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URLs vistas e salvas no Del.icio.us entre 06.06.2008 e 16.06.2008:

1. Nokia theme studio
   [...] enables creation of custom Nokia themes that can alter the appearance of all the Series 60 user interfaces (UI) components.
2. Creating Themes For Series 40 And Series 60 Devices: Visual Guide
   This document helps you create effective, high-quality Themes for Series 40 and Series 60 devices as well as the Nokia 7710 device.
3. Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol – Times Online
   Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacteria that have been genetically altered to provide 'renewable petroleum'
4. iPhone de graça
   Por dentro da inovadora estratégia de Steve Jobs para conquistar o mundo da internet móvel
5. Want to know how to design? Learn The Basics.
   The basic elements of design include colour, line, shape, scale, space, texture and value and these are the fundamental pieces that make up any piece of work.
6. Tutzor.com
   Best Photoshop Tutorials and No Junk
7. Windows UX Taskforce
   Let Microsoft know about the user experience quirks in Windows Vista
8. Paulistanos não podem adotar gatos pretos nas sextas-feiras 13
   Centro de Controle de Zoonoses proíbe adoção desses animais próximo à data. Veterinários temem que animais sejam sacrificados ou vítimas de maus-tratos.
9. Rancho da Traíra – preço salgado e comida sem sal
   Por solicitação dos departamentos jurídico e de marketing em comentário abaixo, o logotipo da empresa foi removido do post, mediante alegação de quebra de direito autoral.
10. Web Utilities: Google Makes RSS Embedding Easy
    Looking to embed up-to-date headlines into a personal web page, start page, or other HTML-friendly project?
11. Cool Tool: Keep-A-Cable
    Organizes desk-bound cords
12. Macaco-prego entende valor do dinheiro – 13/06/2008
    Mesmo separado do homem por 35 milhões de anos de evolução biológica, o macaco-prego demonstrou em experimentos na Itália possuir uma capacidade demasiado humana [...]
13. Gravadora Trama vai disponibilizar acervo para download grátis
    Discos de Elis Regina e o cultuado álbum “Racional 1”, de Tim Maia, devem ser colocados online até o final do ano
14. That design is money! – physical interface
    Wells Fargo was in the process of upgrading their ATMs with touchscreen monitors.
15. Key diferences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0
    We are not aware of a technical comparison between Web 1.0 and 2.0. While most of Web 2.0 runs on the same substrate as 1.0, there are some key differences
16. ‘Unicórnio’ nasce na Itália e surpreende pesquisadores
    Espécie de cervídeo normalmente tem dois chifres na cabeça. Defeito genético fez animal nascer com apenas um; seu irmão nasceu normal.
17. 3G @ Wikipédia
    3G é a terceira geração de padrões e tecnologias de telefonia móvel, substituindo o 2G. É baseado na família de normas da União Internacional de Telecomunicações (UIT), no âmbito do Programa Internacional de Telecomunicações Móveis (IMT-2000
18. Para TST, é lícito empresa acessar e-mail de empregado
    O Tribunal Superior do Trabalho (TST) concluiu que "não há ilicitude no ato da empresa que acessa a caixa de correio eletrônico corporativo do empregado, pois se trata de equipamento e tecnologia fornecido pela empresa para utilização no trabalho".
19. Writing Style for Print vs. Web (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
    Linear vs. non-linear. Author-driven vs. reader-driven. Storytelling vs. ruthless pursuit of actionable content. Anecdotal examples vs. comprehensive data. Sentences vs. fragments.
20. Apple – iPhone 3G
    Phone, iPod, and Internet in one fast 3G device. Starting at $199.
21. Elisa
    Elisa is an open source cross-platform Media Center connecting the internet to your all-in-one media player.
22. Lunch Atop a Skyscraper, c.1932 Print by Charles Ebbets at Art.com
    Eleven fearless workmen, casually perched hundreds of feet above New York’s streets, were photographed in 1932 by the daring Charles C. Ebbets (1905-1978) during the construction of Rockefeller Center.
23. Lunch Atop a Skyscraper on Flickr
    A lego reconstruction of the famous photograph taken by Charles Ebbets
24. The Future of the Internet — And How to Stop It
    This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity—and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success.
25. Ciclistas pedalam nus para protestar na Espanha
    Eles protestam contra carros, poluição e motoristas agressivos.
26. Symbian S60 – Help Center
    To configure IMAP for your Symbian S60 device, just follow these steps:
27. 50 Cool Things You Can Do with Google Charts API | College@Home
    Read on to see what’s been done, and how you can do it yourself.
28. Motorista do DF é ‘flagrado’ a 880 km/h no Rio de Janeiro
    Multa foi aplicada em Niterói; ele recorreu, mas seu pedido foi indeferido. Para o Denatran, ele terá de pagar a multa para recorrer e ter o valor devolvido.
29. Um “causo” de ilustração
    [...] Fiquei com pena e falei que iria fazer alguma coisa rapidinho e mandar por email pra ele compor o tal convite. [...]
30. Conectando « IGDA Recife
    [...] Gerar visibilidade para ‘TODO MUNDO’ envolvido no desenvolvimento de jogos de recife e criar pontes que liguem cada uma dessas pessoas e entidades para gerar sinergia entre as partes.

URLs vistas e salvas no Del.icio.us entre 19/06/2007 e 24/06/2007:

1. Argentina é maior consumidora de maconha na A. Latina – O Globo Online
   Os argentinos quase triplicaram o consumo de maconha nos últimos três anos, transformando-se nos maiores consumidores da América Latina, disse no domingo um jornal local.
2. Procurador do estado do Rio é preso por crime de racismo
   Apesar do crime ser inafiançável, a tentativa de retratação na delegacia é considerada atenuante e, por isso, permite a libertação por meio de fiança.
3. Web 2.0 Backpack: Web Apps for Students
   What follows is the set of web tools I would put in my backpack were I headed back to school tomorrow.
4. Ornithopter – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   An ornithopter (from Greek ornithos "bird" and pteron "wing") is an aircraft that flies by flapping of the wings.
5. Design de adaptação @ فين البحرين؟
   Para chegar mais perto dos consumidores, agrande maioria das marcas estrangeiras tem versões em árabe dos seus logotipos.
6. Water splitting – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   Water splitting is the general term for a chemical reaction in which water is converted into oxygen and hydrogen.
7. Art Of Deception: Controlling the Human Element Of Security
   nviting you into the complex mind of the hacker, Mitnick provides realistic scenarios of cons, swindles, and social engineering attacks on business – and the consequences…
8. Orange demonstrates a wind turbine charger
   Orange will demonstrate a wind-powered mobile phone charger next week, as part of its sponsorship of the Glastonbury festival.
9. WordPress 2.2.1
   WordPress 2.2.1 is now available. 2.2.1 is a bug fix release for the 2.2 series. Since 2.2 was released a month ago, the WordPress community has been improving fit-and-finish by identifying and fixing those little bugs that can be so annoying and by fine-
10. One Laptop Per South Pacific and South African Pilot
    If you are as obsessive as I am in following the One laptop Per Child program, you’ll have no doubt noted that both South Africa and the South Pacific Community are both conducing OLPC XO pilots but you may doubt the use of the term "pilot".
11. WP Plugin: Official Comments
    I just whipped up a quick WordPress 1.2/1.5/2.0 plugin that allows you to distinguish comments made by WordPress users. It also will automatically approve comments made by WP users.
12. Download an example persona used in the design of a web application
    Despite a wide-ranging interest in personas (aka user profiles) by web and software designers, concrete examples of actual personas are surprisingly hard to find.
13. Problemas com a Operadora de Telefonia?
    Como este número em mãos, nem ligue mais pra Vivo, ligue diretamente a Anatel ( 0800-33-2001 ) e abra uma reclamação fornecendo o número do protocolo da reclamação.
14. Nokia 6125 – Características
    Com seu design flip clean e elegante o Nokia 6125 foi criado para que seja sempre um exemplo de bom-gosto, seja qual for a época ou o lugar.
15. Nokia_Br – Nokia 6125
    A elegância de um clássico com tecnologia contemporânea.
16. Nokia 6125 – Accessories
    Capinhas, Cabos, Fones, Cartões de Memória, Baterias, Carregadores…
17. Nokia – Nokia 6125
    1.3-megapixel camera with 8x smooth zoom; Music with you: music player supporting MP3 and other formats, stereo FM radio, and Visual Radio; Universal connectivity with Bluetooth, infrared, and Pop-Port interface with USB.
18. Mobile-review – Nokia 6125
    Not bad functionality is packed in a slim body of this middle class clamshell.
19. Pioneering a User Experience (UX) Process – Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
    Understanding why you should create a UX process is a good place to start. If you?re already in the initial stages of UX startup you probably have a number of answers to that question already.
20. Palavras que deveriam existir – Pensar Enlouquece, Pense Nisso.
    É assim que "whisky" virou uísque, e "Whoop! There It Is" (refrão de uma música do grupo americano Tag Team) metamorfoseou-se no hino de todas as torcidas "uh tererê!".
21. Remove unwanted menu extras
    Simply hold down the Command (Apple) key and drag the offender out of the menu bar and onto a blank area of the Desktop. Poof! No more icon.
22. Primeira defesa de dissertação no Mestrado da Esdi
    Na quinta-feira, 21 de junho, às 14h00, será realizada a defesa da primeira dissertação de mestrado concluída no Programa de Pós-graduação da Esdi,
23. How To Tie A Tie – Presented by ScoutDB.org
    As a service to the more fashion challenged (like me) ScoutDB presents the following primer on how to tie a tie.
24. The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 1: Why not to do a startup
    In this series of posts I will walk through some of my accumulated knowledge and experience in building high-tech startups.
25. Electronic Biologia Centrali-Americana
    The 58 digitized volumes of the Biologia Centrali-Americana are reached through the index below.
26. 13 Critical SEO Checklist
    As the matter of fact, there are quite some optimizations you can handle yourself without the need of an SEO expert.
27. Jobs’ legacy at stake: Is iPhone the final flourish? – MY iTablet
    Poor old Steve Jobs could be excused for feeling more than a little confused right now – on the one hand, he’s being praised for the fourth act of the Resurrection Of Apple, while on the other there are suggestions that he?s peaked.

URLs vistas e salvas no Del.icio.us entre 27/05/2007 e 31/05/2007:

1. Bill Gates e Steve Jobs trocam elogios em conferência tecnológica
   Gigantes do universo tecnológico participaram de encontro na Califórnia. Gates é o homem mais rico do mundo, enquanto Jobs está no 132º lugar.
2. Microsoft Surface Virtual Pressroom
   The launch of Microsoft Surface marks the beginning of a new technology category and a user-interface revolution.
3. Gmail Attachments Now Up to 20 MB
   Gmail increased their permitted file size for attachments from 10 MB to 20 MB.
4. List of cognitive biases @ Wikipedia.
   Cognitive bias is distortion in the way humans perceive reality
5. Vai um corte de cabelo aí?
   O nome da técnica é Binaural recording que utiliza pequenos microfones na altura dos ouvidos para simular um ambiente real.
6. iFixit: iPod, iBook, & PowerBook Parts and Accessories
   We enable you to repair your Apple PowerBook, iBook, MacBook or iPod yourself.
7. Princípio antrópico @ Wikipédia
   "Vemos o universo da maneira como ele é porque, se fosse diferente, não estaríamos aqui para vê-lo".
8. Protótipos navegáveis no OmniGraffle
   Para Arquitetos de Informação que usam Macs: um screencast mostrando como criar prtótipos navegáveis no OmniGraffle.
9. Capitalismo @ Charles? Que Charles?
   Rolou essa semana um evento bastante inusitado, onde a Microsoft Brasil convidou uma série de blogueiros que falam sobre tecnologia para conhecerem o Windows Vista, além de outros produtos.
10. FreeHand no longer updated; moving to Illustrator
    After a long and storied career, Adobe (neé Altsys, Aldus, and Macromedia) FreeHand has reached the end of its development road.
11. Anakin Skywalker: Borderline Personality, Bipolar or Narcissist?
    Anakin Skywalker, aka Darth Vader, suffers from a controversial mental condition and could use some couch time in a shrink’s office, a team of researchers declared this week.
12. Live Free or Die Hard – Film – New York Times
    Next month Lieutenant McClane will try to hurdle a new kind of obstacle. He’s about to find out if the summer movie audience still has a taste for cinematic red meat.
13. Homem dado como morto reaparece e assassinato vira mistério
    Um crime está envolto em mistério em Pernambuco, levando o delegado Marciano Bezerra, de Vitória de Santo Antão, na Zona da Mata, a enviar à Justiça o pedido de exumação de um corpo.
14. Reef Stash Sandal | Be Sportier
    The Reef Stash Sandal lets you forget your wallet at home.
15. Apple secrets: iPhone, Leopard, and market strategy
    Rob Mead at Tech.co.uk shared some of the "secrets" that were revealed at the Apple shareholder’s meeting at Cupertino, California.
16. How to Pirate a Vinyl Record
    So you thought you’ve pirated everything huh?
17. Poul Anderson @ Wikipedia
    was an American science fiction author of the genre’s Golden Age. Poul Anderson has also written several works of fantasy.
18. Gmail: Help Center – What’s the maximum attachment size?
    With Gmail, you can send and receive messages up to 20 megabytes (MB) in size. However, the precise amount allowable will depend on the attachment.
19. Novas Tecnologias no E-learning: Desafios e Oportunidades para o Design
    Este artigo define três aspectos tecnológicos dos modernos sistemas de E-learning, descreve sua importância para a eficiência de tais sistemas e examina como estes desenvolvimentos devem ser levados em conta no processo de design de produtos eficazes
20. Yamagato Fellowship
    The Yamagato Fellowship is dedicated to the study of these heroes – to highlight their courage, their passion and their intellect.

URLs vistas e salvas no Del.icio.us em 10/02/2007:

1. Slashdot | Google Opens Gmail To All
   The service is no longer by invitation only.
2. Clash of the Titans: Agile and UCD :: UXmatters
   Agile software development [1] has become fairly popular in the last few years, leaving many UX professionals wondering how user-centered design (UCD) can fit into an extremely fast-paced development process that uses little documentation.
3. :: O Design e a Ergonomia ::: As Ciências Sociais e o Design
   Algumas áreas do conhecimento têm vindo a ganhar o seu lugar de destaque no design, como é o caso da ergonomia ou da psicologia cognitiva mas, as ciências sociais parecem ter ficado um pouco para trás e são até menosprezadas. O que é gravíssimo!
4. :: O Design e a Ergonomia ::: Metodologias de investigação em design de comunicação
   Neste livro, de 6 capítulos, podemos encontrar métodos, quantitativos e qualitativos, aplicáveis ás questões do design de comunicação. � um manual bastante ilustrado, com exemplos reais de projecto.
5. Serendipity Curve / Add a little more random to your product
   You follow a near-random trail of blog links and land on the post that solves your big business problem. You randomly flip through a physics book and find next week’s sermon.
6. pasta and vinegar » Statistics and game design
   here seem to be a trend in game design and game research lately about the importance of having metrics and ways to assess/describe/grasp/apprehend game usage with more powerful techniques.
7. Microsoft: We Like DRM – Forbes.com
   Steve Jobs wants the music business to drop restrictions for digital tunes. But Microsoft, which began competing head to head with Apple in the digital music business last fall, is happy with the way things are,
8. Gettings Things Done with Google | one cranky coot.
   I�ve been using David Allen�s Getting Things Done for a few years now and I can�t recommend it highly enough. I get more done in less time. I spend much less time and energy figuring out what I need to next. It has freed up mental cycles and allowed
9. Typotheque, digital type foundry
10. Web 2.0 how-to design style guide
11. Designing with Type: Devoted to the Art and Appreciation of Typography
12. www.welie.com — patterns in Interaction Design
13. Multi-Touch Interaction Research
14. Dilbert (Imagem GIF, 600×207 pixels)
    why did you add this button to the user interface?
15. UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts: InfoSys 296A-2 / Law276.8
16. Uma jornada na Experiência do Usuário: Sobre a Michelangelização de Blogs
    Seria muito bom se eu tivesse quantum mental para ir tomando nota e estruturando as idéias que aparecem, os cases, acertos, erros e demais aspectos da vivência desse período recente da minha vida para contar por aqui. Sem dúvida, seria um blog melhor,

Esta semana o Steve Jobs declarou que já estava em tempo de se acabar com o Digital Rights Management. Algumas das muitas reações que vi, listei abaixo.

• Steve Jobs defende o fim do DRM.
• Dono da Apple pede fim de programa antipirataria.
• Steve Jobs: Apple Would Love to Sell Unprotected Music.
• Will Steve Jobs drop iTunes DRM in a heartbeat?
• Today’s Top Tech: Apple Says DRM Bites.
• Steve Jobs on DRM (Digital Rights Management).
• Steve Jobs Posts His Thoughts On Music.
• Imagining a world without DRM.
• Thoughts on Steve Jobs’ Desire to Abolish DRMs.
• Jobs Issues Statement on DRM.
• On Copyright.
• Steve Jobs and the digital rights bugaboo.
  A opinião de John C. Dvorak: “He’s right, the music industry is strangling itself“.

URLs vistas e salvas no Del.icio.us em 09/02/2007:

1. Make your own mashup with Yahoo! Pipes – Lifehacker
   Yahoo releases a brand new web service called Pipes that mixes, mashes and – you Unix geeks will appreciate this – pipes feeds through filters you define in an attractive, visual IDE.
2. 9 Resume Tips That Should Be Screechingly Obvious (But Apparently Aren�t) « Former Slacker
   These are all basic rules, but they all seem to get broken constantly. All of these should be obvious to anyone who�s conscious (maybe even the lightly sleeping), but they must not be. On to the rules!
3. Crocodile Clips :: simple simulation software
   At Crocodile Clips, we create flexible, easy-to-use modelling software for schools and colleges. Our products are used worldwide, and recommended by teachers and governments for their innovative and engaging approach.
4. Tor: Um sistema anónimo de comunicação na Internet
   Tor é um conjunto de ferramentas para um amplo grupo de organizações e particulares que desejam aumentar a sua segurança na Internet. Usar Tor pode ajudar a tornar anónima a navegação e publicação na Web, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, e outras apl
5. Simple GTD : Organize your stuff online
   Simple GTD is a completely free web-based tool which help you in organizing your stuff and will assist you to applying "GTD Principles" in your daily life.
6. Imitating A Scanner Darkly | Illustrator Techniques
   Using Illustrator’s pencil tool and shapes of solid color, you can imitate the graphic novel styling of A Scanner Darkly. An animator from the film shows us how.
7. Why Steve Jobs is right about digital rights – MarketWatch
   Digital rights management (DRM) is an out-and-out disaster both as a concept and as an always changing technology.
8. Cocoalicious: A Cocoa del.icio.us Client for Mac OS X
   A Cocoa del.icio.us Client for Mac OS X
9. BassicTech News Blog : Remapping the Universe using this GUI
   I was fascinated by the visual user interface used in the movie Minority Report. Is now seems that Perceptive Pixel has made a fully functional working technology for this kind of user interface.
10. The Domain and Goals of CSCW
    CSCW includes many computer science notions and technologies including HCI, networks, multimedia, object oriented concepts, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. These are not the only technologies used in Groupware applications; the most appropri
11. Usability First: Groupware: Links
    CSCW or "Computer-Supported Cooperative Work" is the study of how people work together using computer technology. Typical applications include email, awareness and notification systems, videoconferencing, chat systems, multi-player games, and realtime sha
12. CSCW 2006 – Best Paper Awards
    This year the conference initiated a Best of CSCW2006 awards program. The reviewing process for the conference as a whole ensures the quality of published contributions, but this program provides an opportunity to acknowledge the most outstanding contribu
13. OpenFlix :: Public Domain Movies
    OpenFlix provides a directory of movies commonly thought to be in the public domain and works their owners are willing to let be distributed.
14. Morre Anna Nicole Smith, modelo e viúva de bilionário – 08/02/2007 – Reuters – Entretenimento
    A ex-modelo da Playboy norte-americana Anna Nicole Smith, que levou à Suprema Corte a sua luta para herdar a fortuna do seu marido idoso, morreu na quinta-feira após desmaiar num quarto de hotel da Flórida. Ela tinha 39 anos.
15. .:. Mundo Estranho .:. Mat̩ria РGigantes do ringue
    Balboa vs. Tyson
16. G1.com.br > Política – NOTÃ�CIAS – ‘Economist’ faz duras críticas à eleição na Câmara
    Para revista britânica, campanha não recuperou imagem da Casa. Reputação de instituição está "no fundo do poço", afirma texto.
17. UN-Google Earth map climate change – CNN.com
    After letting computer users soar over Mount Kilimanjaro’s melting snows and peer down on illegal logging in Asia, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) is exploring how the latest technology can help it reach more people, an official said on Wednesday.
18. Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts
    Learn about common Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts.
19. Cats
    This is a collection of pictures of cats found on random places on the internet.
20. Mac Rumors: Apple Moving to All Flash-based iPods?
    "We believe that the video iPod transition from 1.8-inch hard disk drives to NAND flash memory may occur as soon as late 2007," Tortora wrote. "Our checks indicate that Apple is considering canceling its next generation HDD-based iPod design, with the for
21. 50 Beautiful CSS-Based Web-Designs in 2006 | Smashing Magazine
    2006 was rich on creative, beautiful and unusual design concepts. Weâ��ve seen a lot of whitespace, many examples of readable and usable text-design, badges, stars, rounded corners, shapes, gradients, mirror and 3D-effects – just name it. Letâ��s take a c