March 2010
fuckyeahmashups:
The White Panda - Tipsy in the...
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Data ghetto?
What’s it called when you dump a lot of content, relationship data, and activity information into a service like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Tumblr without thinking about its permanence or how future-proof it is?
February 2010
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“The basic premise is that when someone is confronted by a corrupt official for a...”
– Zero Rupee Notes // NoahBrier.com (via quietbabylon)
January 2010
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ATL pre-boarding
It looks like they have 12 first class seats available. Do I dare ask how much an upgrade is?
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Capogiro →
Dark gelato and swanky music
November 2009
October 2009
To clarify, let’s start collecting data on whether n/papers are more serendipitous, etc. so conversations are based on data http://db.ly/3y
Newspapers, serendipity, and the Web: where’s the data? http://db.ly/3x
Implementing a few of @laurenmichell’s design ideas for the #connectionengine. #copress
Mr. Penumbra’s Twenty-Four-Hour Book Store http://db.ly/3q
Drinking chai and reading documentation.
YouTube’s bandwidth costs could be zero. Mind-blowing. http://db.ly/2n
“Mumbai is said to be half slums. It is also said to be one-sixth of the gross domestic product of all of India” - Stewart Brand
Shutting off Twitter, IM, email, etc. so I can salvage the afternoon. Send me a letter if you need me.
“If you need an 80-minute video to explain your product, well, that’s a bit of a problem.” http://db.ly/6
The New (New) Mediaconomy →
It’s a clash of civilizations: the paywalls are rising again, Rupert’s on a rampage against the Internetz, and the subtext is none too subtle. Can media survive the www? It’s the wrong question….
YOURLS: Your Own URL Shortener →
Simple to install URL shortener with an accessible API and stats.
Now rolling my own short urls with this amazing piece of software: http://db.ly/2 (tks @sethlong)
Once we have a system for mapping journalism, then we can have the before and after conversation. Anything else is an opinionated argument.
“The quality of media in an open mediascape is significantly higher than in a closed mediascape” http://bit.ly/3yeqcj
We need a distributed system for qualifying the quality of information and mapping coverage of discreet topics.
The New (New) Mediaconomy →
It’s a clash of civilizations: the paywalls are rising again, it’s Rupert’s on a rampage against the Internetz, and the subtext is none too subtle. Can media survive the www? It’s the wrong…
Solid question: What’s next for BarCamp NewsInnovation? http://bit.ly/20csCF (via @greglinch)
Abstracting Stack Overflow to become Stack Exchange was a *brilliant* product decision. Well done.
.@SeanBlanda @jkristufek It’d be sweet to have a build sesh but those are tough in a day. Another idea: demo pit for existing projects #BCNI
Tips and Tricks: Behind the Scenes of the Duke... →
For years, both The Chronicle’s staff and our readers knew we had a pretty nasty Web site. But like most college newspapers back in 2007, we didn’t have a robust online department and we treated our…
Does @tweetie 2 use Twitter’s geo-location API or the location field in the user’s profile? #lazyweb
jQuery!
Top 5: Let’s Dance →
I’ve come across some really excellent music lately. But, to keep things short and to the point I am just going to point you to the dance stuff (what else do you want to listen to on a Saturday…
Weekly @copress conference call with @ahemphill, @albertsun, @laurenmichell, and @greglinch. Tempted to skype out to @milesskorpen in Nepal
It seems almost sacreligious to serve Ninkasi in a Bud Light cup.
“When you move from a centralized energy system to decentralized, the number of states you have increases dramatically” http://j.mp/nlXWW
I think I’m going with one slide for the panel I’m on at 1:30: “Free yourselves.” #seaj #copress
Significant, fundamental issue: Seattle Times publisher doesn’t know web as a communications platform, nor competitors in the space #seaj
Frank Blethen: “Other than search, no one has really found a sustainable business model [for online]” #seaj
Frank Blethen: Newspaper business model is still sound. Cut $91 million from expenses in the last year. #seaj
Umiam: Shillong’s ‘wasted’ pride →
The origin of Umiam lake, also known as Barapani, in 1965 because of the Umiam-Umtru Hydroelectric Power Project roughly coincides with the birth of Meghalaya in 1972….