The Moleskine Project
I've always been a sucker for the Moleskine notebooks. I swear by them and I'm always on the lookout for new types of notebooks, journals and diaries.
More recently they're doing very interesting stuff online as well. See for yourself and have a look at their Moleskine City Blogs, or at Detour, the Molesking city notebook experience.
The latest online escapade is the Moleskine Project, a blog that collects drawings people made in their precious Moleskines. Everyone is invited to submit their doodles. Moleskine seems to publish all submissions, nevertheless the overall quality is fairly high. I for one stroll by regularly to check out the new drawings. A great marketing effort for an equally great product.
The illustration above is made by Mattias Adolfsson
Tags: [Blog] [marketing] [Moleskine]
Filed under: [Creativity]
IBBT iLAB OICB is looking for a Rails Programmer
Very interesting stuff currently happening at our iLAB OICB, all having to do with mobile social computing. In this regard, I'm currently looking for a partner Rails developer. I promise you it's a top opportunity, so give it a try! Here's the ad:
The Open Innovation Centre Brussels is looking for a new colleague that wants to help build innovative web apps aimed at changing the face of mobile computing. Our ideal candidate has significant web programming expertise and is solid with XHTML, CSS, Dom, Ajax, SQL, RESTful web services and other Web 2.0 principles. But what we care most about is good knowledge of RoR, although we would consider people with more than 2 years experience with other OO languages that are determined to switch to Rails.
We need someone who is a programmer first, but can think along conceptually as we develop our apps. Great design skills are a plus, but general good usability and UI sense are all we ask. We prefer self-starters that are highly motivated to learn new technologies. We offer a full-time position with competitive salary, benefits and a flexible work environment at the university. We prefer local candidates, but if you're real good and live further away, perhaps we can make something work.
Interested? Send your resume along with some sample work to kristof.michiels@ibbt.be
Tags: [IBBT] [iLAB OICB] [Ruby on Rails]
Filed under: [Jobs]
FON making friends in the Telco world
From the FON august newsletter:
"Starting in September, Neuf and FON will offer Neuf subscribers a free service to join the FON Community. Neuf users who own a Neuf WiFi Box can easily activate the service using the free activation wizard available on the Neuf and FON websites, and then they will be able to start sharing some of their Internet connection with the WiFi Community. This is made possible thanks to the software specially developed for the Neuf WiFi Boxes that are being installed in all Neuf routers. The new service will help Neuf subscribers join the FON Community, allowing them to enjoy free WiFi at every FON Spot in France and around the world. All of us Foneros will find many more FON Spots when visiting France".
I wonder if BT and FON are still on speaking terms too.
Tags: [Fon]
Filed under: [Wireless]
Build Dynamic Database Applications in .NET with "Jasper"
Just read Build Dynamic Database Applications in.NET with Project Codename 'Jasper' : "Dynamic programming has become more popular as developers look for simpler ways to do Rapid Application Development (RAD) of database applications. Ruby on Rails is a great example of this for web applications, and its rise in popularity is proof of its value to developers. But instead of moving to Ruby on Rails, ASP.NET developers might consider Project Codename "Jasper" and the growing number of.NET dynamic languages, including Iron Python, IronRuby, and Visual Basic."
Nah, I'm moving to Ruby on Rails. I might have reconsidered if Microsoft would adapt its licensing to a model that fits the Web world too. If your MS web servers and databases need to scaleout, you're ready for the poorhouse. Besides, RoR really kicks ass!
Tags: [.NET] [Jasper] [Ruby on Rails]
Filed under: [Programming]
The Grand Tour: Rubens at large in the streets of London
This summer, the Grand Tour turns the streets of London into a giant art gallery by hanging life-size replicas of paintings from the National Gallery all across the centre of town. The accompanying website provides a printable map (including a selection of ‘mini-tours’) along with audio downloads and further information about the paintings. They even opened a photo pool at Flickr, where people are encouraged to capture the event and people's reactions to it. At the time of writing 19 members have added 85 photos.
I think it's a wonderful initiative taking art outside the museum walls. It's Banksy in reverse if you will: remember him smuggling street art inside the museum :-) At the same time it puts the National Gallery, until now rather reluctant to embrace new media, firmly on the digital map. Next time however, I would like to see a bit more interactive features embedded into the project, allowing for a genuine conversation with the public. Still, using Flickr is a good start. I'm looking forward to the creative results.
PS: the National Gallery also has podcasts to take with you when visiting the museum.
Tags: [Art] [museums]
Filed under: [E-culture] [Social Software]