Treat with Jermolene

• UsWare vs. ThemWare
  Nice post from Jeff Atwood about who we write software for. TiddlyWiki started as MeWhere, but quickly became UsWare - possibly the most fun journey that a programmer can take
  (tags: development programming opensource software)
• Dev:TiddlyWeb - TiddlyWiki.org
  Notes from the work that Chris Dent is doing for Osmosoft on a new reference serverside implementation for TiddlyWiki
  (tags: tiddlywiki osmosoft chrisdent moass tiddlyweb)
• /Trunk/contributors/ChrisDent/experimental/TiddlyWeb/ - TiddlyWiki - Trac
  The emerging prototype code for Chris Dent’s reference implementation of TiddlyWeb, a new TiddlyWiki serverside design
  (tags: tiddlywiki tiddlyweb moass chrisdent osmosoft)

• The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 - 2007 - The New York Times
  Glorious visulisation porn (thanks isaach)
  (tags: visualisation visualization movies boxoffice infographic flash)
• Data Visualization: Modern Approaches | Graphics | Smashing Magazine
  Nice directory of visualisation porn (via isaach)
  (tags: visualization visualisation infographic graphicdesign)

So, I’ll be attending BlogTalk 2008 next week in Cork, along with most of the Osmosoft contingent. I’ll be running a brief demo of some of the latest TiddlyWiki wizardry, and we’ll have a little exhibition stand too. Being a webby sort of conference, we’re running a RippleRap server so that people can create and share notes about the conference sessions (regardless of the state of the wifi!).

I went to BlogTalk 2006 in Vienna as an independent hacker, and thoroughly enjoyed my first exposure to a crowd of people who are generally at the forefront of thinking about social software. Thomas and John do a tremendous job of bringing people together, and so I’m delighted that this time around BT are one of the sponsors of the event.

• LocoMatrix - GPS gaming for everyone - Home Page
  “Jumpers-for-goalposts for the Wii generation”. Great stuff from Matt Weston and compadres
  (tags: games life gps mobile gaming reallife outside)

• Nearly a million users, and no spam or trolls
  Like Russell, I’m fascinated by how asymmetric friend relationships allow you to build a closed community with porous walls
  (tags: twitter socialnetworks collaboration community spam trolls moderation)

• Call Me Fishmeal.: MacBook Air: Rambling First Impressions (PG!)
  Wil Shipley is wildly amusing. Also fascinatingly confirms that the MacBook Air with an SSD drive is faster at compiling than a hard drive MacBook Pro
  (tags: apple macbookair review wilshipley ssd air)

• Switchy McSwitchenstein
  Yay, a major victory as Isaac succumbs to the Mac after years of Windows ninjahood
  (tags: isaach mac osx apple windows switch switching switchers switchymcswitchenstein switchymcswitchensteinism)
• Opacity
  A beautifully implemented vector graphics editor devoted to producing icons and UI elements. I’d have killed for this 10 years ago
  (tags: mac osx graphics vector graphicdesign design webdev ui web)

• Self-Righting Object, The - New York Times
  Scientists have discovered/invented a shape that always rocks back to stand on the same end, regardless of how you put it down. And it looks a bit like a tortoise shell
  (tags: gomboc physics maths tortoise)

• Are the ‘Freaks’ too scary…BAFTA stops its members from seeing this film… « Angelsstandcorrected
  I’m sad about this; my friend Richard has made a powerful, funny film that really deserves some exposure
  (tags: freaks disability film richardbutchins documentary)