Into The Abyss: Teal and Orange "This is the insidious practice of color-grading every movie with a simplified, distilled palette of teal and orange..."
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Smarterware: The Introverted Nerd’s Conference Survival Guide Gina's timely conference tips for people like me.
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ExplainThis.org Jay Rosen's question/answer site that tries to wed unanswered questions with journalists. "The eventual plan is to recruit journalists, or partner with an existing news organization, to answer the ones that a.) interest the most people and b.) require reporting, investigation and explanation--in other words, real journalism." PressThink: News Without the Narrative Needed to Make Sense of the News What Jay Rosen will say at SXSW about desperately needed explanation of major stories in the news. Doc Searls Weblog: The market for explainables "We have all our story elements in place. It's all politics from here on. Bring in the sports and war metaphors and let automated processes carry the rest.
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PDNPulse: Canon White Lens Coffee Mug ha! I have this lens, but I don't have this mug. I need this mug.
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Northwest Photo Tours Looks like a fun way to learn more about landscape photography from some pros.
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Yesterday's Papers: Mysteries of Melvin The history of Alfred E. Neuman (aka. Melvin Cowznofski). I always thought he originated with Mad Magazine. matchbox labels - a set on Flickr These are fantastic. I love matchbox design.
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KrazyDad: Mayor of the North Pole API + No-Hurdle Accounts + Incentives = some krazy foursquare hacking. "...I think the combination of a poorly moderated and insecure folksonomy with incentives (e.g. badges, mayorships, free meals, etc.) is a fragile one. The greater the incentives, the greater the motivation for cheating." [via mathowie]
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Harper’s and MetaFilter: magazines and communities Looking at MetaFilter as an example for magazines. "Can the content produced by readers be a part of a magazine? This is crucial question that a lot of media are asking." Gideon Rachman: The secrets of Malcolm Gladwell "He is not giving a speech or a lecture - he is giving a performance. And like any good actor, he knows that you have to learn your lines."
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Twilio: SMS API Looks like a simple way for a web app to send/receive SMS messages. A Whole Lotta Nothing: Broken feedback loops Not only did I post this link to delicious, I "liked" it at Google Reader, commented about it at Facebook, retweeted, dugg, and potentially verbed it in other ways that I might not be aware of. But yeah, more author tools--hear, hear!
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I'm a big fan of a very specific kind of graphic novel. I'm not very keen on superheroes, war, fantasy, horror, or manga and that doesn't leave much left. I dutifully visit my local Borders every week and look through the "Other Graphic Novels" section but I rarely find anything to pick up. The New York Times tracks the best sellers in Graphic Books, and most of them fall under one of the categories I mentioned.
I've only found a handful that I enjoy, but I enjoy them so much that I'd like to request more from the universe. I'm not quite sure how to classify them. Non-fiction seems to fit, but not always. I have...
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Jumpcut Minimalist Clipboard Buffering for OS X. Cinch simple, mouse-driven window management.
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BBC News: Shackleton's whisky recovered from South Pole ice Yes, please. [via middleclasstool] An Entirely Other Day: Preadolescent Panopticon "The goal is not to prevent them from making mistakes, but to allow them to. Risk assessment, trust development, value determination, responsibility, self-direction — all of these very important skills grow out of the opportunity to explore, to experiment, to make mistakes and correct them." sood: Conversation with Metafilter Founder Matt Haughey "I spoke with Haughey this week about how he grew Metafilter from a side project into a profitable venture. In our conversation, he stressed three main things: build the site you want to use, listen to the community, and stay...
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