Kevin Rose Resigns From Digg, Closing Round On New Startup"Wow, when I wrote last night that Kevin Rose doesn’t really use Digg anymore, I had no idea how perfect the timing was. It turns out Rose really has tuned out. Because, say multiple sources, he’s already resigned from the company and is closing a $1+ [...]
It’s not a paywall (part 2) | yelvington.comSteve Yelvington on the New York Times so-called paywall: "It's not supposed to be a bank vault, people. It's a polite request for payment." (nytimes paywalls subscriptions business_models ) Travel Time Tube Map (Built with Processing)Very cool. Tube map laid out by time from where you are. "Click [...]
News Corp aims to build own social gaming business | Reuters"Media giant News Corp aims to build its own social-gaming business as valuations of games companies, such as FarmVille maker Zynga skyrocket, its head of digital media said on Wednesday." Really? Does it think it has something special to bring here? Or is the answer [...]
CHART OF THE DAY: Why The Newspaper Industry CollapsedThis chart does *not* show why the newspaper industry collapsed. It does show *that* the newspaper industry is in the process of declining. (newspapers advertising financials ) AOL Asks Us If We Can Tone It Down"Hey Alexia, [...] First wanted to thank you for covering Source Code/attending [...]
Lego USB thumb drive – Holy Kaw!"Lego man + USB = The most fantastic thumb drive in the universe." This is true. (usb shopping lego ) Government unveils libel law reforms | Media | guardian.co.uk"In a bid to stamp out libel tourism, a court will not accept jurisdiction unless satisfied that England and Wales is [...]
British Library – Press and Policy Centre – “You be Beyonce and I’ll be Jeremy Kyle”You may think this is sad… "Today’s children act out the Jeremy Kyle Show, or Britain’s Got Talent, as well as engaging in play based on computer games…" But we've always done it… "In the sixties, seventies and eighties, folklorists [...]
TouchPad set for a June release, priced from $499; 7-inch coming in September? | PreCentral.net | The #1 Palm Pre and Pixi CommunityNow a 7'' model is really attractive… (hp touchpad rumours ) RSS Lenin’s Rope | Monday NoteFrédéric Filloux says RSS is undermining media's business model. Seems like an argument from five or six [...]
Revelations in BAE Saudi case prompt inquiry call – Telegraph"A senior MP has demanded a parliamentary inquiry into Britain’s £43 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia after a leaked US diplomatic cable disclosed the full case against BAE Systems, the defence contractor." (bae corruption ) Twitpic – Share photos and videos on TwitterGreat photo! (humour [...]
SXSW 2011 live coverageAwesome live coverage of SXSW from the Guardian team. (sxsw journalism tumblr ) Why Nokia failed: ‘Wasted 2,000 man years’ on UIs that didn’t work • The RegisterExcellent appraisal of what's happened at Nokia: "Nokia had spent 15 years trying to develop and maintain its own software, which it regarded as strategic [...]
All the Aggregation That’s Fit to Aggregate – NYTimes.comNYT editor Bill Keller has a bee in his bonnet… " “Aggregation” can mean smart people sharing their reading lists, plugging one another into the bounty of the information universe. It kind of describes what I do as an editor. But too often it amounts to taking [...]
