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Playing With Live Ammo-I Just Added a Feature to Wikipedia
I was just congratulated on having made a real change to the way wikipedia works across the entire world. Now, or, rather, a week from now, all wikipedia editors will be able to use an RSS feed of their edits, to share them with the world. Read more – ‘Playing With Live Ammo-I Just Added a Feature to Wikipedia’.
I Hate the Crusts.
My screens are shaped like this But I’d like my mouse to behave as though they are shaped like this. Though, only at the very edge of the screen. Anyone with me? Read more – ‘I Hate the Crusts.’.
Twitter 101 for Journalists- Cheat Sheet
Tweeting Guidelines 1. Confirm you are tweeting from the correct account. 2. Keep it to < 120 characters 3. Get others’ @usernames to mention in tweets. Ask for their “twitter name” or “twitter handle.” 4. Lead with the important info. 5. Finish with only one correct #hashtag 6. When tweeting from a shared account, finish [...] Read more – ‘Twitter 101 for Journalists- Cheat Sheet’.
Video: News From The Gulf- Planned, Shot, Edited and Filed from the iPhone 4
Planned, shot, edited and filed all from the iPhone 4- this is my report from the gulf coast early in the week most experts predict the oil from the BP spill will begin to come ashore. I'm currently on a road trip on my way to become an intern at The New York Times somewhere between the tech reporting and social media desks. Predictably, I picked up a new iPhone 4 on release day, with the hopes that the new camera and editing tools would make it a formidable news gathering device. While my comrades and I didn't see any oil on the beaches yet, we came across some very interesting preparations underway by the local population, as well as plenty of orange BP sponsored oil protection booms. Read more – ‘Video: News From The Gulf- Planned, Shot, Edited and Filed from the iPhone 4’.
From Hacker News: 2000 iMac vs. 2010 iPhone 4
2000 iMac Operating System – Mac OS 9.0.4 Processor – 500 MHz PowerPC G3 CPU, 128MB Memory Graphics – ATI Rage 128 Pro, 8MB of memory (8 million triangles) Screen – 786K pixels Data Transfer Speeds – 1.3-12.5 MB/s (DVD-ROM-1/100 Ethernet) Storage – 30GB Hard Drive Dimensions – 15.0 x 15.0 x 17.1 inches Weight [...] Read more – ‘From Hacker News: 2000 iMac vs. 2010 iPhone 4’.
Facebook Moving to Answer the Quora Question
Facebook is beta testing a product in the same space that so many giants have attacked and fallen short. The curated question-answer service has stumped the biggest of bigs. Has it been about social scale all along? Read more – ‘Facebook Moving to Answer the Quora Question’.
Are Highlights “Content?” Are they “Communication?” Amazon Thinks So
There has been much hubub about Amazon peeking over the shoulder of its Kindle users, possibly without their asking. How are they justifying it? They may be treating your highlights as "communication" as defined by their web terms of use agreement. Highlighting = content creation = contribution. That's a new one. Read more – ‘Are Highlights “Content?” Are they “Communication?” Amazon Thinks So’.
Pigs Fly and I write a Post About Hanson. Sort of.
It's an homage to my favorite pulp movie, shot on my favorite line of cameras. Bonus points if you can figure out who is playing the tambourine in the video. It took me a couple times. Read more – ‘Pigs Fly and I write a Post About Hanson. Sort of.’.
You Touch it WHERE? Smartphone Touch Screens Compared by Actual Robot
ice folks at the MOTO development group have released this video detailing the performance characteristics of various touch screens on the market. It gets ugly for the Droid. This is just one performance test, but frustration runs high when you touch it here and it opens something there. Click through to see the video. Read more – ‘You Touch it WHERE? Smartphone Touch Screens Compared by Actual Robot’.
AllThingsD- Almost Famous: Chris Messina of Google
Almost Famous: Chris Messina from E. Drake Martinet on Vimeo. A minute with Chris Messina of Google. We talk Buzz, Facebook and the future of openness at Google. Read more – ‘AllThingsD- Almost Famous: Chris Messina of Google’.
A Brief History of the Internet – Way Cool Storytelling
“History of the Internet” is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. Read more – ‘A Brief History of the Internet – Way Cool Storytelling’.
The Best (and Creepiest) Map Mashup Evar
Maybe it isn't dymanic like the map I made of flickr pictures in my most recent mashup post, but this one is infinitely cooler. Read more – ‘The Best (and Creepiest) Map Mashup Evar’.
Rethink the NEWs.
If you are interested in how the the news is presented and why its broken, I say this. Watch this, laugh, ponder, foment rebellion, repeat. Read more – ‘Rethink the NEWs.’.
CES’ Huge Growth Depicted—That’s What She Said
I know we don't need another CES postmortem, so I'll keep this short. I've grabbed some images and statistics that give a sense of CES' modern largesse as compared to twenty years ago. Read more – ‘CES’ Huge Growth Depicted—That’s What She Said’.
What Fresh New Hell is This? – Facebook Adds Pickpocketing Feature to its iPhone App (Updated)
Many of us followed the twitter griping surrounding Facebook's recent privacy settings changes. Today's release of Facebook 3.1 for iPhone is maybe the most frightening yet. For the first time, everyone's favorite drunk-picture dissemination platform is reaching directly into your pocket for other people's info. Read more – ‘What Fresh New Hell is This? – Facebook Adds Pickpocketing Feature to its iPhone App (Updated)’.
How do YOU use it? Data Stream of Consciousness
All of these communications technologies: Twitter, Google Voice, skype, Flickr, etc are, lets face it and call a duck a duck, just data handling and interface engines. It’s all streams of digital information, that is, ones and zeros at the most basic level. We are witnessing the slow death of telephony. Read more – ‘How do YOU use it? Data Stream of Consciousness’.