Simon’s had a new iPhone for few days, and articulates something that I’ve suspected for a while:
without doubt it is the App Store that elevates this from a cool phone to a product in a category all of its own.
But then goes on to say:
If anything, it now feels like the direct descendent of the [...]
Shalom Auslander | Comment is free | The Guardian
The outward signs of the genius writer can be very misleading: “I live in a village in upstate New York that prides itself on being a “community of the arts”. Writers, artists, musicians - these are just some of the people who don’t actually live here.”
(tags: blogging [...]
Matt McAlister ยป Defining online media platforms
(tags: platforms technology)
Dorian Lynskey talks to singer-songwriter Randy Newman | Music | The Guardian
I love Randy Newman. And you hardly ever hear of him these days.
(tags: randy_newman interview)
Official Google Blog: Knol is open to everyone
Google launches Knol, rivalling Wikipedia, which previously would appear at the top of so many Google searches. What will appear there now, do you think…?
(tags: knol google launch)
Read Giles Coren’s letter to Times subs | Media | guardian.co.uk
(tags: giles_coren times media journalism subbing)
Readers’ Block | Books | The Guardian
[...] Or they are flicking dismally through Finnegans Wake, wondering how on earth they could have been so stupid as to buy something so unremittingly unreadable as this novel which, admittedly, was the third [...]
It goes like this.
Giles Coren wrote an e-mail to the subs at the Times. You can read it here. You should read it. It’s hilarious.
As a consequence of 1, it seems Giles got a lot of, er, feedback on Twitter.
Giles responded to this feedback. Also on Twitter. There’s a screenshot below, just in case it [...]
Digital Urban: London Teenage Murders From 2007 to Date, Knife Assaults and Regeneration Areas: Mapped - A Clear Pattern Emerges
(tags: mapping crime london)
Journalism.co.uk :: BBC Trust approves bbc.co.uk management overhaul plans
(tags: bbc overspend website)
InfoQ: Domain-Driven Design in an Evolving Architecture
(tags: ddd infoq guardian article)
Twitter search
Previously Summize
(tags: search twitter)
10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits
(tags: tips photography portraits)
10 More Tips for Stunning Portrait Photography
(tags: photography tips portraits)
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Excellent short video series from the creator Buffy, available free until midnight on Sunday 20 July 2008.
(tags: video series joss_whedon humour)
Twitter Friends Network Browser
How people connect via Twitter
(tags: twitter connections graphing [...]
Twitturly - Real-time Link Tracking on Twitter
See what links people are twittering about
(tags: twitter tools tracking)
I’ve just had a look at Apple’s MobileMe video tour, with a walk-through from the same guy who does the other Apple videos. (”Hi. I’m John. I work in one of our Apple retail stores…” I reckon he’s the only Apple retail store worker with his own dressing room. What are they going to do [...]
