As you’ve probably heard, Facebook revamped its privacy settings (yet again), this time in an effort to simplify things for users.
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3 easy ways to use custom fonts online
If you’ve ever designed a website, it’s likely that, at some point, you’ve been frustrated with the lack of flexibility and customization when it comes to using your favorite fonts online. If an individual user doesn’t have the font you’re trying to use, it won’t display correctly on his or her end.
20 stories, 20 writers: new O. Henry collection
The 2010 O. Henry Prize brings together a collection of twenty brilliant short stories from some of the most prestigious literary magazines in America.
New top 100 list: Food 100
We love food. Who doesn’t? And the web is a delicious and wondrous bounty of food information. Recipes. Foodblogs. Luscious-looking photography of rhubarb-almond bars, pistachio-crusted salmon, and just about anything else you can imagine.
Wow! 500 photographers
Amazing photographers are out there on the web, and Rotterdam-based photographer and blogger Pieter Wisse is tracking them down.
Explaining the ideas behind the “Internet of Things”
You never know whether it’s worth paying attention to the latest buzzphrase or not. Will it be around five years from now? Or will it fade away?
Google vs. Apple: 10 battles
Remember IBM vs. Microsoft? And Apple vs. Microsoft? And Microsoft vs. Everyone? Well, the latest mega-fight is between Google and Apple, or so it seems.
Google Docs revamped, adds Drawings
Google Docs is already a terrific suite of Office-like applications, and now it’s getting even better. Google has revamped Docs to make it faster, more responsive, and easier to collaborate
Wow-inducing “Alice” book for the iPad
Yes, it’s happened, and in a big way: “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” has been reimagined for the iPad, and it’s a winner.
Photojojo provides tutorial on light painting
As a kid, I was obsessed with photography (still am, really), and one of my favorite things was to create photographic light sculptures by leaving the shutter open and then “painting” in the frame with a sparkler or flashlight.