Ads

It's okay if you don't click the ads...

Followers

13 March 2011

Twitter Discards Client UI Community

Twitter Discards Client UI Community

Twitter Discards Client UI Community

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 03:17 PM PST

Antique Geekmeister writes "Twitter has just decided to discard the community of developers who've created interesting and innovative UI applications. The announcement shows that they intend to switch from the 'bazaar' model of development to the 'cathedral,' with much tighter control of user interfaces for 'security' and 'consistency.'"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Awesome opportunity to work with MAKE!

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 03:02 PM PST


MAKE is currently searching for a Maker Shed Evangelist to work with our ecommerce team. This is a contract position. You will seek out and curate cool new products for the Maker Shed store, develop our relationships with independent maker suppliers, as well as commercial suppliers, and evangelizes Maker Shed and its product offerings through social media strategies, blogging, and representation online, and occasionally at events, schools, meet-ups, etc., and help shape our ecommerce merchandising efforts. The ideal person will bring the following experience to the team:

  • Experience tackling hands-on projects, particularly electronics, microcontrollers, robots and motors, and be enthusiastic with sharing your projects with others.
  • Must have ready access to a decent range of tools, from basic hand tools to soldering equipment to basic workshop tools, such as drills, band saws, etc.
  • Excellent project organization skills; able to complete multiple hands-on projects quickly and independently.
  • Passion for documenting and showing off projects to a variety of audiences; e.g. customers who need step-by-step documentation; teachers, parents and mentors looking for guidance in doing a project with students; magazine and online visitors looking for inspiration and ideas; and online shoppers who also need to understand product features, capabilities, and skill requirements.
  • Excellent photography skills a huge plus; capable of capturing components and kits in various stages of completion so as to present our products professionally.
  • Strong network of relationships within the maker community as well as an enthusiasm for meeting new makers and groups.
  • An engaging, friendly personality comfortable inspiring groups with demonstrations and presentations in both formal and informal settings.

Sound like you (or maybe someone you know)? Send a note to Dan Woods (dan@oreilly.com).

Nickels, Dimes, Pennants, Pennies or Points, Sports Gamers Still Get Value [Stick Jockey]

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 03:00 PM PST

It didn't take long after MLB 11 The Show's release for everyone to notice its microtransactions menu and give it a good public flogging. While I don't claim that these things are in anyone's interest other than the publisher's, gamers do a fantastic job of making this out to be a more odious threat than it really is. More »

Hello, I must be going

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 02:07 PM PST

It's hard to believe that I'm currently writing the words I seem to be writing, though a casual stock-taking of my senses dictates that it must be true. Here I am, at my computer, typing letters one by one into a plain text document, rolling along through one of the strangest posts I've ever penned for this site. Okay, probably the strangest ever.

After nearly four years at Engadget, it's time to make my exit. There are things I'm after and challenges I want to take on that just don't fit with my day-to-day schedule here, so off I go.

I didn't make this decision lightly. The time I've spent here has been -- without question -- the most amazing, rewarding, and just insanely fun period of my life. And I like to think I've had some pretty good times. The Engadget staff is easily the greatest collection of human beings I've ever encountered, and they've made waking up and freaking out over tech news for 12 to 18 hours a day into basically a party. I've never worked so hard or had so much fun doing it. I don't use religious terms very often, but if there's such a thing as being blessed, I would say the opportunity I had to work with these people certainly made me feel that way.

And it's not just the core team at Engadget; all the groups at Weblogs (and its director Brad Hill), have been tremendous friends, partners, and peers.

Then there's you guys -- the readers. The hive mind. The Engadget fan-boys and -girls. It's hard to sum up my experiences with the readership of Engadget in one paragraph. It would probably be hard in a hundred. But I can say that you're simply the most informed, passionate, and excited group of people anywhere on the planet. Sure, you can get a little crazy sometimes -- but what an astounding group of super-geniuses you are as well. Writing and working for the throngs of people who visit this site every day has been a huge challenge, a learning experience, and just kind of awe-inspiring.

But as I said, it's time for me to step away. I'm not leaving the industry or the news game -- in fact, I've got a few fantasy projects in mind that hopefully you'll be hearing about soon.

Don't worry though, Engadget is going to keep doing what it does best: being awesome. We have an amazing staff of senior editors and writers that will keep the machine chugging along (and growing!) for years to come. My friend and our editorial director Josh Fruhlinger will be taking on a bigger role in our day-to-day during the transition, and I won't be completely disappearing from the site -- I'll stay on as editor-at-large, to advise and direct when necessary. I'll also be sticking around to host more episodes of the Engadget Show, so you can continue to get your fix (if you're into nerdy video shows about gadgets and technology, that is).

And with that, I'm shuffling over towards the door, just underneath that dim exit sign that keeps blinking on and off, its fluorescent bulbs cracking with some syncopated rhythm all their own. It's just started to rain a little bit outside, but I've got my coat and umbrella. I'll be fine, and so will you.

Till we meet again...

Hello, I must be going originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments

Here's One Tricked-Out Ride on Shift 2 Unleashed [Video]

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 02:00 PM PST

Here's Shift 2: Unleashed being played at PAX East on three extremely large television screens, shot by our man there, Stephen Totilo. More »

iPad 2 Graphics Benchmarks: Way Better Than the Xoom, Kills the Original iPad [Ipad 2]

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 02:00 PM PST

Anandtech put the iPad 2 under a GLBenchmark 2.0 test, a great benchmark for seeing the power of the GPU (where Apple is claiming 9x the performance of the original iPad), and came away with some staggering results. The iPad 2, or I guess more specifically, the A5 chip is going to be an absolute beast for 3D gaming. It's incredible, it's almost silly to put the Tegra 2 (which is in the Xoom) and A4 in the same conversation as the A5. Anandtech says: More »


Google Draws Fire From Congress

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 01:59 PM PST

bonch writes "Democrat Herb Kohl, the Senate's leading antitrust legislator, has vowed an antitrust probe into Google as one of his top priorities. Others in Congress are criticizing the search giant over several flubs, including scanning personal data over neighborhood WiFi, collecting Social Security information from children in a doodling contest, and sidestepping net neutrality rules through a deal with Verizon. They're also concerned over ties with the administration — Eric Schmidt is a technology adviser to President Obama, Andrew McLaughlin serves as Obama's deputy chief technology officer, and Sonal Shah leads the White House Office of Social Innovation. Google spent $5.2 million last year on federal lobbying, but critics say their increased Washington presence has made more enemies than friends." Reader walterbyrd contributes an article that suggests this is all just a fund-raising ploy.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

HTC Droid Incredible 2 smiles pretty for the camera, shows off its fresh VZW tat

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 01:36 PM PST

HTC Droid Incredible 2 smiles pretty for the camera with Verizon branding
It hit Verizon's system a few weeks ago and now it's hitting a white corner for some pictures, showing VZW branding no less. It's the US-spec version of the Incredible S, said to be running Android 2.2 but word is that Gingerbread will be on-tap before it ships. The rest of the specs on this four-inch slab line up with what we've learned before, meaning the only question now is the all-important when.

HTC Droid Incredible 2 smiles pretty for the camera, shows off its fresh VZW tat originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  sourceAndroidSPIN  | Email this | Comments

Is Apple Using a New Headphone Jack for iPad 2? [Blip]

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 01:00 PM PST

Kevin Fox, lead designer at Mozilla Labs, thinks the iPad 2 is using pogo pins instead of the more traditional switch contacts. They've actually filed patents for the pogo pin style headphone jack (which is smaller) before and have been interested in re-making the headphone jack entirely. The difference is super slight but Fox thinks it makes the headphone jack waterproof. Not that your iPad is, though. [Fury] More »


New Settings Highlight The Show's Good Cause [PS3]

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 01:00 PM PST

MLB 11 The Show arrived on Tuesday, bringing with it a set of controls and options designed to include disabled gamers. The association for these gamers, begun by a 25-year-old college student, also launched on Tuesday and gets a plug from the PS3 game. More »
Gönderen zaman:

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)