In the film Minority Report , paper is made of some sort of plastic material and the display is digital. That movie was set in 2054, but is e-paper really that far off ?
With newspapers scrambling to figure out the web approach and the increasing popularity of online advertising, I can't help but think the days of paper are numbered. It may not happen as soon as 2015 as some say, but I think there will be a day when paper will be very rarely used. I'm not sure it will disappear from existence entirely but rather be used for special uses only.

In the world of web design, constraints encourage good design . Whether it's project restraints, technology limitations, or good old deadlines, these constraints encourage designers to be more creative. This doesn't just apply to design though; it applies to development as well. Having limitations on the project forces you to think outside the box and come up with creative, innovative solutions.
It's like when you're playing pool. A good break will leave the balls well spread apart and set you up for some easy, clean shots. A not-so-good break leaves the balls much closer together and makes easy shots more difficult. This constraint forces you to be more creative with your shots.
This idea isn't just for web design and development though. I'm willing to bet there's been many inventions throughout history that were created as a result of constraints.

I'm a huge fan of the iPhone and the new frontier it is advancing upon.  There is one big part about the phone that bugs me, and I wonder if it's just the iPhone or if other phones are affected by this drawback.  It seems that the iPhone gets stuck in one of its 'modes' and can't switch.  For example, if I'm hooked onto Wi-fi and then wander outside to a no Wi-fi zone, the phone seems to be still stuck on Wi-fi and unable to switch over to Edge.

I've been using Facebook Chat more recently and I can't help but wonder when Facebook will release it outside Facebook. I'd like to be able to add it to my Adium like Google Talk allows you too. Does anyone know if this is possible yet?

I came across this great article by Adam Singer today regarding newspapers and their lack of understanding when it comes to social media. Even more interesting is the fact that the New York Times is developing an API to make their content programmable. I think this is an excellent idea and will help bloggers and others extend the New York Times' content beyond their own site.
Newspapers need to wipe to slate clean and start thinking fresh. They need to step outside their normal print thinking box and rethink the way they are approaching the Internet.

As an iPhone user, I'm not as much of a fan of mobile sites as most
people. After all, that's one of the reasons I chose the iPhone - full
blown Internet. I'm not stuck with the watered down crap seen on most
mobile devices.
Well, not always. Some sites refuse to let me access the real site
once they see I'm using a mobile device. If youre going to
automatically bring me to the mobile version of your site, at least
provide me with a link to the full site. Don't force me to use your
watered down mobile site.
Facebook has a decent mobile site but they at least allow you to go to the full site if you wish. The Cubs site on the other hand lets you view the mobile site and the mobile site only. Not cool, Cubs...not cool.

The Giant Jenga at Bootleggers on Division is a must play for any Jenga lover.

I came across a great article today about the websites people visit on the weekends with their mobile devices. Apparently, people use their mobile devices more on the weekends to access the Internet and they access much different sites than they do during the week. I find this quite intriguing. Many people are hitting up Craigslist on the weekends and checking weather, traffic, and such.
These findings seem to support (to some extent) the idea of multiple webs. The web that people interact with on the weekend is different than the web people interact with during the week (as are the mediums they interact with). There's no doubt that advertisers and tech companies are going to react to this trend and cater to the needs of the multiple webs. The question is not if, but when and how.

Recently, I was given a wireframe document created for a site in Microsoft Visio.  This document was full of boxes and shapes being connected by lines of various thicknesses and various symbols sitting next to the boxes.  I had a slight idea of what the document represented but not much more than that.  The whole thing was quite confusing actually.

Did I mention it was four pages?  Four pages of lines, boxes, symbols, and other clutter that represented what?

Recently I downloaded an excellent album from a band called Lady Antebellum on iTunes.  They are an excellent group with great songs on their debut album.  

I know there are a lot of country music haters out there.  Don't be a hater.  There's no better music to spend drink, be merry, and enjoy life to.

If you haven't had brunch yet at the Bongo Room in Wicker Park, you need to.  Now.  Drop what you are doing and go enjoy extremely delicious breakfast food.

To me, it is quite hard to imagine that people used to gather to listen to other people speak for hours on end.  In Abraham Lincoln's time, people would gather in the town hall to listen to him speak all day.  They had no pagers, no cell phones, no magazines.  Just his voice and the things he had to say.

Not only does that sort of thing not happen anymore, but it can't happen anymore.  We just don't have that kind of attention span these days.

A few weeks ago, I came across an article regarding Sprint's new iPhone competitor, the Instinct. My thoughts immediately echoed that of 37 Signals. The one thing I just can't seem to figure out is why do companies such as Sprint and Samsung worry more about imitating then innovating?