July 2012
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“The Daily will move to a portrait-only orientation – the mode in which the vast...”
– Peter Kafka, citing an interesting—if arcane—product change in the much larger business story, “Layoffs At Rupert Murdoch’s Daily Tablet Newspaper”
Jul 31st
It’s not a ‘paywall’ when it’s ‘freemium’ →
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Jul 30th
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The inspiration for Heath Ledger's Joker
jkottke: In 1979, singer Tom Waits appeared on The Don Lane Show in Australia. As you will soon be able to see (the action starts at 1:30), his appearance was the basis for Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight. Holy, uh, Batman, Batman!
Jul 30th
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One year since she was hired, Vivian Schiller’s... →
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“There was another serious technical limitation of 20th-century media: There was...”
– Who should see what when? Three principles for personalized news
Jul 29th
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Toronto: What Makes a City Livable? →
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Jul 29th
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“If the old model is broken, what will work in its place?” The answer is: Nothing...”
– Clay Shirkey, “Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable”
Jul 29th
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Former McDonald's Honchos Take On Sustainable... →
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‘There will be no more professional writers in the... →
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Jul 27th
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And Skywalker gets gold in the Shark Jumping...
Retweet if you think the next #Olympics should take place on #Tatooine. — Star Wars (@starwars) July 27, 2012
Jul 27th
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The New York Times Is Now Supported by Readers,... →
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Jul 26th
Who should see what when? Three principles for... →
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“This is not a quick read, so it’s a good opportunity to try a read-later method...”
– Marco Arment, inventor of Instapaper, in “The Marco.org Review of John Siracusa’s Review of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion”
Jul 26th
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Data Protection Guidelines
Treat our data like it matters.  No upload without download.  If you close a system, support data rescue. (via Contents Magazine)
Jul 25th
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“Breaking news doesn’t make it more difficult to do agile in a newsroom or...”
– Martin Belam, “How to: bring agile into the newsroom | How to succeed in journalism” (ht @NiemanLab)
Jul 25th
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Batman's Gun: Why the Comic-Book Hero Was Disarmed... →
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Guns in Canada: Facts, Figures and Firearm Law →
There’s a lot of hyperbole floating around, so I wanted to check with a fairly independent source. GunPolicy.org is hosted by Australia’s Sydney School of Public Health. According to that site, what is the rate of gun homicide per 100,000 people in Canada? 0.5 In the U.S.A.? 2.98 (Related: Canadian expats in the U.S. comment on American gun culture; also Canada’s crime rate is...
Jul 24th
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“We will not prevent every tragedy. We cannot stop every maniac. But we certainly...”
– Jason Alexander, soberly comments on America’s view of gun ownership
Jul 23rd
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“I realized recently that while I do these kinds of purges a lot in my so-called...”
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Quote and Comment - Mindcasting: defining the... →
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Jul 21st