January 2012
December 2011
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How to interview a designer with the perfect... →
From Design Staff (via a Google Reader tag or something similar)
Bullshit – Marco.org →
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JournoGeekery: No longer in French!...but 'dead'... →
journo-geekery:
A while back I changed the name of this Tumblr to be a bit clearer about its content mix. However, I forgot to consider hard-coded links like my FeedBurner RSS path or links to/from my own personal Tumblr, etc.
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However, that lapse on my part is made a lot worse by Tumblr dropping the ball on the rest of a subdomain migration…
(And here I thought Tiff was just...
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SOPA's most frightening flaw is the future it... →
Omar El Akkad puts together a solid overview of what the U.S.’s proposed anti-piracy law would mean for the Internet. And when you’re done that read Ivor Tossell’s reminder why Canadian’s should worry, too.
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Researching culture: a practical how-to for... →
http://bit.ly/uQaBTW This is a good presentation from sladner@slideshare.net(sladner) on SlideShare
Building a digital paywall →
And most importantly, once that for-pay decision is made, make it easy to renew - it’s much cheaper to keep existing customers content that it is to find new ones.
A Literary History of Word Processing →
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“Editor’s Note” by John Macfarlane | The Walrus |... →
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Smart companies are turning their products into services that are broadly...
– Frog’s Robert Fabricant, on five of the themes he noticed from the 2011 Interaction Design Awards
Rules for the New Ways of Watching - David Carr -... →
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The Story of the Christmas Truce | Past Imperfect →
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Well-designed versioning strategies, spanning various devices, formats,...
– With his prediction for 2012, Nicholas Carr unintentionally summarizes what I’ve been talking with people about for most of 2011
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Long time coming: long-form non-fiction on the... →
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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why →
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2011 in media errors and corrections →
Featuring some sadly predictable Osama/Obama mix-ups, and one from Toronto’s own worker-friendly tabloid
Stay hungry, stay foolish →
adamschwabe:
The nature of the work was an area that I wanted to expand on as well. I strongly believe great design thinking isn’t limited to a single domain, whether that be digital, print, products, systems, environments or otherwise. Teams of cross-disciplinary designers produce the best work in the world.
Adam Schwabe on what is inspiring him to leave Toronto and join IDEO
BBC News - Beaver or bear? Fur flies over Canadian... →
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