http://www.ideaconnexion.com/seen observations of a changing internet Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:42:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't think that Last.fm is a new site, in fact I'm pretty sure I heard about it from a couple different people prior to today. But this was the first time I was at my desk and could actually take a look at it. Very nifty. You can input ... http://www.ideaconnexion.com/seen/2006/12/14/music-that-youll-probably-like/ Now I don't universally think that Flash is bad, and neither does the author of this article. But the point to take away is that an all-Flash site is generally not a good idea. In fact, even a mostly-Flash site is probably a bad idea if you want anybody to ... http://www.ideaconnexion.com/seen/2006/08/15/why-flash-is-bad/ The common loon, state bird of Minnesota and national bird of Canada, had a nice feature on KARE 11 last night. The way they handle their eggs reminds me of the emperor penguins in March of the Penguins. Beautiful creatures. Make sure to watch the video to see the whole ... http://www.ideaconnexion.com/seen/2006/07/27/nesting-loons/ With this lovely globaly-warmed weather that we've been having in Minnesota this year (and for that matter increasingly so for the past 5 summers), who wouldn't want a good old snow day. When it's consistently 90 degrees and soupy humid outside, what feels better than making your own snowflake? Popular Front ... http://www.ideaconnexion.com/seen/2006/07/25/snow-days-in-july/ So this isn't exactly brand new news, but it's the first I've seen of it. Nike came out with a line of clothing that have integrated iPod storage and shoes that have a transmitter that sends a signal to your iPod. The combination means that you can integrate training goals ... http://www.ideaconnexion.com/seen/2006/07/25/nike/ Google Labs has come out with a special accessible search engine that searches the web and gives priority ranking to site that are more accessible to those who are blind or visually impaired. Many of these users have screen readers that actually read the content (hidden and visible) of a ... http://www.ideaconnexion.com/seen/2006/07/20/accessible-google/ Not sure yet if this tool is a good thing, or just something to put even more unrealistic deadlines on software developers. But Tick web-based timetracking seems pretty cool to me, and hey, it integrates with Basecamp, so that's a plus. I could see as much use for this on internal ... http://www.ideaconnexion.com/seen/2006/07/18/tick-timetracking/