Bookmarks for 30 Nov 2009
- Volunteering for SW Radio Africa | Help | guardian.co.uk
The Guardian tech team did this… "Following Gerry Jackson's emotive appearance at the Activate Summit, members of The Guardian's back room teams have been donating time to help SW Radio Africa. (guardian zimbabwe activate ) - iFarter begs Apple for rational App Store • The Register
One more on Apple's impenetrable app approval policies. But it starts off very well:"First Apple came for the fart apps, and I did not speak out because I was not an insufferable twat.
Then Apple came for the Nancy Pelosi Bobblehead app, and I did not speak out — because seriously, a bobblehead app? Are you kidding me?
Then Apple came for the "ka-ching" button app — and, hmmm…there probably is in fact something rotten in Apple's iPhone app approval process, considering what other crap gets accepted.
— "Ode to Joel Comm," by Anonymous" (apple app_store iphone )
- 9 Ways to Visualize Proportions – A Guide | FlowingData
"With all the visualization options out there, it can be hard to figure out what graph or chart suits your data best. This is a guide to make your decision easier for one particular type of data: proportions." (design infographics charts visualisation ) - Pleasure and Pain » So you wanna be a user experience designer — Step 2: Guiding Principles
"I have collected a set of guiding principles for user experience designers, to encourage behaviors that I believe are necessary to being a successful practitioner, as well as a set of guiding principles for experience design — which I think anyone who touches a product used by humans should strive to follow." (user_experience principles ) - Telegraph Media Group promotes Will Lewis and Tony Gallagher | Media | guardian.co.uk
"The Telegraph Media Group's editor in chief, Will Lewis, was today promoted to launch and manage a new digital division at the company, while Daily Telegraph deputy editor Tony Gallagher was promoted to editor.Lewis will set up and run the new digital division, an "entrepreneurial unit" which will have a staff of 50 and be based in Euston, away from the company's main office in Victoria. As managing director, digital, he will also oversee TMG's existing digital businesses." (telegraph jobs entrepreneurship )
