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2013-04-12 (Friday)

Links

  1. How the Banner Ad Was Born | Digiday

    On the first banner ad, created at HotWired in 1994. (via Daring Fireball)

Tweets

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @dracos Brill, thanks - I’ll post it tomorrow!

  • philgyford’s avatar

    I mean, that’s what I was interviewed about, so that’s what my bit is probably about.

  • philgyford’s avatar

    That last RT… I haven’t heard it yet. It’s about Our Incredible Journey, acquihires, etc.

  • philgyford’s avatar
    textfiles’s avatar

    And suddenly there's me and @philgyford on CBC today. cbc.ca/spark/episodes… (We're at 26:00)

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @tomscott @whoisdanw To me they sound like fake sincerity - over-emphatic attempts at attention-grabbing. (But, yes, nothing’s content free)

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @blech Being trampled by a police horse, to keep the equestrian theme?

  • philgyford’s avatar

    “BBC Networking Club” “Electronic Telegraph” #Cyber

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @russelldavies @ianbetteridge @bobbiejohnson @revdancatt I’m afraid Ian is correct. (A space is required. :) )

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @russelldavies Better: Slightly annoying tics, rather than MISLEADING INACCURACY. When’s the next edition out?

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @Alby This.

  • philgyford’s avatar

    Wow, just wow: Wait. So, it turns out. Look. Huh. [Twitter’s own annoying, content-free, verbal tics.]

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @tomcoates @blech I always feel its occasional sane articles (”the war on drugs isn’t working!”) make people think its something it’s not.

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @tomcoates @blech It makes me a little angry that the Economist seems like the default political/economic reading for many of my peers.

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @russelldavies @rex3000 Yes! Er, shortly.

  • Liked tweets

  • Cmdr_Hadfield’s avatar

    Tonight's Finale: People ask to see stars - my camera does its best in dim light. Our atmosphere glows in the dark.

  • JeremyJHardy’s avatar

    Why celebrate the Wicked Witch being dead when her flying monkeys are running the country?