Category Archives: Twitter

Four short links: 19 Feb 2009

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Nat Torkington

Art, astronomy and more fun for you in today’s four short links: Found in Space — there’s an astronomy bot on Flickr that identifies stars in the night sky, and from the unique positions of the stars figures out what bit of the night sky is looked at and then adds notes for interesting parts of the sky visible in… Continue reading →

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New Zealand Goes Black

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Nat Torkington

The previous government in New Zealand enacted an amendment to the Copyright Act that required ISPs to have a policy to disconnect users after repeated accusations of infringement, over the objections of technologists. While it’s possible to have a policy that requires proof rather than accusation, APRA (the RIAA of New Zealand) strongly opposes any such attempts at reasonable interpretation… Continue reading →

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Tools of Change twitter visualization

Posted on February 15, 2009 by liza

Geeks love raw data, so I couldn’t resist a text dump of all #toc tweets that occurred during the conference.
Here’s the quick visualization I threw together (warning, it loads very slowly):

It skips any images that are broken or any that were listed as having the Twitter default icon. For some reason the raw data [...] Continue reading →

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La vélocité de la lecture

Posted on February 12, 2009 by hguillaud


Gazouiller le livre qu’on lit peut sembler anodin, n’être qu’une façon d’anoter son livre et de faire profiter de sa lecture à son réseau social. Et si cela allait plus loin, et permettait de documenter plus profondément nos lectures ? C’est l’expérience que nous livre James Bridle de son utilisation de bkkeeper, qui permet de [...] Continue reading →

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Everyone’s New Favorite Question About Twitter

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Sarah Milstein

For a while there, you couldn’t surf a single drop of the web without smacking into the question, “How will Twitter make money?” Although that question remains unanswered, Internet interest has shifted. Today’s favorite question about the micromessaging service is: “Has Twitter has gone mainstream?” Or, somewhat less optimistically, “Will Twitter go mainstream?” Of course, the question isn’t new; people… Continue reading →

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Four short links: 16 Jan 2009

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Nat Torkington

Toys, telegraphs, transparency, and travel in today’s roundup of short interesting links. New Law Could Wipe Out Handcrafted Toy Makers – CNN story on a new consumer safety law that mandates expensive quality tests for components of toys, even those handmade in the US by micro-businesses. It’s not clear what a solution looks like: mass-produced in China or micro-produced in… Continue reading →

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Four short links: 15 Jan 2009

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Nat Torkington

Today we have Tom’s Brain on Flickr, the Newspaper Industry’s Death in Context, REST with friends, and Filthy Lucre from Twitter. A map of my brain – Tom Coates mindmaps his interests as part of brainstorming for a Webstock talk. I’d love to see these for other geeks. I guess part of keeping up with your friends is building your… Continue reading →

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Four short links: 14 Jan 2009

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Nat Torkington

Something beautiful, something informative, something mindblowing, something revealing: something for everyone in today’s link set. Trees and Forests on Old Russian Maps – old maps, like old books, are works of art. I loved this collection of symbols; it reminded me how much creativity and beauty we’ve lost (temporarily, I hope) in modern maps. Distinguishing Decorative from Meaningful Elements in… Continue reading →

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Le Twiller de Thierry Crouzet

Posted on January 9, 2009 by hguillaud


On ne présente plus Thierry Crouzet, blogueur et auteur notamment du Cinquième pouvoir. Thierry s’adonne désormais aux Twitts et surtout au Twiller, contraction entre Twitter et Thriller, explique-t-il, phénomène initié par le journaliste et romancier Matt Richel, comme celui-ci l’expliquait dans le New York Times en août dernier. L’interface mise en place par Thierry est [...] Continue reading →

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Networked link journalism: A revolution quietly begins in Washington state

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Josh Korr

The discussion about journalism’s future so often focuses on Big Changes — Kill the print edition! Flips for everyone! Reinvent business models NOW! — that it’s easy to forget how simple innovation can be.
Sometimes all you need is a few Tweets, a bunch of links, and some like-minded pioneers.
That’s how a quiet revolution began in [...] Continue reading →

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