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All aboard Google Maps and the Russian Railways’ virtual version of the Trans-Siberian Railway and experience the 150 hour, 9,000km journey from Moscow to Vladivostok.

The new portal from Google Russia enables visitors to gaze uninterrupted through a window on the mammoth journey from Moscow to Vladivostok in real time. It’s the result of some 30 hours of filming by two crews that travelled the length of the line (filming only in daylight).

The film is geo-tagged, so the exact route is plotted alongside the YouTube footage in Google Maps. Alternatively, you can move the train’s position along the route yourself if it all gets too monotonous.

And no journey is complete without an accompanying soundtrack: choose from the “rumble of wheels” to Russian radio, to an audio book of Tolstoy’s War and Peace (delivered in Russian).

Along with Penguin books We Tell Stories site and The Editor’s streetview site it’s another example of Google Maps enabling a great idea.

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Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:57:00 -0800 A love letter for you http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/a-love-letter-for-you-17 http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/a-love-letter-for-you-17

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Love Letter is a project by Stephen Powers with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. Lovely typography. Lovely use of the outdoor environment.

See the project in it's entirety here.

Apparently best viewed while traveling on the Market-Frankford Elevated line if you happen to be in town.

via It's Nice That

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Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:47:00 -0800 Interactive Netflix map http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/interactive-netflix-map http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/interactive-netflix-map

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Great use of Data Visualisation via the NYT

You can find the full map here

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Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:13:00 -0800 People Doing Stuff http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/people-doing-stuff-2 http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/people-doing-stuff-2

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Oddly satisfying viewing.

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Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:38:21 -0800 Interactive Video http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/interactive-video-9 http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/interactive-video-9

Brilliant interactive video by French-Canadian director Vincent Morisset 

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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:47:00 -0800 what type are you? http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/what-type-are-you-3 http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/what-type-are-you-3

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For the design geek in all of us - Pentagram's 2009 xmas card.

Enter the password "character"

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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:15:21 -0800 Google Street View Road Trip http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/google-street-view-road-trip-0 http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/google-street-view-road-trip-0

The Promised Land from Dan Meth on Vimeo.

I love how people are mashing up the web these days - this little animation from animator Dan Meth is a great use of Google Street View.

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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:04:23 -0800 Days with my father - Phil Toledano http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/days-with-my-father-phil-toledano http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/days-with-my-father-phil-toledano
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Ian Tait, in his blog Crackunit, asks the question of whether the web is an emotional medium - even going so far as to ask the question "Ever seen a website that made you cry?'. 

When thinking about this Phil Toledano's 'Days with my father' immediately came to mind. One of the few sites that has managed to bring me to tears.

At the end of the day it really comes down to content - this site is so personal and heart felt that it's hard not to have an emotional response. 

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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:20:49 -0800 Nokia Unloader http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/nokia-unloader http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/nokia-unloader
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One of my favorite sites of 2008 was Nokia's Unloader by swedish agency FarFar

Used to promote the new phone's printing capabilities you can send your unwanted documents from your desktop and destroy them in three truly entertaining ways. Including "Ring of Fire", "The Dip" and "Fanfare." Great addictive idea - perfectly executed.

www.the-unloader.com/

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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:23:29 -0700 new landscape photography http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/new-landscape-photography http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/new-landscape-photography
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The work of Tim Simmons.

I love how he's made the landscape look like it's been shot in a studio.

www.timsimmons.co.uk

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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:16:03 -0700 Nike chalkbot http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/nike-chalkbot http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/nike-chalkbot

Great, smart, relevant...

Another example of technology enabling a powerful idea. All with a sort of lo-tech charm.

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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:06:00 -0700 wonderwall http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/wonderwall-18 http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/wonderwall-18

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One of the most original interfaces I've seen in a while.

www.wonder-wall.com

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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:39:00 -0700 youtube remixed http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/youtube-remixed http://jasonmcquoid.posterous.com/youtube-remixed

Sheer brilliance.

See/listen to more at http://thru-you.com/

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