- Is inflation protection the reason so many people are unemployed?
- The Guardian takes a look at design innovation in the public and private sectors
- Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is the 2nd largest aquarium in the world. The Kuroshio Sea is the main tank (Video). The largest aquarium is the Georgia Aquarium, in Atlanta, Georgia and their main tank is the Ocean Voyager (Video).
Daily Brief, March 15th 2010, Morning Edition
- An interview with Ryan Catbird of Catbird Records on packaging music, screen-printing, branding, etc.
- In my view, the biggest problem the Android mobile phone platform phases is customer confusion
- 25 years after the .com domain extension was launched. VeriSign’s CEO gives some PR spin. BBC gives a somewhat UK-centric look at the 10 busts “.com busts”.
Daily Brief, March 12th 2010, Weekend Edition
- At look at the current state of air traffic control technology
- Car and Driver magazine’s tips for dealing with unintended acceleration
- (Potentially NSFW) Find other ChatRouletter’s near you
- How to Salt Food
- Reuters offers their journalists notes on report news using social media as well as sourcing material online
- Following up on a previous story: A photo gallery of the mothballed Maersk container ship fleet
Daily Brief, March 11th 2010, Morning Edition
- Only five people in the United States can time-shift TV (“skip ads”) without the fear of litigation
- Hannah Dadds was the first female driver on London’s underground subway (the “Tube”)
- (Video) SWEATSHOP.tv is “a live video broadcast of drawing, sketching, and painting” and probably the greatest show that never aired on New York City community access television
- American Academy of Pediatrics wants a redesigned hot dog
- Because it worked so well for other industries, you can now hedge your bets against box office movies on Wall Street
- The closer you to live the north pole the more you should know that March and April are a great time to catch the northern lights.
Daily Brief, March 10th 2010, Morning Edition
- If you bicycle as much as I do, Google Maps’s new bicycling directions are awesome
- Maersk built six of the fastest cargo container ships ever but they can’t sell them and instead the ships are being used to host a children’s TV game show
- If you haven’t watched the new Tron movie trailer yet, here it is in HD
- My favorite internet radio service, Pandora, isn’t dead yet
- 20 journalists have committed suicide in Russian since 2000
- Take a coffee break today, at 11am
Daily Brief, March 9th 2010, Morning Edition
Daily Briefs is on hiatus today while I celebrate my family’s addition of our newest little link finder. Catch your act tomorrow.
Daily Brief, March 5th 2010, Afternoon Edition
- Web developers held a mock-funeral for Internet Explorer 6 on March 1st, 2010. Microsoft was kind enough to send flowers (hat-tip:
- Can Teachers can be taught how to teach better?
- Mark Zuckerberg might be a jerk
- In case you missed it, Jon Stewart took a spin on Chatroulette
- Toronto connects with Philadelphia’s SEPTA, the regional transit authority, to glean ideas for better customer communication. Things must have really changed because when I was a regular commuter on SEPTA (2000-2007), customer service was appalling
Daily Brief, March 5th 2010, Morning Edition
- An Introduction to Universal Design, the concept that design should work for everyone: novices, experts, disabled, and non-disabled
- A photo gallery of neighborhood haunts and hangouts curated by Laura Brunow Miner, former editor-in-chief of JPG magazine.
- I know I should stop linking to Claire Zulkey’s work, but she’s got such an amazing content; like this interview with Jonathan Katz
- China’s successful economy isn’t helping their political leaders sleep any easier
- The Greatest Long Tracking Shots in Cinema
- Public Radio Player, a free iPhone app for streaming live audio of over 500 public radio stations, has been updated to version 2.1. New features include a sleep timer and a wake-up alarm. Also announced was a new round of funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, so let’s hear it for socialism. Ars Technica has a review of the new version
Daily Brief, March 4th 2010, Morning Edition
- A mostly factual list of Big Boy Franchisees
- The stages of male sports egos
- Take a visual journey through Google’s search suggestions lexicon
- Roger Eber announces the The Ebert Club, an annual $5 subscription service where members get bonus content and community features
- Redhook announces a new beer, the Big Ballard IPA. Redhook’s first brewery was built in 1981 and was located in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood.