• Idée Labs
  Some really extraordinary ways to search images using colour, tags… even other images.
  (tags: image search online flickr color tagging)

At the very end of a post about professional public speaking (more about Tod’s public-speaking series of posts soon – they’re fantastic, and this one is actually hilarious), Tod Maffin offers a piece of advice that just about every Mac user should take to heart:
Mac machines by default make a chirping sound each time you hit a volume key. You can turn that off by going to System… Read more...

A quick tip if you want to check out something nifty: this map at the Vision Vancouver election site.

 

It’s easy for supporters to add their names, and the way they pop in and out is engaging and kind of cute.

The site… Read more...

• ReadWriteWeb Jobwire – The latest hires in Tech and New Media industries
  If you're one of those folks who like to/need to track where the movers and shakers are heading in the wide world o' tech, this site's going to be invaluable to you.
  (tags: rww news web2.0 people)

Take it from someone who’s been there.

That feeling you have right now that your entire country is about to make a giant, catastrophic mistake and you just can’t get anyone to listen..?

…You get used to it… Read more...

We’ve been kept pretty busy at Social Signal (I’m not complaining, not for a minute, and not because I don’t have a spare minute to use for complaining, although I don’t, and even if I did I’d have used it up in this parenthetical comment) so blogging on my personal site has been… Read more...

• Second Life entrepreneurs have a friend in Canada Post
  They're offering a package of resources for anyone who wants to launch e-commerce within SL – including a build for an actual, erm, virtual store.
  (tags: secondlife canada_post rgm)
• Chatelaine.com: Chatelaine Walking Club
  Chatelaine's entry into the world of branded online communities. I was tipped to it by

If any good can come out of this ugly, sad fiasco, it’s if people start reflecting a little more before they jump into the fray. From Hilzoy:
To the people who jumped on the bandwagon: think about the responsibilities that come with having an audience. When a story like this hits, you can try to convince people to withhold judgment until the facts are in, or you can… Read more...