Adobe Media Player
Adobe’s been doing some really cool stuff with their AIR runtime lately, and their new Media Player doesn’t disappoint. It allows you to stream or download video content from a number of different networks, or you can add your own (like Dear Toronto) by using an RSS feed.
From what I’ve seen so far, all of these AIR-based apps are really slick, and they give a great experience to the user. Certainly opens the door to a new world of possibilities for AJAX/FLEX/Flash developers.
Radiohead’s Gorge Remix Page
I just adore the UI on Radiohead’s remix contest page for their track, Nude. Totally stripped down to the bare essentials of what they wanted you to be able to do on the page - upload your own, information and ability to play this mix and share it - all presented in a beautiful, vibrant and extremely usable interface that really brings out a joy of use. Now if only the damn tracks would play in my browser… (is it just me?)
The Start
Jason Calacanis’ tips on how to save money running a startup that he posted today are also, incidentally, things that any company can do to be highly attractive to anyone my age.
One point in particular stood out:
3. Buy everyone lunch every and establish a no-meetings policy.
The second point here is brilliant. I’d say 99% of meetings held in an IT environment are highly irrelevant and unnecessary, and for the ADD generation, locking them in a room and giving them information that they either a) Already know or b) Don’t need, is just about torture.
Picnik - Edit your Flickr photos on the Web
The guys at Flickr have just announced a partnership with Picnik, a service which will allow you to do some basic editing to your photos in a delicious Web 2.0-ish interface. Free editing tools include cropping, resizing, adjusting exposure/colours, and sharpening/red-eye adjustuments.
For 25 bucks a year, you get access to “advanced photo editing tools” and “high end effects”, but the free stuff should take care of most of the stuff you’d normally do in an application like Photoshop, which ends up being totally overkill for day-to-day photo tweaking.
They’ve also built in support to let you edit your Facebook photos, allowing you to crop out your most shameful moments, which (funny enough) accounts for about 90% of my Facebook tagged photos.
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Adam is a User Experience Specialist at IBM in Toronto and also produces content of all kinds around the Web.
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