Don’t Forget Your Macworld Bingo Cards
Sunday, January 7th, 2007
TUAW points out a pair of sites offering MacWorld Bingo cards. Yes, you too can eagerly await Tuesday’s announcement of upgrades and new Apple products by playing along with your own bingo card.
Be forewarned however, that printing and filling out one of these will clearly brand you as either a complete Apple fan-boy or, at minimum, someone with far too much time on your hands!
Ahhh…. The Memories
Sunday, January 7th, 2007
Now this brings me back to childhood!
The complete set of 1980s GI Joe PSAs…. (via Coudal).
Time to Get Those Last Minute MacWorld Predictions In
Friday, January 5th, 2007
Seattle’s own Mike Davidson offers his contribution to the ever-burgeoning number of Macworld predictions, and I have to say that I’m liking his list. Of course, most of the attention in recent months, from both Apple fans and Wall Street analysts, has been on the supposedly “sure thing” Apple phone, but Mike offers a few other tantalizing suggestions, including (my personal favorite) the “iTheater”.
Check out Mike Davidson’s Pre-Macworld Rundown »
Opposite Ends of the Network Security Spectrum
Friday, January 5th, 2007
New York Times technology writer David Pogue runs down some of the potential risks (from a privacy/security standpoint) of using public wi-fi networks. This is certainly not new to anyone well-versed in network security, but for the average user, it’s a bit of a wake-up call to just how easily (and to what extent) any of our information can be gleaned from our computers on our next visit to the corner coffee shop.
Using software easily downloaded online, Pogue and Co. were able to demonstrate the ease with which information about your wi-fi could be tracked, including:
- Copies of e-mail sent and received;
- Lists of websites visited;
- Even graphics and other files that appeared on websites you’ve visited.
One the other end of the spectrum, for those exceedingly concerned with network security, the NSA has posted a free PDF guide on beefing up your own home or office network’s security (via Treelimb).
70 Degrees in New York City? In January?
Friday, January 5th, 2007
It’s January 5th, trees are blossoming in New York City and the temperatures there could hit 70 degrees tomorrow. Of course, as the White House will continue to assert, there’s nothing to this whole “global warming” craziness, is there?
Does Spam Really Work?
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
Eric Ogren of Computerworld detailed in one of his recent blog entries how stock market spam has exploded over the past two years, making up 15% of all spam messages (as of July 2006), compared to less than one percent of spam back in January 2005.
The reason behind this rapid increase? It works. To the tune of an average return of roughly 5.8% over just two days. Spammers buy up shares of penny stocks, distribute spam touting the particular company, then sell off their shares for a profit.
As hard as it may be to believe, there’s still a fair amount of folks out there willing to act on the investing advice of a complete stranger’s unsolicited email showing up in their inbox.
Pair these stats will Information Week’s recent analysis shows that 87% of all email is spam and you see why the trend continues; there’s still plenty of money to be made.
What’s the Worst Possible Way We Could Approach This?
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
What’s the worst possible way you could approach a task? That’s an interesting twist on traditional problem solving and one that Cameron Moll suggests. Outlining the worst possible outcomes, scenarios, features, etc. of a project at its outset can give you and your team and unique roadmap of hazards to avoid.
Once you clearly understand what you don’t want the end product to be, you’re well on your way to effectively addressing the task at hand.
Mapping the Trends of 2007
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
Jason Kottke has an interesting link up today for a series of visual maps (based on Subway maps), done by Information Architects, that are designed to show inter-relationships between companies and technology trends in the coming year.
Ideally, the whole point of utilizing any form of visual metaphor such as a map would be to make the information easier to take in and process for the end-user. Unfortunately, these visuals seem to miss that point entirely.
Click here to view the full Information Architects post » (via Kottke)
Welcome to the New Site!
Monday, January 1st, 2007
January 1st has arrived and we’re officially launching both a rebranding of our company’s identity, as well as a brand-spankin’ new BainbridgeStudios.com. This is the first redesign/major update to the site since September 2005 and we’re quite pleased with how things are coming together.
What’s New
The biggest changes included in the new site are the completely updated Work section, featuring a wide range of recent projects never before featured on our site, as well as the relaunched blog. The previous edition of our website featured a blog that (sadly) never really found its legs and simply wasn’t a prominent aspect of the site. The new site prominently features regularly updated blog content, with the most recent post highlighted on our homepage and our six most recent posts linked from the footer of each page on the site.
Information Close at Hand
The expanded footer/lower third of each page on the site is another feature we’ve implemented in order to put some of the most relevant information and links close at hand. The footer includes easy access for clients to log into our Basecamp-powered Project Server, the ability for visitors to quickly sign up for our mailing list, as well as presenting our phone numbers on each page for quick reference.
A Work in Progress
With our promised January 1 target date upon us, we made the decision to go live with the site as scheduled. We’ve still got plans for some significant overall/expansion of the Services and About sections, adding additional information and building out a number of sub-pages within those two areas of the site. Those changes will be rolled out in the coming weeks.
We’re quite excited about the new site and we hope you are too! Check out our updated portfolio and drop us a line to let us know what you think about the new site. Finally, keep an eye out for some additional posts in the coming days that will further explore our redesign, rebranding and more.