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Worth repeating?

September 26th, 2008 · Comments

Writing about how the election coverage on Twitter and C-Span points to the future of media coverage, I came up with a little gem that I thought might be worth repeating for any of you who don’t crossover to my microblogging blog, 140char.com:
‘aggregation of sources of information provides a starting point for a media company [...]

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Tags: Digital Publishing

Tolstoy vs Twitter?

July 22nd, 2008 · Comments

Rather than repeating myself, I’m linking to the comments I’ve made on the Britannica Blog, responding to a post by Larry Sanger.
The essay itself came out of posts between Nick Carr and Clay Shirky. At which point I appear in the comments. There’s an element of crossed wires and confusion, as there often is in [...]

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Tags: Blogging

Internet usability demands centralisation

May 8th, 2008 · Comments

Normally internet usability refers to the design and placement on a website to allow users to easily interact, but I firmly believe there’s an important new item which is hugely important in making any website, widget or service usable.
And that’s allowing centralisation.
Now I’ve moved to my own domain, I’m trying to update two years of [...]

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Tags: social networks