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Honestly, who likes Google images ?

It’s the best source for quick image search but it’s a pain to navigate.

So I just wanted to share with you this Firefox extension that I start to really like and use : cooliris.

Just one click and it transforms (almost) any webpage into a full 3D image gallery.

And since a picture movie is worth a thousand words, have a loook at the little demo I made with Snapz Pro.

Back from vacation and on to serious stuff again.

Here is a nice and fun website + revolutionary concept :

What is it ?

Quite simply the amazing shit box, a “lightweight portable cardboard toilet”. Great for camping, rock festivals and all outdoors activities. Brought to you by The Brown Corporation… a solid company.

Only 15 £. With a good return policy :

“If your Shit Box Pack arrives damaged, or if you are not completely satisfied with the quality please return it to us in its original packaging and unused.”

I wish the (english) inventor a lot of success. Seriously.

The Brown corporation.

TED, which baseline is now “ideas worth spreading”, stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It had its first conference in 1984, and has now become an important event gathering top speakers addressing a top level crowd.

I have heard of the conference from newspapers articles a few months ago, and a friend from Brazil recently reminded me it. She sent me links to TED’s website where some presentations are available.

The few ones I saw are clearly outstanding.

Two questions to be addressed though:

• In the vast ocean of uninteresting things available on the web, how to highlight such excellent materials?
• What’s next? After some of the talks, especially the ones addressing global issues, you are more aware but still passive. That goes back to a great concern about the Internet in general: spending more and more time being over-informed, doing very little. The Web has yet to find its political dimension.
  

Posted by RD.