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Visualizing Technical Debt
Mark Hissink Muller's Complexity Map creates a tree map that helps Java and J2EE/JEE developers keep unintended complexity to a minimum--effectively monitoring what Ward Cunningham described as "technical debt." The visualization allows ...
Ask a Collaborative Expert
IdeaConectionhelps companies develop new concepts and engage in research without the necessity of maintaining permanent research and development staff. Customers present a problem and set a payment amount, researchers who have ...
Spiral Tree
Relish has created a holiday tree for minimalist families--or those with limited storage space. Star Trees are made from spirals of aluminum that telescope downward to form the cone-like form popular ...
paint it white
in today’s new york times magazine rob walker talks about the new fire extinguisher on sale at the home depot - the home hero - which replaces our old extinguishers ...
virtual fit
louise guay, president and founder of my virtual model, presented her company’s avatar-based fashion shopping and social networking system tuesday at the moda+tecnologia gathering at the ICA. on-line shopping ...
all-in-one simple
i really like this new mp3 player design by no-nonsense electronics manufacturer evergreen - small and thin, it includes everything you need to charge and upload in a simple, visible package. when ...
interknit
netGranny is a revolutionary service where consumers directly commission grandmothers in switzerland to custom-knit socks for them. it has the spirit of transparency of programs like dole’s organic labels, with ...
touching robots
i feel honored to break this story: hayes raffle founder of zoob and inventor (along with my colleague amanda parkes) of topobo fame finally released his work on ...
Making the World A Better Place One Geek at a Time
Geekcorps pairs socially-conscious technology experts with communities to promote development and inter-connectivity. The group tackles these issues on three broad fronts: information technology, business development, and education. To meet the broadest range of ...
costly disposables
greenpeace is at it again, after successfully bullying apple for its environmental carelessness by ranking it as the worst PC manufacturer in terms of environmental impact (march ‘07) and ...
snug-fab
mass customization is only slowly gaining ground in industries such as automobiles, and usually only with cosmetic choices like the color of seats. a number of shoe manufacturers have interfaces for customers ...
light prophet
if art can predict culture, then design foreshadows technology - the ingo maurer retropective at the cooper-hewitt is an astonishing exhibit. time and time again the genius better know for winged ...
patronizing design
apple fans seem to enjoy design that limits choices, requires new skills and costs a lot. but my problem with apple isn’t just because they are unabashedly unfriendly to the environment. the ...