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23rd February 2005

smugmug - Online print services compared

“Smugmug owns no printers. We focus on great photo sharing and do our best to make sure our customers can buy prints from a top print provider. Authoritative comparisons are hard to find. We see comparisons in popular magazines and wonder, what test shots were used? Who did the judging and what were their tastes? Under what light did they view the photos? Why are opinions so varied? We decided to dig deeper. Over a three-month period ending November, 2003, we sent 26 test shots repeatedly to 10 print providers.”

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23rd February 2005

The Top 100 Gadgets of All Time

“Whether they’re strapped to our belts, sitting on our desks, or jammed in an overstuffed closet, we absolutely love our gadgets. So it wasn’t exactly easy coming up with the definitive list of the 100 best gadgets ever unleashed. In the weeks we spent debating the entries, tempers were flared, fingers were pointed, chairs were smashed over heads, and feelings were hurt. But we emerged, like Moses from the mountain, with the world’s most authoritative ranking of the best gadgets of all time.”

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23rd February 2005

Write your own headlines

“It’s not as easy as it looks. Give it a try and see if you can win the prize. Write headlines for the supplied stories using the form below… Entries must be received no later than 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 25. How to play: After reading these instructions, start the timer. You have only 15 minutes to complete the three headlines.”

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23rd February 2005

Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications

“If anything about current interaction design can be called ‘glamorous,’ it’s creating Web applications. After all, when was the last time you heard someone rave about the interaction design of a product that wasn’t on the Web? (Okay, besides the iPod.) All the cool, innovative new projects are online.”

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