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The Collapse of Complex Business Models – Clay Shirky

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

The Collapse of Complex Business Models – Clay Shirky.

Build Your Own NYT Linked Data Application – Open Blog – NYTimes.com

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Build Your Own NYT Linked Data Application – Open Blog – NYTimes.com.

Just Topeka It, or, we’re not in Kansas anymore…

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Sources Say … (well, someone at someplace said)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Saw this on Techmeme as a lede today:
Developer enthusiasm for iPad slackens as Android surges ?? Android’s the platform to watch, says survey? ?? Computerworld – Developer enthusiasm for Apple’s iPad has cooled somewhat because the tablet lacks multitasking and a camera, a company that makes cross-platform development tools said today. http://www.techmeme.com/100331/p18#a100331p18
I have no interest [...]

That March goes out like a lion

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

One map is from late afternoon, one from just before midnight. Gah!

Where is … the HTML5/jQuery/goodness IDE?

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

I want the iDVD for iPad applications, or at least the iDVD for iPad magazine production. The rich web site packager that allows you to sketch your idea, draw and craft your idea, and then publish a fully compliant packaged whatever (site, app, etc…). Apple has all the tools but they need to be put [...]

Pynchon appreciation posts

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Pynchon TV – The Hands of Bresson.
?For Pynchon has always been a movie nut, a fact that has long been apparent to his readers. In particular,Gravity?s Rainbow fizzes with film references, from Laurel and Hardy to German Expressionism, King Kong to Rita Hayworth. Characters often ?act? the part of movie stars, taking on their attitudes [...]

The fish bowl is boring

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

This is what passes for news? This item was in the top spot at Techmeme yesterday.
A retail store decides to stop selling a product and it’s a major news item? So if WalMart decides to stop carrying protective screen film from their stores will it also make Techmeme’s front page?

Doc Searls Weblog – Futures of the Internet

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Doc Searls Weblog ? Futures of the Internet.

The Pixies The Everybody

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The Everybody. new album, various formats, streaming from the site too.
And here is a write up of the extended album format at topspinmedia.com and other geekness for those interested.

Bird and the Bee and Hall and Oates

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Equals awesome! Love Bird and the Bee, plus a Hall & Oates cover album to boot, “Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates“! I recommend their this album too: Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
This Spin post has an embedded song: Rich Girl
Bird and the Bee Perform [...]

Jeff Jonas: On A Smarter Planet … Some Organizations Will Be Smarter-er Than Others

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Jeff Jonas: On A Smarter Planet … Some Organizations Will Be Smarter-er Than Others.

Decent roundup of typography on the web

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

I really appreciate this article simply because it links to many, ?near canonical past articles from others in our field. It takes a lot of work, technically (aside from typographically) to get this right, I hope it get’s better soon.
One other resource for fonts I am keeping an eye on is an open source place [...]

The Technium: The Game-ified Life

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

You should watch this talk on the future of games by game designer Jesse Schell. It is the most mind-changing talk I've heard in many years. There were so many new ideas in it, and they went by so fast, that I have already watched it twice and will probably watch it once more. It's [...]

7 Tips To Get Better Video from a DSLR Camera

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

7 Tips To Get Better Video from a DSLR Camera.