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- links for 2008-03-31
Dadblog: Something is very, very wrong here
Lloyd on why British TV drama sucks. He blames lack of investment in writing - I’d also add short series.
(tags: tv drama)
- Serious journalism’s broccoli complex
What do people actually want from news? I’m wondering if it’s a question we should be asking a little more often.
Let me explain. I’m at a super-smart gathering of media academics and practitioners in sunny LA, at USC’s Annenberg school for communication. The conference is called Re:Public, is organised by Harvard’s Berkman Centre, and has [...]
- HoopsHype acquired
… barely 24 hours after I noted this about HoopsHype, the site was bought by a fantasy sports “conglomerate”. So it might now be part of big media, but don’t confuse this with old media: this is sports information now being provided, not just for interest, but for use… in games about games. Parse that.
- links for 2008-03-25
WordPress › Blog » 2.5 Sneak Peek
Looking forward to the 2.5 upgrade, which has input from the clever folk at Happy Cog. It seems to address most of the UI things I don’t like about WP
(tags: wordpress blogging software design)Little.red.boat: HAPPY EATER!
Now this is what I’m talkin’ about: Anna Pickard brings back happy (eater) memories. [...]
- Lessons from HoopsHype, the influential NBA site run from… Spain
There are interesting lessons (or reminders) falling out this WSJ.com story about HoopsHype, a basketball website that appears to have great influence in one of the US’s major sports.
– It’s unashamedly hardcore; there appears to be no attempt to explain basketball or soften the editorial for a broad audience. It’s content for a narrow niche. [...]
- Applauding Shirky’s light touch
Clay Shirky rolled into town yesterday, giving a lunchtime lecture to a packed house down at the RSA on his new book Here Comes Everybody.
It’s about how online crowds form and act, but the title could have adequately described the packed auditorium; the gang was all there, as many techie, socialie, liberal-artsie types as you [...]
- The Asus Eee PC, and why small could be big
– A cheesy picture of my cat, with Asus Eeepc, for scale.
“If,” said the worried Sony executive, “the Asus starts to do well, we are all in trouble. That’s just a race to the bottom.”
Ah. Don’t you just love the sound of.. er… paradigms being shifted in the morning? [Note to subs: find something [...]
- links for 2008-03-17
WSJ.com: Why we’re powerless to resist grazing on endless web data
“Cats and lasers are useful in explaining some of the more addictive aspects of Web use”
(tags: psychology web technology data)
- The Last Post:* Lacy, Zuckerberg and how being slightly rubbish is more dangerous than ever
A few thoughts on the Lacy/Zuckerberg episode at SXSW, powered by back pain and cold-filtered through a haze of painkillers
- links for 2008-03-04
Guardian.co.uk: Leader: Royal retreat
The point of newspapers is to give readers the facts. When they do not, they are not doing their job. There are, however, very rare circumstances when that job cannot responsibly be done
(tags: harry afghanistan media censorship)Guardian.co.uk: Marina Hyde: This is war, not therapy
“What the cringe-making Afghanistan stunt has shown us is [...]
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