For all of us in the DMA, this is an important New York Times article to read:
Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime by Matt Richtel
Could you give up the Internet or your cell phone for 7 days?
In The Unplugged Challenge, The New York Times asked volunteers to give up certain types of technologies for a period of time. Watch videos about how they survived this challenge.
This series of videos from Google I/O 2010 Developer Event introduces new platform Google TV and many of its features. Scheduled to be released in the Fall of 2010, Google TV promises seamless integration of the Web and TV based on Google’s Open Source platform called Android and many hardware manufacturers.
Check out the videos: http://www.youtube.com/googledevelopers#p/c/B09682344C2F233B
Check out this article from Geek.com: “Watch Flash 10.1 running on Android 2.2 using a Nexus One” and watch a presentation of Flash performing on the upcoming version of Android 2.2.
It seems that the Adobe-Apple fight will never end.
Click here to read “Next Round in the Adobe-Apple Fight” by Nick Bilton (The New York Times article).
From The New York Times:
Telling Friends Where You Are (or Not) by Jenna Wortham
Giving people more choices in revealing their locations with their
cellphones is being popularized by the Foursquare service.
A Shooter Showdown by Josh Bycer
Gamasutra article on shortcomings of the FPS games genre and things that could be improved in it.
Developers React: The iPad’s Future by Kris Graft and Christian Nutt
Gamasutra article on the reaction of game developing community to Apple’s announcement of iPad.
Read Adobe’s press release on how the company is moving toward interactive television and when you might expect to see Flash on you TV set.
What does this mean for you as graphic designer or interaction designer?
Interesting article from New York Times about new Walt Disney Family Museum: Exploring the Man Behind the Animation by Edward Rothstein.