http://oliverbolton.com The Blog of Oliver Bolton Sun, 18 May 2008 03:51:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Garfield Minus Garfield puts a spin on the classic Garfield cartoon by simply photoshopping the central character out of it. ... http://oliverbolton.com/2008/05/18/garfield-minus-garfield/ Twistori is an ongoing social experiment, based on twitter. inspired by wefeelfine and drawing data from summize, hand-crafted by amy hoy and thomas fuchs. It pulls messages from the Twitter network that have certain phrases in them ("I think", "I feel"...) and displays it in all in an animated river of thoughts and feelings. Very simple but very intriguing! Now ... http://oliverbolton.com/2008/05/17/twistori-feelings-from-around-the-worl/ I'm excited to announce the launch of Defuddle, a new website that lets you ask questions and make up your mind. Makes life easy, really. Defuddle lets you tap popular opinion to answer the big questions. Too busy to make up your mind? Permanently confused? Out of coins to flip? Maybe you're just ... http://oliverbolton.com/2008/04/30/introducing-defuddle/