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September 15, 2011
14:48 • 1 year ago
markcoatney:

Tumblr, now sharable from the New York Times.

But wait, we thought Tumblr was all cats and animated GIFs, something which this boring news site is lacking.

markcoatney:

Tumblr, now sharable from the New York Times.

But wait, we thought Tumblr was all cats and animated GIFs, something which this boring news site is lacking.

September 12, 2011
15:17 • 1 year ago

youmightfindyourself:

Fred Tomaselli paints intricate psychedelic patterns onto covers of the New York Times.

He thinks he’s clever, huh? We bet he’s never drawn an elaborate roller coaster on a newspaper page, like Express’ very own Coaster Doodler does.

00:20 • 1 year ago
This is a weird feeling. We’re glad that David Carr liked the story we found (via Charles Apple) enough to retweet it, but a little bittersweet about the nature of the story. We hope that Carr’s 300,000+ followers get out of it the same thing we did — a strong sense of remorse and appreciation for great storytelling. We’re glad we were able to share this great piece of work the San Jose Mercury News put together.

This is a weird feeling. We’re glad that David Carr liked the story we found (via Charles Apple) enough to retweet it, but a little bittersweet about the nature of the story. We hope that Carr’s 300,000+ followers get out of it the same thing we did — a strong sense of remorse and appreciation for great storytelling. We’re glad we were able to share this great piece of work the San Jose Mercury News put together.

September 11, 2011
11:30 • 1 year ago
Mashable has a gallery of the front pages of major Web sites (news and otherwise) on September 11, 2001. Unfortunately, digital history is not as easy to save as physical history, meaning many of the sites have missing images. One of the more interesting images in the collection is The Drudge Report’s “Who Did This?”; and Yahoo clearly struggled to present the events of the day in a meaningful way due to their limited front page design at the time. We need to do a better job as a digital culture of saving these moments, because they fly away at a moment’s notice if we don’t.

Mashable has a gallery of the front pages of major Web sites (news and otherwise) on September 11, 2001. Unfortunately, digital history is not as easy to save as physical history, meaning many of the sites have missing images. One of the more interesting images in the collection is The Drudge Report’s “Who Did This?”; and Yahoo clearly struggled to present the events of the day in a meaningful way due to their limited front page design at the time. We need to do a better job as a digital culture of saving these moments, because they fly away at a moment’s notice if we don’t.

September 6, 2011
10:49 • 1 year ago

  • closed In what’s proven to be a fairly sketchy marketing tactic, some users of Google Places have taken to marking places run by their competitors as “closed,” causing much frustration among business owners who rely on that to let people know that they’re still open.
  • open In the past, Google has taken a hands-off approach to the issue, which has rankled business owners. In fact, it took a New York Times article for the company to take the situation seriously. You know, pretty much like this particular situation. source

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September 1, 2011
21:48 • 1 year ago
The contemptuous reaction from the House speaker, John Boehner, to the president’s request to address a joint session next Wednesday — the day Congress returns from its summer recess — was appalling. No matter how he feels about Mr. Obama personally or politically, there can be no excuse for his lack of respect for the office, to which he is second in the line of succession. And it was distressing to watch President Obama fail, once again, to stand up to an opposition that won’t brook the smallest compromise.
The New York Times Editorial Board • In a piece titled “Oh, Grow Up,” on the infighting between Obama and Boehner over the timing of the president’s speech on jobs. To put it simply, we’re with them. Especially on this particular point: “Worse, the vital importance of the speech — and the need for Congress to take its full responsibility for creating jobs and reviving the economy — was upstaged by yet another Washington soap opera.” God, it’s like Washington breaks a little more with each passing day. source (viafollow)
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August 21, 2011
22:31 • 1 year ago
Here’s what the NYT’s first-edition cover looks like tomorrow. Nice, dramatic photo. Nice work, guys. Though we feel a better headline would’ve been, “In Libya, the night is still young.” Well, the night is still young, so they might change it. (via the ever-retweetable Dave Beard)

Here’s what the NYT’s first-edition cover looks like tomorrow. Nice, dramatic photo. Nice work, guys. Though we feel a better headline would’ve been, “In Libya, the night is still young.” Well, the night is still young, so they might change it. (via the ever-retweetable Dave Beard)

August 17, 2011
01:01 • 1 year ago
00:50 • 1 year ago
Tweet of the night: A witty rebuttal from our friend Michael Roston, who, ironically, is the home page producer of NYTimes.com.

Tweet of the night: A witty rebuttal from our friend Michael Roston, who, ironically, is the home page producer of NYTimes.com.

Recent posts and stuff we dig:
00:44 • 1 year ago
00:40 • 1 year ago
evanfleischer:

New York Times hacked?

OH NO, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET OUR NEWS ABOUT THE LATEST TRENDS IN BROOKLYN?!?!?

evanfleischer:

New York Times hacked?

OH NO, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET OUR NEWS ABOUT THE LATEST TRENDS IN BROOKLYN?!?!?

August 9, 2011
11:29 • 1 year ago
faxblog:

20110809112930

A fitting faxblog entry today.

faxblog:

20110809112930

A fitting faxblog entry today.

July 26, 2011
21:24 • 1 year ago

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