Lazzaro’s “The Future of UX is Play: The 4 Keys to Fun, Emotion and User Engagement” (video).

Link love for October 10

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Jeffrey Melton

Analog audio tape cassette nostalgia collection (above)

Why I Left My Publisher in Order to Publish a Book, by Douglas Rushkoff and Secrets of book publishing I wish I had known by Mark Hurst

Ten principles for good design by Dieter Rams

Journalism in the Age of Data (video)

Ten Things I Have Learned by Milton Glaser

Top 5 Smartphone Apps for Buying Local

Getting Made The Scorsese Way

How Ink Is Made (video)

Link love for October 8

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Jeffrey Melton

A Reusable Bottle Made From Bamboo and Glass (above).

David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization (video)

Is it time to change the way we educate?

Ancient Nubians Drank Antibiotic-Laced Beer

Panspermia theorists say India’s red rain contains life not seen on Earth

Desk-It Adhesive Notepads

Do we really desire Google to tell us what we should be doing next? Yes, but with some qualifiers, says William Gibson.

GOOD Guide to Education Innovation

Chip Conley Took the Maslow Pyramid, Made It an Employee Pyramid and Saved His Company

The Analogue Monologues is a new series of mini video documentaries by Vince Clarke.

Bacteria Have Eaten Giant Gulf Oil Plume, New Study Says

7 Books To Read for Sustainable Eating

Feed in a news article, blog post, or press release, and Poligraft will present you with an enhanced view of the people, organizations, and relationships described in the piece.

A linguistic mystery has arisen in Scotland, surrounding symbols on stones that predate the formation of the country itself.

Link Love for May 19

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Jeffrey Melton

After missing footage was found in Argentina, Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” has been restored and its narrative better understood (above).

Oxo Good Grips Designers Take on Tablet Magazines.

How Much Do Music Artists Earn Online?

Apple to xplatform developers: We’re no longer suicidal.

Create Your Own Virtual Instruments With Maize Sampler v2.0.

New Alarm Bells About Chemicals and Cancer: eat organic, drink filtered water, avoid plastic containers.

Dear nerd, start a nerd sash with nerd merit badges (nerd).

SKTCH is an interesting generative drawing iPhone app.