October 2010
64 posts
video ~ Alberto Ibargüen on Google’s $2 miliion donation to Knight Foundation: http://bit.ly/bCakWl
nice ~ RT @scribemedia: does architecture affect how music is created? David Byrne contemplates: http://bit.ly/a9Jdgt
give me your jaggy fonts and difficult layouts ~ research suggests students learn more when info is harder to read: http://bbc.in/9zLWqL
there’s irony in here somewhere ~ china daily pans the ipad being closed and locked down: http://bit.ly/9RtKhJ
1 ~ if I was @octavianasr I’d be wondering where my $2 million contract was.
2 ~ @ggreenwald’s take on juan williams is a good one: http://j.mp/cMyqfd
may you always smell like a wet, shaggy dog ~ “@therealhama: happy birthday, NYC subway.” pics from @nytimes http://nyti.ms/cyzvFq”
life’s imponderables ~ “@jameskupka: If tomatoes are a fruit… Is ketchup technically a smoothie?”
if money’s going to move to digital, where’s it going to go? a conversation with anne hunter of @comscore: http://bit.ly/93DuUB
sex sells ~ sex.com domain name sells for $13m: http://bbc.in/ay9ThU
nutter or narcissist? ~ virgina thomas calls anita hill, asks her to apologize. says gesture is an olive branch: http://nyti.ms/dpHnYJ
culture jamming ~ yes men take on chevron with fake web site: http://bit.ly/dybkH0
if you’re an exhibitionist, england’s for you: every mail, phone call and website visited to be tracked and stored: http://bit.ly/aSPaDl
she sounds wistful ~ “A blog, unlike a newspaper or even a web site, can be updated quickly and easily.” http://bit.ly/cKiRwt
tree bombing? i like it ~ using military transport trains to plant trees instead of land mines: http://bit.ly/adbefc
the crazy is strong in this one ~the joe miller guards who handcuffed a reporter are active-duty military: http://bit.ly/cIYZr3
“Pambazuka News is probably the most well established, yet completely unacknowledged, example of citizen journalism.” http://rww.to/d94Grm
save for the ADD i could have written a book or two ~ just broke 4k twitter posts. that’s about 480k words… sigh.
they are for us ~ “Despite their name, most rare earths are not particularly rare.” China halts mineral shipments: http://nyti.ms/cYJJYD
well said ~ @huyong on social media tools and activism in china: http://bit.ly/dtUQu5
a case against me, and @rachelsterne too ~ RT @scribemedia: See, Snap, Post: A Case Against Citizen Journalism: http://bit.ly/cOszLk
great animation ~ my brother and i got a kick out this doc ellis pitches a no-hitter on lsd cartoon the other day: http://bit.ly/cDZtEj
things i’ve never said before but now do ~ well done, microsoft. well done. moves to help ngo’s avoid gov crackdowns: http://nyti.ms/c3DQ41
wait, when the media parroted the pentagon about the wikileaks afghan papers, they were wrong? that’s so surprising. http://bit.ly/a0WoFh
crazy begins early this week ~ Senate candidate Joe Miller’s private security “arrests” reporter at campaign event http://j.mp/9snWuU
someone missed first day of class ~ @WashingtonPost wants to maintain publish and push paradigm across all platforms: http://nie.mn/btScPK
crazy fingers ~ average teen sends over 3,000 texts per month: http://bit.ly/98kUFH
vive la something ~ RT @profsivek: Attempt to stop youth downloading habit. French to bankroll music-buying http://bbc.in/b2FJ46
question’s moot. see snookie book deal ~ @fastcompany asks if self publishing makes blogs smarter or books dumber: http://bit.ly/ba38Ai
nice ~ A new map graphs the social web so that geographical landmass is equivalent to online activity: http://bit.ly/avHQ3o
patent grab ~ have rollover images on your web site? a company wants $80,000 from your for the innovation: http://bit.ly/al5SWS
citizen journalism as early warning system ~ @rachelsterne of @GroundReport guest lectured my course. her screencast: http://bit.ly/9bUU2X
.@tubescode articles due today and ~ great piece by @leyva on the social web & reporting the news in gangland mexico: http://j.mp/bsVoVk
there will be a little less ugly in the world ~ the gap scraps its new logo: http://bbc.in/d5KabV
I’m not young ~ “@scottros: oh dear RT @alexismadrigal: bloggers are “pimpled, single, slightly seedy… young men” http://bit.ly/924BoY”
not my show but… sweet! ~ “@dinakaplan: blip.tv Q3 payouts are out! One show earned more than $142,000 - congrats http://bit.ly/9y0YLG”
“@blakehounshell: Saudi Arabia: Sri Lanka is not training our maids adequately http://bbc.in/a2fiyD”
they said that when I lived there too: “@blakehounshell: Saudi Arabia: Sri Lanka is not training our maids adequately http://bbc.in/a2fiyD”
america exceptionalism marches on ~ us now #49 in global life expectancy. @ggreenwald with thoughts at http://j.mp/9NwMpA
if a tree falls in the woods ~ study attempts to show 71% of all tweets go ignored. http://j.mp/cJ9Hxo
ethos of open source ~ screencast of my @tubescode lecture discussing how #foss effects much more than software: http://bit.ly/aYiYvu
math isn’t my forte but today is beautifully primed ~ 2x3x5x7x13x37 = 101010… a binary no less.
scatching head ~ CBC bans use of creative commons music in its podcasts: http://bit.ly/aE66lg
what you don’t know can hurt you ~ china blocks Liu Xiaobo and Nobel Prize from search results: http://bit.ly/9kuORh
new post ~ @nnegroponte says the book is dead, but it isn’t tablets and e-readers that killed them: http://bit.ly/d2nFF8
“Don’t worry, you’re boring” ~ arab-american student finds gps tracking device on car & gets an FBI visit: http://bit.ly/9DrE0C
journo students paying for school ~ RT @anupkaphle: Vladimir Putin’s calendar girls: http://is.gd/fRnFS Have you seen this @KremlinRussia_E?
ouch ~ crowdsourcing liverpool football fan discontent: http://youtu.be/RO55BazkiZ4
hunter thompson cover letter ~ “I can write everything from warmongering propaganda to learned book reviews.” http://bit.ly/c0VQAU
funny ~ RT @kwheeler: Malcolm Gladwell’s view of social networks is like a nun’s view of the Karma Sutra. http://bit.ly/bUxOTh