Richard Hammond presents Bloody Omaha (the graphics)
How 3 graphic designers created D-Day on a shoe string budget for the timewatch program “Bloody Omaha.”
Via Stevey, who’s getting to be my official source of cool videos.
From Joe’s shout:
It’s 6PM on a Thursday night and I’m about ready to head over to the Open Web Awards presented by Mashables.com to celebrate Digg’s wins with a few of my fellow Diggers. The only downer is that we don’t have more Diggers to share the fruits of our labor with.
I went to San Francisco last June to meet with the Digg team, and I can certify that if you have the skills, already live in the area or are willing to move there, you MUST apply. It’s not just for show, this team really rocks!
Unfortunately (arguably), I can’t move to SF, family and all, so this one’s not for me.
From “CUSEC 2008: making it fun!“:
CUSEC (the Canadian University Software Engineering Conference) is referred to by many as the gathering of the future of Software Engineering. Students who are passionate about Software Engineering, from across Canada and diverse concentrations, gather under one roof for three full days to learn from the worlds most famous and sought after software engineering speakers, researchers and professionals.
Via: Heri’s concise three-reasons-to-attend post.
Alain Désilets’ (National Research Council of Canada) presentation at the PHP Québec CodeFest2008 on the challenges of massive translation collaboration in the wiki environment, and proposal for a cross lingual wiki engine concept to tackle the problem.
The presentation was followed by an intensive brainstorming session on the said engine, which itself led to a coding session after.
The video/sound is unedited and the quality isn’t fantastic, but it’s getting the word out that counts, right? :)
See also: Heri’s report on Montreal Tech Watch.
From “User-modifiable Linux phone upgraded“:
Open source phone company OpenMoko will ship a new version of its user-modifiable Linux-based mobile phone next year. The “Neo FreeRunner” resembles OpenMoko’s original Neo1973 model, but with WiFi, 3D accelerometers, and a faster processor, as well as a consumer market focus, according to the company.
OpenMoko (com, org) had kind of fallen off the map after not meeting their October 2007 deadline for launching the consumer version. Gladly, they now seem to be back on track with their newly announced FreeRunner, a Samsung 500MHz SoC-based device.
I did win an iPhone in the meantime, but I still love OpenMoko. Even though Android and Nokia are now arguably also riding on the Open tagline.
Via Digg.
Update: Ouch… It’s supposedly priced at US$600… Hopefully, they’ll get enough volume to lower prices with the new consumer market focus.
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