January 2011
Shared - Near Old Newspaper Row in Lower... →
In the late 19th century, a cluster of buildings along or near Park Row, close to City Hall and the courts, housed almost every daily newspaper in town.
Open Twitter →
Twitter declares its core, defining principle, saying “the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact”
Printing a "green" newspaper →
An infographic showing how The Globe and Mail is printed in a more environmentally-friendly way
A deep look at Ongo →
The suscription-based breaking news service launched by some newspapers has a intriguing strategy
Shared - Mobile self-congratulation ¶ Personal... →
Shared - Queen Street West Toronto Scroll →
Toronto’s Queen Street West rendered as a 90s-era, sidescrolling videogame. Created for the 2010 Queen West Art Crawl fundraiser.
Animation: Brett Lamb
Music: Suba Sankaran & Dylan Bell
Shared - U.S. Subpoenas Twitter Over WikiLeaks... →
The subpoena is the first public evidence to surface of a criminal investigation of disclosures of classified information by WikiLeaks and its founder.
Shared - The Extensions of Man →
Design:
Client: Marshall McLuhan
Date: 1964
Shared - Il était une fois... les technologies du... →
Once upon a time… vintage technologies. ============================================================================= Des enfants d’une école au Québec sont placés devant des anciens objets des…
Destroying the future of journalism →
An essay examining how content sharing showcases a weakness in the business model of media
Shared - Journal’s Article on ESP Is Expected to... →
A prominent research psychologist’s assertions about strong evidence for extrasensory perception is already mortifying scientists.
Shared - Betsy Morgan, Formerly of Huffington... →
Betsy Morgan, who was chief of The Huffington Post for two years, said she is “a very apolitical person. I’m a business person, who is absolutely fascinated by brands.”
Post-Intelligencer follow-up →
What’s life like now for journalists laid-off when one of Seattle’s newspapers shutdown 18 months ago
Shared - Book Review - How I Killed Pluto - By... →
How Mike Brown discovered a potential 10th planet, and ended up the unlikely force behind Pluto’s demotion.
Shared - Forecasting the Mashup of 2011 — The... →
As the media landscape continues to change, a look at some of the developments that will make news in the coming year.
