We know that the future will be faster, bigger, stronger… but sometimes its hard to quantify by how much.
Cisco introduced a new router today, that will become the new backbone of the Internet, it delivers 322 terabits of data per second.
This speed translates into the entire printed collection of the Library of Congress being downloaded in a second. Put another way, it would enable every single person in China to make a simultaneous video call, or deliver every movie ever made in 4 minutes.
Makes you wonder what we will do with all that bandwith…
The Twitter analytics team is sharing some of their usage data and its a beautiful example of exponential growth.
Folks were tweeting 5,000 times a day in 2007. By 2008, that number was 300,000, and by 2009 it had grown to 2.5 million per day. [ ... ] Today, we are seeing 50 million tweets per day—that’s an average of 600 tweets per second.
Tweets per day is just one number, but a pretty interesting one to look at.
Have you been waiting for a realtime stream of what people are sharing on the web? Wait no more, ShareThis just launched the ShareThis Stream which does just that.
Is it cool? Sure.
Will i blog about it? Yea.
But will I use this to find out about cool stuff? No.
Apple has begun waving the proverbial ban-hammer once again, this time its coming down on ‘overtly’ sexual content. What does that mean? Your guess is as good as mine, but if you were hoping to download iBoob Premium Uncensored you are out of luck.
On the flip side iBoob Premium is still a top seller for Android… just kidding I have no clue but it probably is.
If you do work with a large brand, or a small one, take a look at this list. Geoff Livingston put together a great summary of 5 best corporate ‘social media for Social Good’ campaigns.
DonorsChoose Crate & Barrel Gift certificates.
Target Gives the check to Facebook
Ford Helps Invisible People across America
Stonyfield Farms Says ‘Have a Cow’
The Pepsi Refresh Project
This is more then company just writing a check to a group or organization. This is about getting people involved in programs, creating/raising awareness and making a difference.
This types of moves can humanize a brand, and give people a reason to care about it beyond what they actually make.
Fun little light read about icons, concepts, details and realism as it relates to user interface design.
Graphical user interfaces are full of symbols. Symbols need to be reduced to their essence. This helps avoid cluttering the user interface with meaningless distractions, and makes it easier for people to «read» the symbol and figure out the meaning of an interface element. Realistic details can get in the way of what you’re trying to communicate to your users.
Plus there are some fun charts on to help illustrate the points.
For those of your who like your video in HTML5 you will be happy to know that Vimeo has started to beta test it, and you can try it out now… assuming you you fall into the 25% that has the right browser and are viewing one that is compatible.
What are the benefits?
The player loads right away — no more spinning butterfly thingy
You can jump anywhere in the video, without having to wait for it to buffer
Smoother, less jumpy playback (hopefully)
Some drawbacks:
It’s a beta test — it might be buggy!
It only works for about 25% of you: you must be running the latest versions of Safari, Chrome, or IE with Chrome Frame installed.
It cannot go full screen. Unfortunately this is a limitation of the browsers right now. We are working on adding at least full-window support in the next day or so.
It only works on Vimeo.com right now, embed code will still be Flash.
“Only” 90% of videos uploaded in the last year will work in the new player. All told, about 35% of all videos will still require the standard Flash player. In this case, Vimeo will automatically switch for you. It should just always work.
