links for 2006-03-18 Re-cycle Re~Cycle’s mission is to collect and ship second hand bicycles and parts to Africa. Local partners teach local people the skills of how to repair and maintain them, to improve their lives in a sustainable manner. (tags: charity recycle recycling green ecofriendly cycling) More
Simple message Progress means simplifying not complicating. Bruno Munari I knew it all rang a bell More
links for 2006-03-17 KMi Hexagon (tags: km hexagon) Knowledge Media Institute (tags: kmi) Windows Live It’s in Beta – finally got round to trying it out… (tags: windows live windowslive) More
The duck’s feet Simplicity is in the air… The following quote via Euan Semple’s The Obvious? Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity – Charles Mingus And this from Mark Hurst’s Good Experience blog following eTech Sometimes – here’s the real heresy – sometimes the best option for users might be... More
links for 2006-03-16 Inbox Zero: Schedule email dashes | 43 Folders (tags: email inbox productivity merlinmann 43folders) More
links for 2006-03-15 Ray Ozzie: Wiring the Web Microsoft’s take on Web 2.0 (tags: Microsoft wiringtheweb rayozzie) More
links for 2006-03-14 XTech 2006: Building Web 2.0 (tags: xtech conference 2006) Flow: How action and awareness get things done | 43 Folders (tags: flow 43folders) TakeAway: DO it yourself media (tags: conference opensource) MIT World » Distributed Intelligence » Home MIT World™ is a free and open site that provides on-demand video of significant public events at... More
Party in Peckham Rye Park this Saturday This from the Southwark Council website: Celebrate the restoration of Party in Peckham Rye Park Don’t miss out on your chance to see how the restoration has transformed the park and enjoy a fun filled family day out. There’ll be bouncy castles, street theatre and great music! The event will take place on March 11... More
Simple parts that will never get too powerful “The trick… is to make sure that each limited mechanical part of the Web, each application, is within itself composed of simple parts that will never get too powerful.” – says Tim Berners-Lee What are Microformats? Via Peter J. Bogaards’ Understanding by design More
links for 2006-03-08 BBC NEWS | Technology | New standards for website access (tags: webdesign web accessibility standards bsi) More