“When you care enough to hit send” — hilarious cards for nearly any situation. A wizard that creates a Google Map from a Google spreadsheet. Yay! Salary vs. performance for major league baseball. No surprise that the Royals are at the bottom of the list performance-wise; I was kinda surprised by their salary, though. Created [...]
Newspapers must create networks, not “destinations”: The kind of network I’m referring to is a web of interconnections — links between content and between people. In essence, I’m arguing that on the Web, news organizations — perhaps, all media — should focus on building themselves “into the clickstream.” The goal: make your Web site a [...]
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Christy just had a baby. And a foal, but that’s unrelated. Now another friend is pregnant. With twins. (Congratulations, Ursula!) Today they make me feel old and immature and a bit desperate/pathetic. (And it’s a chance to point out that the most popular names for twins start with the same letter.) Google is experimenting with [...]
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I’ve been preoccupied by the new love of my life: Flash 8. I don’t know what I’m going to do when the free trial ends in 27 days … OK, since I’ve been very nerdy lately (Hello, I just professed my love for a computer program. It doesn’t get much nerdier than that.), I should [...]
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