Partly inspired by Gerhard Richter’s series of overpainted photographs, Untitled Painting is a web application by  Thomas Traum with music by Tim Hecker, “Azure Azure” from his album Radio Amor. Set it to your own preferred location, paint over the landscape with the colours of your choice and embed it on your own blog.

Untitled Painting by Thomas Traum, 2009.

Inspired by Helvetireader (user script to change to look of google reader), Ad Taylor has created a similar script to change the look of Google Calendar. Instead of dated, quite unattractive existing look you can replace it with Helvetica font inspired slick, clean and bold aesthetic.

To run this script you will need Firefox with Greasemonkey installed or alternatively if you are using Safari or OmniWeb you will need GreaseKit installed. Here is also a great tutorial on how to get Scripts running in your Safari. The Helvetical user script is also ideal for using with Fluid.app or Mozilla Prism to create a standalone application.

Whilst I have been an iCal user for a very long time now, this is actually making me consider switching over. Wonderful!

Helvetical » I am Ad Taylor.

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In the last few months, ever since the launch of the app store, there have been a number of apps that provide you with access to your analytics data. myAnalytics (itunes link) was one of the first but unfortunately lacked the features we have so grown accustomed to on the web. Most recently we have seen Analytics Pro (itunes link) which provide reports in the form of PDF files which may have proved helpful at times but not felt native to the iPhone. Analytics App is the new addition and definitely the most full featured one.

When launching the app you are greeted wit

Continue reading.... Analytics App [iPhone]

Working in tandem with Google Analytics, the Flash-based, interactive tools allow users to explore relationships and see the effects of blogs, as well as mainstream and social media over time.

JD Hooge founded Gridplane who specialize in unifying practical user interaction with engaging design to craft unique experiences. Past clients include XBOX, Google, Sony, MTV, Helio, Nike, Starbucks, and Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

See site for more information.

Platform: Flash
Client: Google
Agency: Instrument
Developer/Designer: Gridplane

It speeds up your internet experience. And if you like, it helps you keeping your hands on the keyboard.

You now do not need to look for your search field in the browser, you just open new window and start typing. Results are automatically shown including  Google, Wikipedia and Youtube entries. You can use your keyboard to navigate up, down, left and right and by hitting enter the link opens in the new browser. 

We found this much faster than actually going into your search field or using the Google homepage. There is also something quite wonderful about seeing the results list as you are typing the search term.

So, if you are looking a replacement for your blank page, Keyboardr might just deserve the position of your new most used web application.

Read more about the app on Julius’ development blog.

Platform: All / WebApp
Cost: Free
Developer: Julius Eckert
Keyboardr
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Description:
Read the latest news from your favorite sites and blogs, even when you’re offline. Simply use your free Google Reader account to subscribe to websites you’d like to keep track of. Byline will automatically stay in sync and bring you new content, putting thousands of RSS and Atom feeds at your fingertips. Even when you have no internet connection (such as on the subway) Byline’s offline browsing feature gives you instant access to complete web pages. Continue reading.... Byline [iPhone]