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New York’s Best Coffee, App For Finding Indie Cafés in New York City
New York’s Best Coffee by Blue Crow Media is an app for finding independent artisan cafés in New York City. Blue Crow Media has also…
Beautiful Wire Mesh Sculptures by Derek Kinzett
British artist Derek Kinzett uses wire mesh to create beautiful figure sculptures. via Colossal
Beautiful Wool Felt Animal iPad, MacBook & Kindle Sleeves
Isabelle Dansereau of Etsy shop Boutique ID makes beautiful wool felt iPad, MacBook and Kindle sleeves that look like various animals such as a cat,…
Cat Litter Face Mask
Over at Catster, columnist Dorian Wagner tested out a homemade cat litter face mask that consists of fresh regular, unscented clay cat litter, water and…
Popularity of Instagram Explained by Next Media’s Taiwanese Animation
Next Media Animation explains the popularity of Instagram in one of their awesome Taiwanese animations. You may remember Next Media’s animation of the TechCrunch controversy.…
TuneTug, Social DJ App Allows Users To Vote On Group Music Choices
TuneTug’s iPad social jukebox app at CNN Grill While dining at the CNN Grill at SxSW 2012, the Laughing Squid crew got to play with…
Interview With Designer Dieter Rams
This fascinating interview with influential German designer Dieter Rams was created by publisher Gestalten to accompany their book Less and More: The Design Ethos of…
Grovo, Video Tutorials on How to Use the Internet
New York City based Grovo is an educational site that produces video tutorials about popular sites and web services. For an example, see “What…
How Slacktory’s Nick Douglas Got By At SxSW On $10 A Day
In this “Nailed It” episode, Slacktory’s editor Nick Douglas gives humorous tips on how he got by at SxSW 2012 on just $10 a day.
New Supermarket Scanner That Recognizes Objects
Toshiba is developing a supermarket checkout scanner that recognizes objects, making barcodes unnecessary (video). via Übergizmo video via DigInfo TV