I think it’s really awesome to have a government initiative to keep up with technology and societal trends – basically just to evolve along with us. I love that it puts a value on people with contemporary skills, although there are those who would probably create these applications regardless. Either way I think it’s totally amazing and am excited to see what comes out of it.
brandflakesforbreakfast: nyc: play with our data and make cool tools.
USPS Priority Mail – Virtual Box Simulator.
USPS is so great. I’m always having issues with buying unnecessarily large boxes or re-thinking what I send to whom because I have a terrible sense of size. So this augmented reality box-size-estimating thing would be an excellent tool for me if only I had a printer here.
Seriously, how awesome?
(via/created by the DC AKQA guys at Squidder)
brandflakesforbreakfast: vw tweet analyzer.
Even though this tells me I should drive a Rabbit (cute), I really miss my Jetta (Sven). But I think this is a really cool way to integrate social networking into something as universally obnoxious and intrusive as a banner. I went out of my way to actually get to use it (3 steps from my Google Reader!). I have no idea what Red Square Agency is, but they totally have the right idea putting Twitter into an ad space and making it interactive in a social way. A+
Mos Def launches new album in T-shirt format – Blog – Etre.
I don’t want this, but how fun!
This is kind of old news, but it’s absolutely insane to see happening. He’s just thinking something, and it appears on screen (and then is posted to Twitter, naturally).
Twitter Telepathy: Researchers Turn Thoughts Into Tweets | Wired Science | Wired.com.
Yppah-”Gumball Machine Weekend” from Ein on Vimeo.