1. doane paper grid+lines - cool company that makes notebooks; every other page is a graph/lined sheet. Sells in 3-packs, $9.80 - a bit pricey, but cool2. the sketchbook project exhibition - they send you a sketchbook - you draw! simple, right? But then, they take it ON TOUR! every notebook will be exhibited in this national art show that will hit major cities on the East Coast, like Atlanta, Chicago, and NYC! the theme is "Everyone you know". Check it out!
3. Etherpad - read this review from the Google Blogoscoped blog:
EtherPad is a collaborative, real-time text editor. An EtherPad document is quickly set up without any need for registration. You can then share the URL of the document, and others who will visit that page will then be able to see, in real-time, whatever you’re typing**. This has an interesting feel to it because there’s no “security buffer” as in typical chat programs: every letter you write will be shown as you write it, including occasional errors before you fix them. I’m told EtherPad allows only 8 users maximum at a time.Yesterday, EtherPad was temporarily down every now and then, but otherwise quite interesting to use. I only tried it for basic chat, but the creators list use cases like meeting notes, teleconferencing, drafting and editing prose, and phone interviews for developers applying for a job. The EtherPad creators write, “With EtherPad, anyone in a meeting can contribute to the notes, or watch them as they’re typed.” They also say, “For phone calls in general, EtherPad serves as both a communication channel and a shared record”
For example, with Google Docs it takes about 5 to 15 seconds for a change to make its way from your keyboard to other people’s screens. Imagine if whiteboards or telephones had this kind of delay! In contrast, the EtherPad infrastructure is built to carry your every keystroke at the speed of light, limited only by the time it takes electrons to travel over a wire (such as an “ethernet” cable).
Also, the creators say, Google Docs doesn’t allow easy URL-based sharing of document that also can be edited, doesn’t allow undo for someone else’s changes, and won’t colorize edits by someone else. However, Google Spreadsheets, part of the Google Docs suite, does show colored cell borders (only during the time of editing, though), and it also has a document setting that allows anyone to edit without signing in, like for this document. Simlar to EtherPad, Google Spreadsheets also has a chat box next to the spreadsheet.
The company behind this product is called Appjet Inc., and EtherPad is built on top of the AppJet platform. The creators say, “We originally released AppJet as the easiest way to get a new web app online and hosted, starting with print("Hello world!"), and it has since expanded to support simple database-backed web apps. Over 2,500 apps have been built to date using the AppJet site.”
the Arch...yes, my eyes are closed
from the museum under the arch; peace medal of Pres. Martin van Buren
taken from the bottom of the Arch
taken in the museum
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