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Web Discoveries for January 14th

These are my del.icio.us links for January 14th

Augmented Reality Year in Review – 2009 « The Future Digital Life –
An excellent month-by-month rundown of AR ongoings/events last year, the year AR entered popular consciousness.
How to Build a Memory Palace – wikiHow –
Instructions to create your own memory palace: a useful and widely used mnemonic system. Use this to build a place or series of places in your mind where you can store information that you need to remember.
AT&T – 50 things we know now that we didn’t know this time last year –
Some stand-out factoids that weren’t with us this time last year.
Worth a look!
Ten Psychology Studies from 2009 Worth Knowing About –
Several great psychology and neuroscience studies were published in 2009. Here are 10 of the most interesting and useful.
iPhone Icon, Favicon, .ico Generator –
Helpful web app to create touchable buttons – just like I use on Digital Cortex Mobile.

These are my del.icio.us links for December 13th

The Number 4 Blog –
A well-produced blog administered by my younger sister Laura, soon to be an intern at Vogue.
The Millennials – Pew Research Center –
The Pew Research Center begin a yearlong series of original reports that explore the behaviors, values and opinions of today’s teens and twenty-somethings.
Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe – Telegraph –
Meant to be funny, but there’s actually some useful stuff here!
13 Ways to Promote Your Next Blog Post –
Some great advice for noobs and pros alike.
Twitter Guide Book – How To, Tips and Instructions by Mashable –
Great for clients looking to break into Twitter – very concise info.

These are my del.icio.us links for November 30th

Use WordPress to Create Amazing Sites – WordPress Arena –
Some more inspiring sites and tools for WordPress development.
NewTeeVee’s Next Big Thing List for 2009 –
Worth a read for anyone interested in the future of online television.
Listorious: Discover the Best Twitter Lists –
The first, and probably best directory of awesome lists on Twitter.
populair.eu –
Great set of links for multiple topics inc. web design, software, gadgets, news, social, music & video.
8 ways to make WordPress easier to use for your clients –
Useful for a couple of projects, and a good demonstration of the power of WordPress as a great content management system.

These are my del.icio.us links for October 20th

Eigenharp Alpha –
A new kind of instrument for the future of expressive electronic music – research for an upcoming piece.
Wearable Technology, the next User Experience Frontier | UXbyDesign –
Some brilliant real-world applications of wearable computers, that could drive us further into the age of ubiquity.
Tech Crunchies – Internet Statistics and Numbers –
Meaningful snippets of statistics across a range of topics, including Mobile. US-centric though.
95 websites you should totally bookmark today | News | TechRadar UK –
A bookmark of a page of great bookmarks. Lots of new stuff here, with interesting descriptions of them all.
ScentAir: Scent Marketing, Fragrance Systems, Aroma Diffusion –
A company I’d love to work with on an upcoming campaign, following a write-up in WIRED magazine.

These are my del.icio.us links for September 2nd

Hack This Site! –
A brave concept – education through civil disobedience. These brave people train hackers by inviting them to hack their own site!
Designing for Social Traction (slide deck) – Bokardo –
Definitely worth a read if you're a developer or have clients looking to launch a new online service.
TwitterKeys: Enhance your Twitter conversations – The Next Web –
A handy reference guide to putting nice images in your tweets.
Dropular – Media Bookmarking –
My new favourite source of inspiration. I urge you to check it out now.
TutorialMagazine.com – Photoshop Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide –
Man, this article reminded me how much I miss Photoshop. I need to fix my computer.