I’m back in the UK for the weekend and this TV advert caught my eye:
This app would really work for me (and other customers of Albert Heijn) – Nick Lansley has kept a fascinating blog on Tesco Technology R&D for the last couple of years, it’s really worth a read.
Brady Forest has posted an analysis of some data released by Skyhook wireless, the company that provides the location for the Apple iPhone. Skyhook has shared some details of how iPhone application developers are making use of the device location in their applications.
I often work on the assumption that location adds value to an application, so it was intriguing to discover that a greater percentage of location aware applications are given away for free (40%), in comparison to the larger pool of iPhone applications, of which only a quarter are given away, and the remainder are sold.
The artwork of London based illustrator Harriet Russell caught my eye today. Russell concealed the addresses of 130 letters to herself in a series of increasingly complex puzzles and ciphers, my two favourites are below (and more here):
Her book ‘Envelopes: A Puzzling Journey Through the Royal Mail‘ is on sale shortly.
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