I really love The Atavist so far. This is certainly one of the great promises of digital storytelling finally realized and I can’t wait to read, watch and listen more. There are a few quirks in the app’s interface and chrome that I’m certain they’ll iron out, it’s definitely worth your time to investigate.
This is pretty incredible. The tweets themselves are linked audio files that Twitter users are then translating and transcribing.
The Shape of Design by Frank Chimero looks fantastic
Frank’s set an ambitious Kickstarter goal to fund his book, you can help him get it off the ground.
3D, real-world mapping using a Kinect sensor and an Android phone. This reminds me a bit of Radiohead’s House of Cards video.
The New York Times Introduces a Web Site
By PETER H. LEWIS
Published: January 22, 1996The New York Times begins publishing daily on the World Wide Web today, offering readers around the world immediate access to most of the daily newspaper’s contents.
The New York Times on the Web, as the electronic publication is known, contains most of the news and feature articles from the current day’s printed newspaper, classified advertising, reporting that does not appear in the newspaper, and interactive features including the newspaper’s crossword puzzle.
The electronic newspaper (address: http:/www.nytimes.com) is part of a strategy to extend the readership of The Times and to create opportunities for the company in the electronic media industry, said Martin Nisenholtz, president of The New York Times Electronic Media Company.
The company, formed in 1995 to develop products for the rapidly growing field of digital publishing, is a wholly owned subsidiary of The New York Times Company, and also produces the times service on America Online Inc.
Mr. Nisenholtz reports to Russell T. Lewis, the president and general manager of The New York Times, and to Joseph Lelyveld, the newspaper’s executive editor.
Sarah Palin Battle Hymn (via politicalprof)
It’s a week before the biggest day of her life, and Anna Williams is multitasking. While waiting to hear back from the Ivy League colleges she’s hoping to attend, the seventeen-year-old senior at one of Manhattan’s most exclusive private schools is doing research for a paper about organic farming in the West Bank, whipping up a batch of vegan brownies, and, like an increasing number of American teenagers, teaching her dog to use an iPad.
—And thus begins The Most Emailed ‘New York Times’ Article Ever. Brilliant.
With York’s death, the off-the-record agreement is no longer in place.
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From a story published by Forbes Fortune today about Steve Jobs going to Switzerland for cancer treatment. Unless York specifically said that his off-the-record agreement with Fortune ended when he died, this is an unbelievable crock of shit.
(Crap, I originally said Forbes! That’s embarrassing. We regret the error)
Plastic.com is closing up next month
I was addicted to Plastic for its first few years. I loved the mix of topics, conversation and people and that it took the community tools of Slashdot with a focus beyond just news for nerds. It was smart and full of smart people and exposed me to a lot of the world I’d never even thought of before.
While I haven’t checked in on Plastic in months, if not years, now, the news of its impending death (“Wait, Plastic is still around?”) makes me a little sad. It’s where I learned how to express myself on the internet beyond nerd forums and blog comments, where I first learned about real people behind avatars and handles.
