The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

March 6, 2011

“Like,” “share,” and “recommend”: How the warring verbs of social media will influence the news’ future » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism Being naturally an Eeyore type of personality, I’m not sure that I can deal with the findings in this article… But I guess they’re bang-on, and the conclusions […]

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Arcadia, variations on a theme

March 5, 2011

How a sublime concert by the Sinfonia New York put me in mind of Nicolas Poussin’s great painting, Et in Arcadia ego.

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

February 27, 2011

A Land Grab Is Under Way in Hyper-Local Media: Tech News and Analysis « Exploring (and exploiting) the niche (of hyperlocal). tags: hyperlocal news gigaom aggregators topix patch CABINET // Artist Project / Trichopterae Fascinating; not exactly art + biomimicry (something I thought about a lot in years past), but resonant, nonetheless. QUOTE Duprat, who […]

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Putting blame on the shelf

February 26, 2011

While I used my iPod Touch to check email yesterday – and briefly look in on Twitter for news (and MetroCascade for local Victoria BC news) – my laptop stayed on the shelf all day. And all night. I had no particular agenda in mind, it just happened that way – but I did consume […]

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Not more cowbell, please

February 23, 2011

It snowed a lot today, unexpectedly, and the usual cowbell chorus arose: “Victoria grinds to a halt.” Here’s what’s wrong with it.

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

February 20, 2011

Eben Moglen Is Reshaping Internet With a Freedom Box – NYTimes.com Fantastic article. Eben Moglen’s ideas tie in well with Lewis Hyde’s on common wealth and copyright copyduty. More power to them. QUOTE “We have to aim our engineering more directly at politics now,” [Moglen] said. “What has happened in Egypt is enormously inspiring, but […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

February 13, 2011

The End of Blogging | The New York Observer Interesting comment on tumblr and how its form changes content: QUOTE “The purpose of it is just pretty different,” said the Web guru Rex Sorgatz, who recently gave up his personal blog for a Tumblr. “Because I see the audience and I know who they are, […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

February 6, 2011

Paula Scher: Who Gives The Best Info? A Short History Of Information Design Brilliant article by Paula Scher on the current craze for info-graphics. Conclusion: QUOTE All of the charts, graphs, diagrams, and maps look interesting and involving. They are designed to appear scientific and very believable. They are immediate, even urgent, and you have […]

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Fun with camera apps

February 2, 2011

For my birthday at the end of December, I got a new iPod Touch (iTouch?). I flat out love this little gadget: it has a microphone, which means I’ve been able to use it to Skype (with video); to make voice notes on Evernote; and to send myself voice memos by email. It also has […]

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Reading in the archives

January 31, 2011

I was rooting around in my Google documents just minutes ago and came across two 2006 blog post drafts I’d parked there. I published them to my blog at the time, but hadn’t re-viewed them since then: All Eyes (Oct.22, 2006) and Winter will come soon enough (Oct.25, 2006). Both posts convince me of two […]

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