This week on Ham
‘Ham’ is an email list we use at Code to share randomness with one another. We thought we’d open it up to the world and give you all a glimpse of what’s been going around the office recently.
Here’s a few things that have tickled our fancy, piqued our curiosity, or just plain old made us laugh over the last couple of weeks.
- Every man and his dog throw their hats into the interactive TV ring at CES2012…
http://is.gd/Ncmfc1 - …and speculation on what those TVs will look like and how you’ll interact with them:
http://is.gd/uzW6OX - Recreate your own personal favourite OS reboot from yesteryear:
http://is.gd/i1owJl - The last big thing that wasn’t: QR codes, and why the public doesn’t ♥ them:
http://is.gd/fKaLha - We’ve had concerns over the lack of signposting regarding what a QR code will do when you scan it. Looks like our concerns were justified:
Spammers hit mobes with QR code junkmail jump pads
http://is.gd/tC3T8O - Interesting piece about the trend of Chrome-only web sites & apps, comparing it with the bad old world of sites “optimised” for Internet Explorer 6:
Is Google Chrome the New IE6?
http://is.gd/GL4AyS - This was cool, raising the profile of the role of good design:
Apple’s Jonathan Ive gets knighthood in honours list
http://is.gd/WQYA7z - We like to read our ebooks using the Kindle app for iPad. And Amazon have just made it much more pleasant to buy them directly from your tablet:
Amazon launches iPad-optimized Kindle store
http://is.gd/LZo5P1 - The world’s most expensive motorway pile-up in Japan, just before Christmas
http://is.gd/ExuUW7 - Something we all suspected but dare not admit:
Coffee blamed for infant Italianisation
http://is.gd/Or99hD - An Australian band have recreated scenes and characters from popular iPhone games for one of their music videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrsoluSjuKc - And finally, our Christmas stress was eased greatly by the “Add to Amazon Wish List” browser extension. The perfect solution for people who’s family never knows what to get them:
http://is.gd/bHfhqk
- Barry
