July 2012
11 posts
“For example, venture capitalists don’t like funding companies that have...”
– BuzzFeed’s strategy - Chris Dixon (via rickwebb and Kenyatta, who glosses the below, to which nothing needs to be added.)
kenyatta: ”I used to hear this about Know Your Meme. “Why do you need an editorial staff when the users make all the Content?”
And the answer is: because someone has to...
“Alejandro Kaufmann did traces mostly on Asian sites, and noticed that many of...”
– hello. | notes on physical interaction, sustainability, networks, simians, cats, and more. (Tom Igoe, of Physical Computing fame, in 2009)
Watch (Fun explainer from the World Science Festival on what happens when you request a web page - via http://worldsciencefestival.com/videos/there_and_back_again_a_packets_tale)
“But what the heck is GitHub and why are developers so excited about it? You may...”
– What Exactly Is GitHub Anyway? | TechCrunch
“This is how digital natives think : “Api-ify” to other expert...”
– faberNovel on Amazon Simple Workflow
“As citizens continue to play a critical role in supplying news and human rights...”
– YouTube Blog: Face blurring: when footage requires anonymity
Hmm… That report rings a bell…
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“In Weibo, the pictures are right under each post, so you don’t have to make an...”
– What Twitter Can Learn From Weibo: Field Notes From Global Tech Ethnographer Tricia Wang | Fast Company (via 60gritbeard)
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Watchphotographyprison:
Chris Hedges quizzes his friend Joe Sacco about drawing, journalism, Bosnia, Gaza.
Joe Sacco, one of my heroes.
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“The guiding proposition of the ADVP is that a research university will only be...”
– Columbia University and Thomson Reuters announce the Advanced Data Visualization Project. 