(See also: Digital Hollywood- No Resolution) —Latest on Napster Update, Feb 27, 2021 The above links are dead, but here’s a screenshot of what the Yahoo News “Technology Full Coverage” section looked like on February 23, 2001. (Courtesy the invaluable Internet Archive Wayback Machine) Similar:What's next in game narrative, with Emily Short Something that I…
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“Now, let’s look a bit more closely at this data, remembering that it is absolutely first-rate. Do you see the exponential dependence? I sure don’t. I see a bunch of crap.” Undergraduate physics student Lucas Kovar reconsiders his career choice. —Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass Similar:Designing Cabinets in Blender3D — ExperimentsI designed these…
“Amateur and professional are mutually interconnected. Amateurs are sometimes professionals; professionals are sometimes amateurs. Moreover — brace yourself — history exists.” Marjorie Garber‘s Academic Instincts blows kisses at the literary establishment. Review by Russell Jacoby. Similar:Remnants of a Legendary Typeface Rescued From the River ThamesA little over a century ago, the printer…AestheticsA professor examines why…
“Twice upon a time there lived a boy named Jack in the twoderful land of Califivenia.” Read a sample of the late comedian Victor Borge’s inflationary language. Richard Lederer. Similar:The Liminal Classroom”What,” I asked, “are we to make of Plat…AcademiaIn July, 2002, I was blogging about military close reading, weblogs in journalism, UX evan…In July,…
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“Typically, when project managers observe their design undergoing a usability test, their initial reaction is: Where did you find such stupid users? Jakob Nielsen —Are Users Stupid? Similar:Yes, I spent the last hour designing this brutalist pen holder for a virtual production of…AestheticsMobile is a "really punishing format" for indies, says inkle's Jon IngoldMobile is…
A blurb is a short paragraph that previews what’s on the other end of a link. You’re reading a blurb now. If it helps you decide whether you should click the link, then it has done its job. Dennis G. Jerz —Blurbs: How to write them for your web pages Similar:Wanted in College Graduates: Tolerance…
may be crappy, but its CEO claims to have patented the search engine. Kieren McCarthy.AltaVista Similar:MLA-Style Bibliography Builder– updated to handle web sources Choose…AcademiaOne Child, One Laptop … And Mixed Results In PeruBecause you couldn’t go online, everythi…CybercultureMLA in-text citations: avoid these common errors AcademiaThe Printed Word in Peril: The age of Homo virtualis is…
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Once again, The Onion gets it right. Clinton Not Expecting To Collect White House Security Deposit Surveying the White House’s walls and bathroom fixtures in preparation for move-out, President Clinton said Monday that he expects to forfeit his security deposit. “It’s just not worth it,” Clinton said. “I’d rather lose the $575 than have to…
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, a Notre Dame football player in the ’60s, argues that “The gap between college sports and the fundamental mission of higher education has widened significantly since that time.” Allen L. Sack Similar:Quantity leads to quality – Austin KleonAnecdote: [A] ceramics teacher announced…AestheticsBlue Feed, Red FeedFacebook is designed to keep your attent…CulturePeople Thought an AI Was…
The lessons I learned in just over an hour showed me how poor most Websites are and just how easy it would be for companies to perform their own usability tests to fix a lot of the problems.–David Lidsky, Healing the Web Update: Dec 2014. I originally blogged the above back in 2001. Lidsky’s brief article, written as the…
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“A new era of newspaper experiments on the Internet, fueled in part by the fear that the Web will not generate profits, has begun.” (NY Times… free registration required.) —Rethinking Internet news Similar:Sean Spicer: Hero in the War Against JournalismThe Onion reminds us not to normalize Sp…Current_EventsVerify or Duck! Journalists should confirm all details they…
“Fighting monsters and escaping from dungeons is a whole different world when you’re a woman. Men are oh-so-helpful when they’re not busy whistling at you.” Andy Patrizio cross-dresses as a half-naked elf babe. Wired.com Similar:I came of age playing too many CD-ROM point-and-click adventure games to ignore these stee…I came of age playing too many…
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“As any snack aficionado knows, crunch-tastic is the ultimate snack-chip adjective, outranking crunch-riffic, crunch-rageous, and even crunch-mongous.” The Onion. Similar:Thoughtful Gestures Sometimes Speak Louder than WordsShe ended up waiting out the light cycle…AmusingJustice (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 7) When Wes trips on a fence, joggers' god gets in…In which Wesley commits a crime on…