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The global credit meltdown continues cascading across the world, jumping from country to country and leaving no market intact.
The credit crunch and public fear is widespread and this is no longer a US-centric issue. Financial instruments packaged risk beyond understanding of the underlying assets, and these instruments were distributed across the world.
In [...]

[NYC Pic via Flikr]
The city of NY is upgrading its 311 (municipal info) and 911 (emergency services) to allow new yorkers to submit pictures. In the words of Major Bloomberg:

New Yorkers can also now upload photos and videos to help us improve
the delivery of non-emergency services such as filling potholes,
cleaning up graffiti in City parks [...]

Receive, Hunt, Do
The history of the Web is a transition between these phases:
Back in the mid-1990s, most people were happy to “receive” information on the Web. Content (meaning Web sites) was king, and so AOL, EarthLink (ELNK), and marketers responded by trying to create “sticky” Web portals where people would spend long stretches, returning often. [...]

Can’t believe this functionality is not more promoted, but if you use gmail you will appreciate this…
When reading an email, if you want to archive and then read the next email message (instead of having to go back to the inbox and then open the next) you just have to hit [

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I had always been hesitant to try out online shoe retailer zappos.com and when I first did a few days ago, this is what happened:
Dear Juan Lopez-Valcarcel,
Good news! Although you originally ordered Standard (4 to 5 business days) shipping and handling, we have given your order special [...]

I was recently in China for a trip and walked by an internet cafe.There, I saw at least half of all people in the cafe using a chat program with a little penguin.Then when I used a local mobile phone it had the same logo and I got intrigued.Finally I talked with the locals about [...]

[Bruce Springsteen in concert via Flickr]
Sometimes it becomes easy to assume that the transformation of the
media and entertainment industry is driven by the Internet.
Take for example the super-serving of certain audience niches with highly targeted content.
To achieve this, the Internet breaks down the “power of the distribution pipe” and frees content from
intermediaries to reach very [...]

Tonight I am trying to follow primary election results online as my cable box from Time Warner keeps rebooting itself.
I am disappointed to see that CNN.com is not broadcasting the same feed as they do on TV, I miss the “best political team in TV”
Instead they have a rather boring online-only live feed [...]

Excellent series of articles from The Economist on the impact that technology has in our lives:
Humans have always migrated and travelled, without necessarily living nomadic lives. The nomadism now emerging is different from, and involves much more than, merely making journeys. A modern nomad is as likely to be a teenager in Oslo, Tokyo or [...]

Watching the NH primary results yesterday, one thing became clear that is true both in politics and web design: don’t trust what the user tells you they want from your product, but what they actually do when faced with the product.
The same way asking voters for intended vote is not an accurate science, don’t expect [...]