September 14, 2007
50 Cent in Second Life
Read about how an Avatar of artiste 50 Cent was created in Second Life. Hmm, should the Avatar be renamed 50 Linden?Posted by vantan at 10:35 PM
September 6, 2007
Facebook saved this guy
A guy got robbed of his phone, but managed to get his friends' phone numbers by logging into Facebook. They then came to his rescue. Thanks to Lucian for the link.Posted by vantan at 2:32 AM
July 16, 2007
10 most beautiful social networks
Mashable.com's 10 most beautiful social networks.Posted by vantan at 10:30 AM
July 15, 2007
Top 10 Twitter Apps
Top 10 Twitter Apps by Readwriteweb.Posted by vantan at 3:33 PM
July 4, 2007
Tantek leaves Technorati
Tantek has left Technorati! So has the VP of Engineering. Wonder where they're going to...Posted by vantan at 6:26 PM
June 28, 2007
SL Singapore online time
Singaporean Second Lifers spend 88 minutes a day in Second Life. Hmm I haven't been online for a while so other people must be compensating for that!Posted by vantan at 7:56 PM
May 21, 2007
Google search
Will the comprehensive new Google Search kill vertical search engines? Take the ReadWriteWeb poll.Posted by vantan at 2:13 AM
May 9, 2007
Twitter v Blogger
Jason Kottke compares the phenomenal growth of Twitter, with another giant - Blogger.Posted by vantan at 12:05 AM
May 8, 2007
Top 8 corporate sites in Second Life
Check out the top 8 corporate sites in Second Life.Posted by vantan at 7:24 PM
May 6, 2007
Finally, Flickr rules
It's about time. Yahoo! Photos has been retired, in place of the mighty Flickr. Never understood how anyone could use other services.Posted by vantan at 11:55 PM
April 24, 2007
Google brand number 1
Google pips Microsoft, Coca Cola and others to be the top brand in the world today.Posted by vantan at 12:54 AM
March 30, 2007
100 alternative search engines
Readwriteweb has a list of top 100 alternative search engines. Indie stuff. [via Digg]Posted by vantan at 2:11 AM
March 2, 2007
Kottke on gender diversity
Jason Kottke notes the gender gaps among speakers at various web conferences.Posted by vantan at 2:42 AM
February 23, 2007
Rinaz on virtual worlds
Rinaz, one of Singapore's most experienced Second Lifers, gives a video analysis of the metaverse and virtual worlds.Posted by vantan at 11:32 PM
February 4, 2007
Have another Mint
Mint 2.0 is out! For web statistics junkies like me.Posted by vantan at 1:37 PM
January 30, 2007
Ebay to buy Second Life?
Is Ebay planning to buy Second Life?Posted by vantan at 8:21 PM
January 23, 2007
SXSW blogroll
Going to SXSW this year? Get on the Blogroll.Posted by vantan at 2:03 AM
November 9, 2006
Crowdsourcing
The latest buzzword: The wisdom of Crowdsourcing. (Thanks, Kevin!)Posted by vantan at 11:07 PM
November 7, 2006
Big Brother in Second Life
Big Brother will move into virtual reality with a Second Life version.Posted by vantan at 5:59 AM
November 1, 2006
Google acquires Jotspot
Google has acquired Wiki company Jotspot. Another addition to the Google Office family!Posted by vantan at 11:49 AM
October 29, 2006
Stanford students Wiki
Stanford University launches a Wiki for its students for sharing and discussions. (link via WOMMA)Posted by vantan at 2:24 PM
October 28, 2006
The Web 2.0 name game
Web 1.0 versus Web 2.0. Try it, it's fun!Posted by vantan at 7:10 PM
October 20, 2006
Myspace ain't so gray
Danah Boyd analyses the statistics and concludes that Myspace isn't as gray as it's made out to be. (Man, am I glad I didn't report the original statement)Posted by vantan at 1:59 AM
October 9, 2006
Project Posner
A beta search engine for all decisions made by US Judge Richard Posner. A true geek's tribute.Posted by vantan at 8:29 PM
October 6, 2006
Should Corporations Control Online Communication?
"This article slams those who celebrate social networking sites without considering the fact that large corporations own and control many of these sites."Posted by vantan at 1:30 PM
October 3, 2006
Blogmarks
Blogmarks.net - Yet another bookmark storage service. I wonder who will finally win the battle. In the meantime, I save a lot of bookmarks but never bother going back to my saved links.Posted by vantan at 5:52 AM
August 29, 2006
Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard
Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard - I can totally empathise with this article. Well-written.Posted by vantan at 12:32 PM
August 25, 2006
New vantan.org Asides feed
Just moved the Asides feed over to Feedburner. If you've subscribed, please update the feed to this link.Posted by vantan at 2:42 AM
July 12, 2006
GDrive discovered
Someone discovered a secret Google storage service. Soon after the discovery, the page was de-linked. No better way to get our attention!Posted by vantan at 12:54 AM
June 23, 2006
Mayor of Boston launches podcast
The Mayor of Boston has launched a podcast.Posted by vantan at 12:34 PM
April 1, 2006
Not your space
MySpace.com deletes 200,000 'objectionable' accounts. [This info seeded from Newsvine.com]Posted by vantan at 11:54 AM
March 21, 2006
Firefox 2.0 Alpha
Firefox 2.0 Alpha is out! So exciting.Posted by vantan at 7:43 PM
March 14, 2006
Politician's podcast
This US Rep has his own Podcast!Posted by vantan at 11:52 AM
March 12, 2006
Writely so.
Google acquires Writely.Posted by vantan at 3:02 PM
February 28, 2006
Fake mint
Poor Shaun, they pirated Mint. Support original software!Posted by vantan at 12:07 AM
February 4, 2006
BBC on Hillsong
Positive BBC coverage on Australian worship church, Hillsong.Posted by vantan at 12:18 PM
January 25, 2006
Dictionary.com redesign
Zeldman / Happy Cog Studios to redesign Dictionary.com, a website I often refer to. Congrats!Posted by vantan at 12:44 AM
January 16, 2006
Looks matter
BBC: A website's first impressions do count.Posted by vantan at 11:24 PM
December 23, 2005
TIME Photos of 2005
TIME magazine's best photos of 2005 - in Flash. Worth a look.Posted by vantan at 12:08 AM
December 22, 2005
Songbird
Site / music software to watch - Songbird. (Link from unionpost.org)Posted by vantan at 9:31 AM
December 14, 2005
FCK
Sourceforge's featured app - Open-source CMS called FCKeditor.Posted by vantan at 7:36 PM
December 12, 2005
Amazon tags
Amazon now lets you add tags to their items.Posted by vantan at 9:56 PM
December 9, 2005
Nokia news feed
Nokia now has a news feed for its latest news and features.Posted by vantan at 9:40 PM
November 8, 2005
Relevant Books
Funky Christian book publisher. I've read sample chapters from a few of their books, and content looks pretty relevant.Posted by vantan at 12:42 AM
November 7, 2005
Lulu
Lulu is an online service where you can publish your own book, CD, DVD, image or calendar and let other people order it online.Posted by vantan at 11:15 PM
October 13, 2005
Google menus up to 2003
Google menus in this blog, up to 2003. Yummy. Always wondered what they really ate.Posted by vantan at 2:06 AM
Top 10 reasons for working at Google
Top 10 reasons for working at GooglePosted by vantan at 2:00 AM
October 6, 2005
World Usability Day
3 Nov is World Usability Day. Check out the official website.Posted by vantan at 12:42 PM
October 4, 2005
Yahoo pips Google for digital library
Yahoo may have pulled one back on Google, by learning from its rival's mistake with its unpopular 'opt-out' policy. Copyright owners may prefer Yahoo's 'opt-in' approach. But only time will tell which web giant will win the digital content war. (Actually, why don't they just merge on this one?!)Posted by vantan at 12:36 AM
September 29, 2005
My comments man
Nice to know that a few people are still referring to my Comments man as a 'nice' example.Posted by vantan at 6:49 PM
September 23, 2005
Usability for teens
Wired reports on NNGroup's findings on what websites work for teensPosted by vantan at 12:17 AM
September 16, 2005
iDN DesignEdge
iDN's back in Singapore with a new conference called DesignEdge. Check out the official website. Nifty use of Flash.Posted by vantan at 1:18 AM
September 15, 2005
Google unveils blog search
Check out blogsearch.google.com. Guess what you get when you key in 'vantan'? :)Posted by vantan at 8:02 AM
August 29, 2005
Don't Click It
Don't Click It is a funky flash-based site which lets you navigate comfortably - without using a mouse! Very tastefully done.Posted by vantan at 10:17 PM
August 26, 2005
Duke's podcasting symposium
Duke University is holding the first academic podcasting symposium this September. Watch out for the Podcast (of course)!Posted by vantan at 3:26 PM
August 24, 2005
Houses of the future
Sydney's Houses of the Future.Posted by vantan at 10:57 PM
Google Talk
Google Talk is launching soon, hopefully todayPosted by vantan at 11:01 AM
August 10, 2005
Podcast makes it to the Oxford dictionary
'Podcasting' makes it to the Oxford dictionary, among other termsPosted by vantan at 9:00 PM
August 7, 2005
Delicious Exporter
Someone's written add-on software that allows Delicious Monster users to export their bookshelf into HTML format. Which is fine, but I'm waiting for the day we can syndicate our book lists.Posted by vantan at 3:28 AM
August 6, 2005
Yahoo!'s video search
Search for videos at Yahoo!Posted by vantan at 2:42 PM
August 2, 2005
One new blog every second
Technorati: One blog is created every second. And it may just get faster...Posted by vantan at 11:53 PM
July 26, 2005
Konfabulous
Yahoo acquires Konfabulator - and now it's free!Posted by vantan at 1:27 AM
July 19, 2005
The rise of the podcast
The BBC on how podcasting is rewriting the rulesPosted by vantan at 11:49 PM
June 14, 2005
Defunker
OK guys this is my new favourite T-shirt site. Wonderful use of Flash (if you realise it).Posted by vantan at 1:42 AM
April 14, 2005
Firefox Hacks
'Firefox Hacks' is the latest title from O'Reilly. Frankly I have no idea how to do any of the sample Hacks they let you download on this page.Posted by vantan at 12:29 AM
April 13, 2005
Stylegala
StyleGala.com is my new favourite site for web standards and good looksPosted by vantan at 4:58 PM
April 11, 2005
Favicons!
Cool favicon gallery. Your favourites here.Posted by vantan at 12:27 PM
April 4, 2005
Accessible web forms
A friendly guide to creating stylish and accessible web forms.Posted by vantan at 12:38 PM
March 20, 2005
Geek.com
Geeks galore on this site - why didn't I hear of it earlier?Posted by vantan at 9:39 PM
March 9, 2005
Transformers Icons
Transformers icons! There's an Optimus Prime icon ... and Autobot and Decepticon badges!Posted by vantan at 11:03 PM
Faith In The Workplace
Faithintheworkplace.com - a Christian guide to keeping the faith even in the office.Posted by vantan at 9:03 PM
Pain In The English
Pain In The English ... Don't be arsed, ask the questions!Posted by vantan at 5:04 PM
March 7, 2005
Arty books
I love these art books ... mmm. Phaidon is the bomb.Posted by vantan at 11:15 PM
Stylesheet notes in iPod
WestCIV lets you download their CSS guide into iPod notes format. Coolness.Posted by vantan at 9:06 PM
February 1, 2005
Love it to Bits
Don't you just love the new SimpleBits look? (OK, maybe it isn't that new anymore but I like it anyway)Posted by vantan at 11:19 PM
China bans the Sims
China bans the Sims, among other games, to 'create a good environment' for children.Posted by vantan at 8:34 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
December 15, 2004
Google the libraries
Google to put books from great libraries on internetPosted by vantan at 6:34 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
November 23, 2004
Firefox is more usable
In his 22 Nov 2004 Alertbox, Jakob Nielsen says Firefox is better than IE for usability. He refers to this old article. [My bad; I had previously linked to the wrong article]Posted by vantan at 7:11 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
November 19, 2004
Gigapixel panorama
The world's first 2.5 gigapixel picturePosted by vantan at 9:37 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
October 30, 2004
Onryo relaunches
Greek design company Onryo has relaunched its site. Impressive visuals.Posted by vantan at 9:49 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
October 12, 2004
Paralysis.org
Visit Christopher and Dana Reeve's paralysis resource centerPosted by vantan at 11:04 PM | Comments (0)
September 29, 2004
One spammer down
Glad to hear that Amazon does take action against comment-spamming affiliates.Posted by vantan at 7:59 AM
September 20, 2004
Microsoft JPEG flaw
I never thought this would happen, but it can: Opening a hacked JPEG file exposes many Microsoft products (Office, Windows, Internet Explorer - basically almost everything!) to potential attacks. Come on, Bill, fix this bug!Posted by vantan at 10:18 PM
September 7, 2004
Free online books
A list of free online book resourcesPosted by vantan at 2:44 PM
September 6, 2004
Resizeable Flash text
Resizeable Flash text!Posted by vantan at 11:53 AM
August 31, 2004
Browse Happy
Now this is another Switch I'd like to promote. Dump IE!Posted by vantan at 3:26 AM
August 19, 2004
Google shares soar
Google shares rocket 18% on first day of tradingPosted by vantan at 5:38 PM
Macromedia Flash Gallery
Check out Macromedia's gallery of Flash videos. Neat!Posted by vantan at 5:01 PM
August 17, 2004
The ActionScript Jabberwocky
This is really geeky but merits a post: The Jabberwocky, as written in ActionScript. Anyone got any more of these?Posted by vantan at 7:07 AM
August 10, 2004
IE down, Mozilla up
Internet Explorer sees a dip in usage (thanks to new players like Mozilla Firefox) - though it's a small change from 95% to 94%.Posted by vantan at 6:23 PM
July 24, 2004
Microsoft's Channel9 blog
Microsoft has a blog for developers that actually looks funky. Moblog and Wiki tooPosted by vantan at 7:57 PM
July 20, 2004
That's Sir Timothy to you, now
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the WWW, gets knighted by Queen Elizabeth.A most fitting recognition. Along with the designer of the iPod, I'd say Tim is one of the most influential Britons of our modern age.
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