Sean Blanda on Remixing the News
eMedia: Remix the News: “Remix the News: what news can learn from Last.fm and Pandora”: “there is no service that adequately customizes content to my tastes based on previous reading”
A good read with some important ideas. The only thing close I can think of is Google Reader’s recommendations which are based upon my clicking activity in Google Reader.
One of the commenters in Sean’s post added some thoughts about ‘intelligent serendipity’. ‘Intelligent Serendipity’ will be all important if we intend to help people get the news they need to hear, but might not be aware of it.
Some links on ‘intelligent serendipity’:
Jeff Jarvis: “Serendipity is unexpected relevance”
Chis Anderson: “What would it take to build a true “serendipity-maker”?”
Mathew Ingram: “In defence of newspapers and serendipity”
Inside Guardian.com: “The Random Guardian”
Somewhere in here is the news experience of the future. Helping people connect with what they are interested in, and helping them connect with what they would (should?) be interested in, but just aren’t aware of it yet. Isn’t that the essence of ‘news’?
Open Source news and knowledge aggregation projects that have caught my eye recently
A little further down the stack:
New Version of Sikuli released
MIT’s Project Sikuli has released a new version with some IDE and API improvements.
Sikuli, along with Scatch open up programming in innovative and fun ways.
Afraid you’ll miss Firebug if you move to Chrome?
Probably not. Check out the screencasts at Chromium Projects: “Google Chrome Developer Tools”.
I haven’t abandoned Firefox yet. But it is important to experiment and keep your toolbox open.
Since Chrome has recently gone stable on the OS X, I’m finding it a capable browser. Haven’t switched yet however.
John Scalzi, “in space exploration, what we enjoy in movies says something”
Looks like while the vote was still down, those who did come out made some big choices
Philadelphia Inquirer: Bob Edgar: Philly.com: AP: “Rising tide of frustration: Specter’s legendary resilience proved no match for a restless electorate.”
Philadelphia Daily News: Will Bunch: “Specter, the ultimate survivor, a ‘relic of an earlier time'”
Philadelphia Inquirer: Patrick Kerkstra: “Phila. voters abolish BRT”
The rain today will keep voters away
That tends to permit the status quo to keep on being so. If you don’t want that, then you need to make sure you get out and vote.
Jim Henson, 20 Years Later
Ronnie James Dio – Rest In Peace
Ronnie James Dio, one of the greatest songwriters and singers in heavy metal, passed away this weekend.
I put together a Ronnie James Dio Playlist on YouTube to try and share some great moments, but no one song, or article, will be able to capture his influence on the genre, and the positive uplift it gives thousands of kids who look for a place to belong, a music that sings of fighting for something against incredible odds, all wrapped in a cloak of fantasy, sorcery and lightning.
The following three threads have great discussion:
Blabbermouth: “Metal Legend Ronnie James Dio Dies At 67”
Metafilter: “Shiny diamonds.”
reddit.com: DIO R.I.P.
NPR did the best job I’ve seen so far in a mainstream news source of covering his passing:
NPR.org: “Metal Legend Ronnie James Dio Dies At 67”
NPR.org: “Ronnie James Dio: Remembering A Vocal Cannon”
Friends and family links:
Rock Nightmare: R.I.P Ronnie James Dio”.
Thoughts on Religion (and other things): On Ronnie James Dio.
You can pay your respects at Ronnie James Dio.
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