- What would it take to build a true “serendipity-maker”? » Nieman Journalism Lab
Goodness, that Random Guardian has gone far (part 2 of several): "For the last 24 hours or so, the Twitter-sphere has been buzzing over Daniel Vydra’s “serendipity maker,” an off-the-cuff Python hack that draws on the APIs of the Guardian, New York Times, and Australian Broadcasting Corp. in order to create a series of “news roulettes.”" (serendipity guardian newspapers )
- Serendipity is unexpected relevance « BuzzMachine
Goodness, that Random Guardian has gone far (part 1 of several): "A few days ago, a Guardian guy, inspired by Clay Shirky hacked together a serendipity generator: just a random story served up on a click. It wasn’t a serious solution, just fun. But it focused the serendipity question for me." (guardian serendipity newspapers )
- Video on the Web – Dive Into HTML5
Everything you ever wanted to know about video and HTML5. (Hat tip to Simon Willison.) (video html5 standards )
- How I read « paulcarvill.com
It's rare to see an article like this, and provides a good insight into how it's possible to consume a lot of fragmented web content: "I thought I’d write down some details of how read content on the web." (reading tips )
- High Performance Web Sites :: P3PC: BuySellAds.com
"Hats off to the folks at BuySellAds.com for showing that asynchronous ads are possible. I’ll examine a few more ad snippets in the coming weeks. We’ll see how they stack up when it comes to performance." (javascript performance ad_serving )
- Marco.org – I made a life-size cardboard iPad and some paper…
"I made a life-size cardboard iPad and some paper sketch templates for Instapaper interface design." Smart (ipad design prototyping )
- The iPad Won't Save the Publishing Industry from Itself – Our Editors – Harvard Business Review
Paul Michelman, executive editor at the Harvard Business Review Group, on publishing executives deluded by the iPad: "The magazine apps on your iPad seemingly represent no significant thought on how to serve the reader; they are about serving the business model." (ipad business_strategy business_models magazines )
- AOL Admits Bebo To Be Sold Or Shut Down; Memo Sets May Target For Decision | paidContent:UK
Ouch: "AOL (NYSE: AOL) told employees today that it may sell or shut down social network Bebo this year after deciding it would take too much additional investment to make keeping it worthwhile." (bebo aol acquisitions )
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