NBC News chooses our Headline theme for their recently launched Tumblr blog.
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Headline Tumblr Theme Featured on Mashable
Headline is an impressive theme from Airspace Workshop. In fact, without the Tumblr “Follow/Reblog” buttons, you would likely never even know it was a Tumblr theme.
Great use of space, columns and post types, along with lots of great elements and little touches. If you’ve ever wanted a magazine-style theme for your Tumblr blog, check out Headline!
10 Terrific New Tumblr Themes on Mashable
A Creative Perspective on Hawaii’s Future
Airspace Workshop is excited to announce the launch of HI 2059, a side-project that we’ve been developing during the last few months. Its modest goal is to provide a creative perspective on the future of Hawaii, voiced by creative professionals working within the state.
We invite you to join the conversation.
Tsunami Generates a Surge of Social Media
The Mokapu Point buoy displaying swell direction oscillation during the Hawaii tsunami
In today’s Star Bulletin, Erika Engle discusses the role of social media during Saturday’s tsunami, including a mention of Buoy Alarm, which was flooded with Twitter traffic yesterday after people discovered the Mokapu Point buoy twitter feed (@buoy51202).
While NOAA utilizes a completely different system to monitor tsunami activitiy (DART), the effects of the surge’s ebb and flow were noticeable at the Mokapu surface buoy, mainly in the oscillating swell direction between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. HST. I suppose many chose to follow the buoy on Twitter expecting to see a dramatic spike in wave height, but when you consider the tremendous volume of water in the Pacific, to have it shift direction 9 times in approximately 5 hours is actually quite remarkable, and requires an amazing amount of energy. [Continue...]
The Real-Time Web & Tweeting Objects
The theme of the recent Le Web conference in Paris was “Real-Time Web”, and given the multitude of “live” distribution channels emerging across the Internet, this is definitely a hot topic. LeWeb founder Loic Le Meur’s current endeavor Seesmic seeks to enhance user experiences within the real-time web via online and mobile applications.
The real-time web is indeed an exciting new online ecosystem, and thousands of entrepreneurs are scrambling to lay claim to a piece of the pie. What a surprise to find a mention of Buoy Alarm amongst the real-time chatter! With so many other robust applications attempting to tackle much larger issues, such as real-time search, it’s neat to see our humble little idea pop up in the discussion.
Follow Buoy Alarm on Twitter, or my personal favorites Buoy 51001 and Buoy 51201, for real-time swell information.
Twittering About Traffic
Our Hawaii 2059 project gets some online shine from Honolulu Magazine. Mahalo to Mike for spreading the word.
The Rise Of The Broadcasting Label
If you happen to tune into broadcast television, you’ve probably noticed the looming announcements regarding the mandatory transition of all full-power stations from analog to digital by February 17, 2009. Here in Hawaii, this transition actually happens this Thursday, January 15. After this point, a digital over-the-air signal will still be transmitted from station antennas, but you’ll need a digital television or digital-to-analog converter to view it. If you are a cable or satellite subscriber, the transition doesn’t even concern you.
So who really cares right? I mean, only grandma still has a television set from 1983 (you had to help her set up VCR+ so she could archive Murder She Wrote to VHS, remember), and even she has cable now. So what’s the big deal? [Continue...]
Wii Hula
C’mon, you’re not surprised. We should be happy its not Mario Hula.
Where The Internet Runneth Over
First off, big thanks to Oceanic Cable for being super on it and fixing our suspect cable modem lickety-split. Felt like a wandering nomad for a second, hunting for an access oasis in a desert of inaccessibility.
Got an email from Race about his new project, Contrast Magazine. Get your greasy mitts on a copy come November, but if you, like us, are privvy to the tasty nectar of the Interweb, you can already taste the flavor.
