Archive
June 2009’s Posts.
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EveryBlock source code released
This is a huge milestone for the company, the Knight Foundation, and online journalism
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New online ad units
Remember when I said the banner ad was dead, well, prepare for the new ads
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Lebowski Fest Seattle
July 20: an outdoor screening of the movie; July 21: bowling
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50 reasons to love my hometown
Or: why Toronto rocks
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The Globe and Mail faces strike
A note from the publisher of Canada's national newspaper on a potential June 30 strike by the paper's employees
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Death and news
Every time I post about a celebrity death in this blog, I think about how its title could be badly misconstrued. Nevertheless…
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Chase erases the user experience
The user-friendly experience that attracted customers like me to WaMu is being lost
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Newspapers weren't always boring
Great post fleshing out my favourite analogy: early newspapers vs. online news sites
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How to do crowd-sourced journalism
Simon Willison details what was involved in Guardian's expense investigation
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How to do crowd-sourced journalism
Simon Willison details what was involved in Guardian's expense investigation
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Garbage cam
A garbage can in my former neighbourhood's parkette is now a barometer for the Toronto civic workers' strike
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Infinite Summer
Or, A Sublimely Fun Read I'll Likely Do Again
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Presenting the new news
An aggregated page tracking #IranElection acts as a living prototype of the next online news sites
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leerichmond.org
Finally, a functional site for Lee Richmond (thanks Tumblr!)
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Oprah likes Niedzviecki
Toronto writer (and former zine-maker and neighbour) Hal Niedzviecki has his The Peep Diaries made as one of Oprah's book picks
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Opera Unite
Essentially, Opera 10 comes with it's own server for sharing files, pictures and content from your computer across the Web
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CSS3 features now
Thirteen features already implemented by more than one browser
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Canada's best music for 2009
The Polaris 2009 long list has been announced
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The National through the decades
Seven clips featuring the intros to CBC's national news show during the past 30 years
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Tiananmen Square, 20 years ago
A photograph of an iconic moment from a new perspective should remind us the full story has still not been told
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Streching bing
After I commented on the horrid logotype, a co-worker gave me a sticker saying "u bing?"
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The Cranky Copyright Book
Joe Clark's new book will focus his singular attention on the foibles of the current copyright debate
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Monotype permits Web use of typefaces
For non-commercial use (does that cover blogs with ads?) in the Embedded OpenType format (IE-only)
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