grant watson - software engineer

Make3D: Turn a 2D Picture Into a 3D Model
Make3D takes a two-dimensional image and creates a three-dimensional fly around model that includes depth and a range views.
(tags: 3D models software image tools)

The Million Zimbabwe Dollar Homepage - Boing Boing
I cut prices from 3 cents per 900 pixels to 1 cent per 900 pixels because of [...]

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Three Great Resources That Won’t Cost You a Dime | Copyblogger
Two free eBooks. “The Medici Effect” is a book about creativity and innovation and “The Lonely Writer” is a book that helps writers maintain focus and get the words out and down on paper.
(tags: free ebook to-read books writing creativity innovation)

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Wordpress Crawl Rate Tracker Plugin
A Wordpress plugin that allows you to track crawl activity for MSN, Yahoo & Google from your dashboard.
(tags: seo wordpress plugin)

Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business
We are entering an era when free will be seen as the norm, not an anomaly.
(tags: computing economics free digital culture trends web2.0 strategy [...]

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Scoping Out The Competition
DomainTools.com have some great information on sites.
(tags: seo tools strategy)

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KrazyDad » Blog Archive » Instant Ascii Cam
The ascii cam allows you to take text snapshots which you can paste into your favorite instant messenger.
(tags: cool ascii art software tools)

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Keyword Research & Suggestion Tips : SEO Book.com
Here is a search value pyramid. Some of the best value is at the bottom of the keyword pyramid. If you spend too much time focused too broadly on the top you may miss some of the exceptional value on the bottom.
(tags: seo)

Find Creative Commons Licenced Photos from [...]

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Blogger Play
When lots of people are uploading pictures or willing to label items in a photo, you can do some pretty amazing things.
(tags: flickr google tools web2.0)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Photo tool could fix bad images
Digital photographers could soon be able to erase unwanted elements in photos by using tools that scan for similar [...]

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Analogy Driven Innovation
An alternative (and more insightful) way of looking at problems is to ask, “What is this like?” Make connections. Find analogies, metaphors, and associations that fit the problem you are looking to solve. Recombine ideas in new ways.
(tags: innovation thinking)

Coding Horror: There Ain’t No Such Thing as the Fastest Code
Even if you never [...]

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Patrick Winston - How to Speak | overstated
Every year during MIT’s Independent Activities Period (IAP), Professor Patrick Winston gives a wonderfully reflexive and recursive talk about giving talks titled How to Speak.
(tags: public speaking howto communication education learning tutorial video)

disobey.com | content for the discontented
Services tend to have shorter lifespans than resources: when everyone is [...]

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Social Design Notes: An Introduction to Information Design
Visualizing Information: An Introduction to Information Design is a booklet designed to introduce advocacy organizations to basic principles and techniques of information design. It’s full of examples of interesting design from groups around the world i
(tags: information visualisation design)

del.icio.us Bans Search Engine Spiders
It appears that within the past [...]

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