linkdump for 2008.05.06
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Information Design Patterns
This work for a Master’s thesis identifies common techniques used in information design.
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linkdump for 2008.05.05
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The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It
Jonathan Zittrain’s new book on Internet law and policy is available online with a Creative-Commons license. This site presents the book in an interesting hypertext format that allows readers to comment on specific passages.
(del.icio.us tags: publicpolicy Web2.0 telecom CreativeCommons)MediaWiki Markup for WordPress
I practically think in MediaWiki markup these days, so this WordPress plugin could come in handy.
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linkdump for 2008.05.04
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Nick Sibicky, Composer - My Music
I saw “Life and Afterlife ” performed last night at the Eyes, Ears, and Feet recital and I really enjoyed it.
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linkdump for 2008.05.01
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User Labor: A framework for sustaining user labor across the web
“With User Labor, we propose an open data structure, User Labor Markup Language (ULML), to outline the metrics of user participation in social web services.”
(del.icio.us tags: metadata Web2.0 labor)QSR Magazine: Taco Bell Helps Oklahoma City Get Fit
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett has announced a partnership with Taco Bell promoting its “fresco menu” for the “Mayor’s Challenge” program, which encourages OKC residents to pursue healthy lifestyles.
(del.icio.us tags: health stupid OKC)Create Digital Music: Record Sales Up — No, Really, Actual Records
Vinyl LPs appear to be the only segment of the physical music business that is growing. I suspect music fans prefer the tactility and size of the LP format.
(del.icio.us tags: business music technology vinyl)Social Design Notes: Water Table(del.icio.us tags: weird information_design development journalism design)
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linkdump for 2008.04.24
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Graffiti Taxonomy
“The intent of these studies is to show the diversity of styles as expressed in a single character.”
(del.icio.us tags: typography streetart)The Great Porteño Smokeout
This account is interesting for many reasons, but I’m posting this because I learned that Argentine ranchers would rather raise soybeans than cattle, but the government has policies that coerce them into making meat.
(del.icio.us tags: Argentina agriculture economics)Photoshop Brushes: Your Number one source for Photoshop Brushes
This site has oodles of no-cost Photoshop brushes.
(del.icio.us tags: useful design photoshop)Victim Complex: Coping With Bike Theft
BikeSnobNYC offers some sound advice for dealing with bike theft that makes a lot of sense for computers as well.
(del.icio.us tags: crime cycling)Honda Navigation System Warns of High Crime Areas
If this weren’t being rolled out first in Japan, I would flag this system that alerts drivers to bad neighborhoods as automated racism. Still, I suspect that would be the case in the states.
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linkdump for 2008.04.22
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AP: Charges dismissed against NY professor who obtained bacteria for art
A judge did the right thing and dropped the charges against Steve Kurtz of the Critical Art Ensemble.
(del.icio.us tags: lawenforcement art)Rough Type: Open source as corporate joint venture
A recent study shows that most Linux contributors are not hobbyists, but employees of software-development organizations.
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linkdump for 2008.04.19
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Tim Robbins’ NAB Keynote
Here’s an mp3 audio file of actor Tim Robbin’s address to the National Association of Broadcasters convention. In the speech, he decries the current state of discourse in the media.
(del.icio.us tags: broadcast celebrity media)Introduction to Whiteness Studies
In this short essay, Gregory Jay outlines what whiteness studies studies and its goals.
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linkdump for 2008.04.11
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techPresident: Truckers are Organizing Online: Is a Nationwide Shutdown Coming?
If this involves Ali McGraw in a halter top, I’m all for it.
(del.icio.us tags: energy transportation labor economics)Errol Morris: Play It Again, Sam
In this blog post, Errol Morris discusses his controversial decision to use re-enactments in documentaries, arguing that he can’t make his case to the viewer without them.
(del.icio.us tags: thereal memory documentary)Design Observer: Underground Mainstream
Steven Heller explores how advertisers and marketers have made a practice of appropriating avant garde and underground styles into mainstream commercial culture.
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linkdump for 2008.04.08
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Next American City: Respect for the Human Scale
In this interview, James Howard Kunstler discusses how the scarcity of petroleum will lead to cities becoming less mechanized, but not before an effort to keep car culture intact.
(del.icio.us tags: urban_planning sustainability transportation)Stanley Fish : French Theory in America
This NYTimes blog post should be titled, “How to talk to your children about post-structuralism.”
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linkdump for 2008.04.05
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Identi-Tape - 2-inch Safety Reflective TapeNext Page »
This is the best source for black reflective tape I’ve found so far.
(del.icio.us tags: shopping useful cycling)Outlaw Design: 63 Must Have Grunge Fonts
I’m counting the days until the nineties come back. I never quit wearing flannel shirts, so I am ready!
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