April 2010
18 posts
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Information architecture for news websites →
I’ve said before that where we all need to be putting our attention is in providing context, and in doing it through curating the best material from across the web.  So that’s the WHAT, but this is the HOW.  A great discussion on how to make tagging and metadata work towards this end.
Apr 30th
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Tal.ki: Embeddable Forums In Seconds →
Been looking for something like this for a long time.  Not sure how well this works, but I’m glad to know it exists and is something to play with.
Apr 29th
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Turn Your Facebook Profile into a Mini Blog →
woah.
Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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“it turns out that video watchers who’ve been directed to a clip via Twitter last...”
– Twitter-Recommended Videos Command Extra Viewer Attention | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD
Apr 27th
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Easy Tutorials for Flash CS4 (AS3) →
Apr 27th
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WikiAnswers - How do you center a table in HTML: <table style=’margin: 0px auto;’></table> Code that I am constantly forgetting
Apr 26th
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Tough love: Gawker finds making it harder for... →
This is fascinating, and proves a hypothesis I’ve advanced here before.  Making it harder to comment can increase the quality of comments, as can creating some sort of reward for commenting (making commenters feel they are making a valuable contribution).  Gawker instituted a “class system” for commenting, and after an initial drop-off in volume, volume actually increased - and,...
Apr 26th
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“In Japan, where the U.S. looks to find its mobile roadmap for the future, 96% of...”
– New Study Shows the Mobile Web Will Rule by 2015 [STATS]
Apr 26th
Radio round the world from James Cridland on Vimeo.
Apr 26th
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Must Remember: Google tools for SEO/Advertising
Insights for Search - http://www.google.com/insights/search/# Keyword Tool - https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal AdPlanner - https://www.google.com/adplanner/#siteSearch
Apr 26th
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Testing Facebook Fan Box
window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({ appId: "196139704319", xfbml: true }); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement('script'); e.async = true; e.src = document.location.protocol + '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js'; document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e); }()); VOA Hip Hop Connection on Facebook I tested this at some point in the past, and it...
Apr 19th
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Google Search Rankings Now Consider Site Speed →
Apr 15th
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Social media and China: What you need to know |... →
Apr 6th
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Beet.TV: "Clickable" Videos Finding Traction with... →
There is definitely potential here.  In the same way that everyone was gushing about how augmented reality would put lots of resources at your fingertips, “hotspotting” could connect loads of resources into your video viewing.
Apr 5th
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Facebook Summarized In A Single Picture →
Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
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Powering a Nation: The Truth About Energy →
I really like this topic page.  The layout is clean and easy to use, but still manages to cram in a lot of elements.  That’s a really difficult thing to achieve - so far I’ve found that topic pages are prone to either becoming way too text-y and cluttered or going too far the other way and becoming so minimal that they don’t get anything across on the front page.
Apr 4th