Monthly Archives: December 2008

Flash, UI, and football fans check out “Inside the Playbook” at NYTimes

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Karl

The NYTimes uses Flash to produce analysis of each match-up in the NFL playoffs and a fun game to predict winners. Here is one example of upcoming game analysis: Inside the Playbook: Philadelphia at Minnesota Here is the predict the … Continue reading →

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Doc Searls: “What if the roles we play are not to pass along substances called ‘data or ‘information’ but rather to feed hungry minds?”

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Karl

Doc Searls: Beyond mediation: We are all media now, right? That’s what we, the mediating, tell ourselves. (Or some of us, anyway.) But what if that’s not how we feel about it? What if the roles we play are not … Continue reading →

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“Who Says Java Programmers Don’t Have A Sense Of Humor?”

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Karl

The Onion: Nate Orenstam: Who Says Java Programmers Don’t Have A Sense Of Humor?: About an hour later, while Tim was using the “facilities,” I went in and changed the classpath on his computer, resulting in a confounding stream of … Continue reading →

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Newspapers, news organizations, and social media in transition

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Karl

This much is clear – by the end of 2009, there will be many fewer newspapers publishing in America. Some attribute the fall of newspapers to: Willful ignorance on the part of those working at the papers. – Clay Shirky … Continue reading →

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Porn and Music are the canaries in a coal mine

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Karl

While it can be argued that the attention economy has hurt the pornography and music industries the most over the past few years, I’d turn that around and say they are both spheres where real innovation can be found. Two … Continue reading →

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Must Read: David Cohn’s “Drupal Nation: Software to Power the Left”

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Karl

David Cohn has published to his blog his final project to graduate with a Masters from Columbia’s journalism school – a report on the technology and people behind the Dean campaign of 2004 – Drupal Nation: Software to Power the … Continue reading →

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CNN gets rid of the crawl

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Karl

I expected this to be bigger news in my circles, but it hasn’t registered. CNN has rejected the news crawl for a far less busy headline flip in its news broadcasts. The new UI makes it far easier to absorb … Continue reading →

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The car of the future is here, but will it matter?

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Karl

LATimes: – – 52 mpg and the darkness before dawn: On a test drive of a – – last week in West L.A. traffic, I managed, without much trouble, to get 52 mpg in mixed city-highway driving. Wait, so, has … Continue reading →

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YouTube: Princess Bride Lightsaber Battle

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Karl

YouTube: Princess Bride Lightsaber Battle:

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A stimulus plan that sounds worthy of real discussion

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Karl

David Sassoon: Transition Team Weighing Blockbuster Housing and Stimulus Proposal: The automobile industry was revolutionized with the invention of the hybrid engine that could capture and store energy that would otherwise go up in smoke. Now, there’s a counterpart invention … Continue reading →

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