2011-10-24 (Monday)
Writing
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One dimensional news
Looking back at my Today’s Guardian site, after using it for a while. And identifying a problem all digital news design seems to have.
Links
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jQuery.fracs · larsjung.de
A library for dealing with objects that extend beyond the viewport - how much is visible, where it is, etc.
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I'm enjoying Thom Yorke's 6Mix. That's all. indiemp3blog.com/2011/10/thom-y…
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@ianbetteridge That is quite special isn't it. I always thought drumming circles were a terrible thing, only enjoyed by their participants.
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At least the police presence on Finsbury Square might stop all the cyclists going the wrong way, or on the pavement, on its south side.
Westminster, England, United Kingdom
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@tobybarnes Also I’m coming from the perspective of wanting to read lots of news, rather than browsing, which seems to be Flipboard’s forté.
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@tobybarnes I never got the hang of Flipboard... too many things I wasn’t interested in or had seen elsewhere. Maybe I should try again?
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I wrote a look back at my Today’s Guardian site, and the fundamental design problems it shares with all digital news: gyford.com/phil/writing/2…
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@jonathan_fry Thanks! The diary text is from Project Gutenberg, the same as I use on pepysdiary.com