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Barack Obama iPhone Application
As part of a small volunteer team of folks we released the official Barack Obama iPhone app today. To go from first line of code to shipping took just under 3 weeks. We had a team of 10 developers (only 3 coders). The app has (obviously) been pretty well received so far, despite a small bug that causes it to crash for most of Pittsburgh. You can read a bit about my role as Lead Developer on my blog: toxicsoftware Raven Zachary was the primary project leader and wrote up a much better post.
posted by schwa at 10:29 PM on October 2, 2008 - 19 comments
As part of a small volunteer team of folks we released the official Barack Obama iPhone app today. To go from first line of code to shipping took just under 3 weeks. We had a team of 10 developers (only 3 coders). The app has (obviously) been pretty well received so far, despite a small bug that causes it to crash for most of Pittsburgh. You can read a bit about my role as Lead Developer on my blog: toxicsoftware Raven Zachary was the primary project leader and wrote up a much better post.
posted by schwa at 10:29 PM on October 2, 2008 - 19 comments
Electicker 2008 | your election fix on one page
This has been posted to Projects before, but it has changed so much since that I feel it is almost a different project altogether. Electicker is a single page aggregator (think Popurls or Original Signal) on the 2008 US Presidential election. It monitors content from over 100 sources and displays it all on one page, providing election junkies with their minute-to-minute fix on the road to the White House.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:07 AM on August 21, 2008 - 17 comments
This has been posted to Projects before, but it has changed so much since that I feel it is almost a different project altogether. Electicker is a single page aggregator (think Popurls or Original Signal) on the 2008 US Presidential election. It monitors content from over 100 sources and displays it all on one page, providing election junkies with their minute-to-minute fix on the road to the White House.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:07 AM on August 21, 2008 - 17 comments
It's Lovely! I'll Take It!
Sometimes people make bad decisions when they choose the photos for their real estate listings.
posted by The corpse in the library at 5:10 PM on July 10, 2008 - 6 comments
Sometimes people make bad decisions when they choose the photos for their real estate listings.
posted by The corpse in the library at 5:10 PM on July 10, 2008 - 6 comments
Steve Jobs Facts
Much like Chuck Norris Facts... but with more mock turtlenecks and style. Add facts, vote up your favorites, and vote down your least favorites, browse by recent, ratings or random... all the good stuff.
posted by sxtxixtxcxh at 3:00 PM on June 6, 2008 - 2 comments
Much like Chuck Norris Facts... but with more mock turtlenecks and style. Add facts, vote up your favorites, and vote down your least favorites, browse by recent, ratings or random... all the good stuff.
posted by sxtxixtxcxh at 3:00 PM on June 6, 2008 - 2 comments
Teach the Controversy
Teach The Controversy is an intelligently designed t-shirt store dedicated to challenge 'big science' and their blatant anti-wacko agenda. So I've really taken to the idea of running t-shirt stores where all the designs are based around a single unified theme, and so for my second attempt this particular creationist meme seemed ripe for parody (while hopefully not being to shrill or strident in my ribbing). Hope you enjoy them!
posted by Jezztek at 10:15 AM on June 9, 2008 - 28 comments
Teach The Controversy is an intelligently designed t-shirt store dedicated to challenge 'big science' and their blatant anti-wacko agenda. So I've really taken to the idea of running t-shirt stores where all the designs are based around a single unified theme, and so for my second attempt this particular creationist meme seemed ripe for parody (while hopefully not being to shrill or strident in my ribbing). Hope you enjoy them!
posted by Jezztek at 10:15 AM on June 9, 2008 - 28 comments
Garkov -- Garfield + Markov chains
Garkov is a comic strip generator that uses Markov chains to synthesize new Garfield strips based on transcripts of several hundred existing strips. The output varies nicely from plausible to surreal to downright incoherent.
posted by cortex at 8:20 AM on June 6, 2008 - 30 comments
Garkov is a comic strip generator that uses Markov chains to synthesize new Garfield strips based on transcripts of several hundred existing strips. The output varies nicely from plausible to surreal to downright incoherent.
posted by cortex at 8:20 AM on June 6, 2008 - 30 comments
Planet Defender
A new tower-defense style Flash game. Research technologies and build defenses to protect the planet from waves of invading alien ships.
posted by justkevin at 4:39 AM on April 23, 2008
A new tower-defense style Flash game. Research technologies and build defenses to protect the planet from waves of invading alien ships.
posted by justkevin at 4:39 AM on April 23, 2008
An open letter from Nickyskye
This is single page put together for another Metafilter member. It's designed simply to update friends on her medical status and request a bit of help.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:03 PM on March 11, 2008
This is single page put together for another Metafilter member. It's designed simply to update friends on her medical status and request a bit of help.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 6:03 PM on March 11, 2008
Photoshop Disasters
Just as the Daily WTF showcases disastrous code, Photoshop Disasters is a showcase for the most egregious examples of Art Direction gone awry. If you work with digitally enhanced images in a commercial setting please consider submitting your competitors' fiascoes, disasters and misadventures. After all, there is never a problem so severe that it can't be ridiculed.
posted by Cosmo7 at 5:31 PM on March 5, 2008
Just as the Daily WTF showcases disastrous code, Photoshop Disasters is a showcase for the most egregious examples of Art Direction gone awry. If you work with digitally enhanced images in a commercial setting please consider submitting your competitors' fiascoes, disasters and misadventures. After all, there is never a problem so severe that it can't be ridiculed.
posted by Cosmo7 at 5:31 PM on March 5, 2008
Metafilter Data Playground [currently down]
Do you know SQL and want to play around with metafilter data? This online tool lets you run SELECT queries online. Results can be viewed or exported to CSV. Can also be used to export data for use in another program.
posted by null terminated at 8:51 AM on January 29, 2008
Do you know SQL and want to play around with metafilter data? This online tool lets you run SELECT queries online. Results can be viewed or exported to CSV. Can also be used to export data for use in another program.
posted by null terminated at 8:51 AM on January 29, 2008
BANANA: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World
This is the site for my new book, "Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World." The book is a general-interest cultural, scientific, and economic history of the fruit, centering around an incurable blight that is currently spreading through the world's banana crop. The book was released in January, 2008; my blog includes links to reviews, as well as current news on the fruit - ranging from reviews of the best banana costumes to news items covering the advance of banana disease.
posted by soulbarn at 5:16 PM on January 8, 2008
This is the site for my new book, "Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World." The book is a general-interest cultural, scientific, and economic history of the fruit, centering around an incurable blight that is currently spreading through the world's banana crop. The book was released in January, 2008; my blog includes links to reviews, as well as current news on the fruit - ranging from reviews of the best banana costumes to news items covering the advance of banana disease.
posted by soulbarn at 5:16 PM on January 8, 2008
Sam & Max Nearly Save Christmas
The place I work makes interactive narrative games for PC (and a few other platforms). If you're familiar with the LucasArts/Sierra "adventure games" tradition, then you'll have a good idea of the type of thing I'm talking about. Problem is, a lot of people *aren't* so familiar with it, and unlike "casual" games like Peggle or Bejeweled, it can take a little bit longer to just dive in and figure these games out!
So, in an effort to bridge the gap and introduce new people to the (IMHO) unique & hilarious world of our characters, we've spent the last week or two busting our collective asses *removing* the interactive component from some of our stuff to create this Christmas video!
Seriously though, this was a fun thing to be a part of and I've been absolutely amazed at how quickly & beautifully it came together, so I just wanted to post it here and share the "healing nog of Christmas" with a few more folks. Hope you enjoy!
(FYI, there is a bit of "grown-up" humor in here. Nothing gross or offensive, just some bleeped out swears & a little cartoon violence =)
posted by idontlikewords at 2:00 PM on December 22, 2007
The place I work makes interactive narrative games for PC (and a few other platforms). If you're familiar with the LucasArts/Sierra "adventure games" tradition, then you'll have a good idea of the type of thing I'm talking about. Problem is, a lot of people *aren't* so familiar with it, and unlike "casual" games like Peggle or Bejeweled, it can take a little bit longer to just dive in and figure these games out!
So, in an effort to bridge the gap and introduce new people to the (IMHO) unique & hilarious world of our characters, we've spent the last week or two busting our collective asses *removing* the interactive component from some of our stuff to create this Christmas video!
Seriously though, this was a fun thing to be a part of and I've been absolutely amazed at how quickly & beautifully it came together, so I just wanted to post it here and share the "healing nog of Christmas" with a few more folks. Hope you enjoy!
(FYI, there is a bit of "grown-up" humor in here. Nothing gross or offensive, just some bleeped out swears & a little cartoon violence =)
posted by idontlikewords at 2:00 PM on December 22, 2007
I'm playing tonight (Monday) with Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers!!!
Only just thought about Metafilter! Do come if you can, this is my last show of the year and probably for most of January (when I'm taking it easy) and I've gone wild with the magic tricks, lights, treats, dancers, musicians -- and Gibby!!!!!!
posted by lupus_yonderboy at 12:37 PM on December 17, 2007
Only just thought about Metafilter! Do come if you can, this is my last show of the year and probably for most of January (when I'm taking it easy) and I've gone wild with the magic tricks, lights, treats, dancers, musicians -- and Gibby!!!!!!
posted by lupus_yonderboy at 12:37 PM on December 17, 2007
P/Virt Shared World Wiki
In a recent MetaTalk thread, the assembled MeFites decided, among other things, to take on a "shared world" fiction project, in which a bunch of people would contribute short stories set in a single, near-future, science-fiction world. The actual cat herding and possibly editing duties are being handled by robocop is bleeding, but I'm handling the world-building preliminaries. The upshot? The P/Virt Wiki is up and ready for editing. I've seeded it with my ideas for a world where certain people have the ability to enter Philosophical/Virtual Reality, a place where they can change their surroundings with their mind. For the next two weeks or so, interested people are invited to help flesh out the basics of the world. Once that's done, a bunch of MeFites will be writing stories set in this world. From there, who knows?
posted by L. Fitzgerald Sjoberg at 11:06 AM on December 17, 2007
In a recent MetaTalk thread, the assembled MeFites decided, among other things, to take on a "shared world" fiction project, in which a bunch of people would contribute short stories set in a single, near-future, science-fiction world. The actual cat herding and possibly editing duties are being handled by robocop is bleeding, but I'm handling the world-building preliminaries. The upshot? The P/Virt Wiki is up and ready for editing. I've seeded it with my ideas for a world where certain people have the ability to enter Philosophical/Virtual Reality, a place where they can change their surroundings with their mind. For the next two weeks or so, interested people are invited to help flesh out the basics of the world. Once that's done, a bunch of MeFites will be writing stories set in this world. From there, who knows?
posted by L. Fitzgerald Sjoberg at 11:06 AM on December 17, 2007
One Day The Soldiers Came
My first book was just published and I have a website to go along with it, with it a blog. The book presents the stories of children affected by armed conflict and 60% of my royalties go to benefit the advocacy organization Refugees International . The book contains a lot of drawings made by children around the world in refugee camps, shanty towns, and demobilization and rehabilitation centers, and there are many more unpublished drawings I collected from kids in Africa, Asia, and the Balkans. These images and some background on them will be collected in a virtual gallery on the website, providing an unique perspective on the madness that is modern warfare.
posted by cal71 at 7:17 AM on October 25, 2007
My first book was just published and I have a website to go along with it, with it a blog. The book presents the stories of children affected by armed conflict and 60% of my royalties go to benefit the advocacy organization Refugees International . The book contains a lot of drawings made by children around the world in refugee camps, shanty towns, and demobilization and rehabilitation centers, and there are many more unpublished drawings I collected from kids in Africa, Asia, and the Balkans. These images and some background on them will be collected in a virtual gallery on the website, providing an unique perspective on the madness that is modern warfare.
posted by cal71 at 7:17 AM on October 25, 2007
LOLinator: i can haz websiet?
An advanced, highly scientific tool that gives us a glimpse into an alternate universe where LOLcats created the web. Unsurprisingly, the results are somewhere between MySpace and GeoCities in terms of design sensibilities...
posted by malevolent at 6:54 AM on November 2, 2007
An advanced, highly scientific tool that gives us a glimpse into an alternate universe where LOLcats created the web. Unsurprisingly, the results are somewhere between MySpace and GeoCities in terms of design sensibilities...
posted by malevolent at 6:54 AM on November 2, 2007
Why Tuesday? Vlog
A new video blog created by the election reform group 'Why Tuesday?' to increase voter turnout. One of the easiest ways would be to move election day to the weekend or create a voting holiday. Each week we'll be looking at other voting issues as well as asking people to ask their local politicians why we vote on Tuesday and send in the video.
posted by jdb at 11:32 PM on October 3, 2007
A new video blog created by the election reform group 'Why Tuesday?' to increase voter turnout. One of the easiest ways would be to move election day to the weekend or create a voting holiday. Each week we'll be looking at other voting issues as well as asking people to ask their local politicians why we vote on Tuesday and send in the video.
posted by jdb at 11:32 PM on October 3, 2007
Layer Tennis
From the ashes of Coudal Partners' Photoshop Tennis rises Layer Tennis. The same basic gameplay: Two designers or artists are on the court; one serves up an image, the other responds, building off of what he/she was given, back and forth until 10 images are completed. The whole thing is accompanied by play-by-play commentary, with a forum for audience conversation. Runs every Friday at 2pm Central / 3pm Eastern / 8pm GMT through the end of the year (and maybe beyond).
(coudal is the creator on this; I'm helping out with commentary and moderation.)
posted by me3dia at 4:24 PM on October 5, 2007
From the ashes of Coudal Partners' Photoshop Tennis rises Layer Tennis. The same basic gameplay: Two designers or artists are on the court; one serves up an image, the other responds, building off of what he/she was given, back and forth until 10 images are completed. The whole thing is accompanied by play-by-play commentary, with a forum for audience conversation. Runs every Friday at 2pm Central / 3pm Eastern / 8pm GMT through the end of the year (and maybe beyond).
(coudal is the creator on this; I'm helping out with commentary and moderation.)
posted by me3dia at 4:24 PM on October 5, 2007
Blues Name Generator
Riffing on an old idea/joke that came up in Metatalk today, I've put together this little blues name generator. Because why should Leukemia Sweet Pepper Tyler have all the fun?
posted by cortex at 5:29 PM on August 28, 2007
Riffing on an old idea/joke that came up in Metatalk today, I've put together this little blues name generator. Because why should Leukemia Sweet Pepper Tyler have all the fun?
posted by cortex at 5:29 PM on August 28, 2007
Australian Screen - Australia's audiovisual heritage online
Australian Screen is a curated collection of about 1500 clips (and growing), documenting key moments in Australian film and screen history, including titles from feature films, documentaries, newsreels, and even home movies over the past 110 or so years.
posted by cogat at 8:19 PM on July 18, 2007
Australian Screen is a curated collection of about 1500 clips (and growing), documenting key moments in Australian film and screen history, including titles from feature films, documentaries, newsreels, and even home movies over the past 110 or so years.
posted by cogat at 8:19 PM on July 18, 2007