Oct 15, 2008 | Mobile & Web
WHAT IS IT ? A little while ago Facestat made a blip on the technology radar with a website that allowed anyone to upload a picture of themselves and receive first impression feedback from strangers. Comments may include your age, style, sexual persuasion, intelligence and all manner of other… Read More
Oct 14, 2008 | Tech News
WHAT IS IT? Brian Eno, the widely acknowledged Father of Ambient Music, is a bit of a polymath. Besides his many musical accomplishment, Eno is also an installation artist, newspaper columnist, and a thinker of the creative process. I particularly like his Oblique Strategies, a series of inspirational advices… Read More
Oct 13, 2008 | Tech News
WHAT IS IT ? Boing Boing posted an interesting link to the PBS documentary, ‘Stress, Portrait of a Killer’ that I apparently missed (torrent here) from Stanford researcher Prof. Robert Sapolsky. The video below gives a good overview of Sapolskys thinking, but essentially he suggests that most social animals… Read More
Oct 13, 2008 | Mobile & Web | Tech News
WHAT IS IT ? Political Streams was a project that was near and dear to my heart during my time at Microsoft Live Labs. The brainchild of the very talented and forward thinking social media scientist, Matthew Hurst. Political Streams provides a view into the ever changing political landscape… Read More
Oct 12, 2008 | Mobile & Web
WHAT IS IT ? The first step that I typically take after having an idea for a new web product is to pace around in front of a whiteboard and start to draw out the overall system, the entities involved and how data will flow between them. Once you have… Read More
Oct 11, 2008 | Virtual Reality
WHAT IS IT ? Neal Stephenson is a Seattle based author who is a hero and inspiration to many in the technology industry. His work typically blends science, mathematics, history, and systems theory into beautifully detailed novels which whilst often intimidating in size leave the reader with a profound… Read More
Oct 10, 2008 | Mobile & Web | Tech News
WHAT IS IT ? I stopped playing with my marbles many years ago but if you want to be the cool parent, uncle or aunt this holiday period it sounds like you’re going to have to revisit those yesteryear days. The latest hot fad from Japan has made it to… Read More
Sep 14, 2008 | Press
….One small blog post from a co-founder, one giant first leap on this exciting journey…. I’m William Lai, Co-Founder of 8ninths. Together with my good friend and trusted partner, Adam Sheppard, we are setting out to explore the breadth and depths of the web technology space. Like Adam, I am… Read More
Sep 12, 2008 | Press
Well here we are, the first post on 8ninths! Hello, my name is Adam Sheppard, Co-Founder of 8ninths, a new internet research & development laboratory headquartered in Seattle, WA. For the last 12 years I’ve worked on a myriad of products and services at Microsoft, primarily in the online space…. Read More
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