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From a gallery of Container Corporation advertisements 1938 -...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:52:12 -0400

From a gallery of Container Corporation advertisements 1938 - 1967 (via Khoi Vinh)

Michael Nielsen » Is scientific publishing about to be disrupted?

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:58:22 -0400

Michael Nielsen » Is scientific publishing about to be disrupted?:

It’s true that stupidity and malevolence do sometimes play a role in the disruption of industries. But in the first part of this essay I’ll argue that even smart and good organizations can fail in the face of disruptive change, and that there are common underlying structural reasons why that’s the case. That’s a much scarier story. If you think the newspapers and record companies are stupid or malevolent, then you can reassure yourself that provided you’re smart and good, you don’t have anything to worry about. But if disruption can destroy even the smart and the good, then it can destroy anybody. In the second part of the essay, I’ll argue that scientific publishing is in the early days of a major disruption, with similar underlying causes, and will change radically over the next few years.

Michael Nielsen presents a compelling argument in this essay that explores the sensible reasons why large organizations are ill-suited to grapple with disruptive technology; it is the same reasons that make them effective in their current industry as it exists today which become obstacles to the sweeping reforms necessary to adapt to the industry as it changes.

urbanronin: 9GAG - What a Face!

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:24:01 -0400

urbanronin:

9GAG - What a Face!

davidlantner recommended an article : The End of the Beginning

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:58:01 -0400

davidlantner recommended an article : The End of the Beginning

Every millisecond counts (via Google) To accompany Google Speed

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:31:31 -0400

Every millisecond counts (via Google) To accompany Google Speed

"As a general rule of thumb, if most of your sprite doesn’t contain real image content, you..."

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:57:21 -0400

“As a general rule of thumb, if most of your sprite doesn’t contain real image content, you should probably avoid using it. Also, keep an eye out for future solutions that will preserve both the page load speed, as well as avoiding the negative memory and performance impact of sprites.”

- Vladimir Vukićević - To Sprite Or Not To Sprite

TONY HAWK (high quality poster print)

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:55:38 -0400

TONY HAWK (high quality poster print)

theduty: better with music.

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:33:04 -0400

theduty:

better with music.

OMG! SLOW DOWN! « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I...

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:35:25 -0400

OMG! SLOW DOWN! « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger?

Design and branding news: idsgn (a design blog)

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:50:59 -0400

Design and branding news: idsgn (a design blog)

A (via mezzoblue) Dave Shea posted a stunning set of photos to...

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:15:08 -0400

A (via mezzoblue) Dave Shea posted a stunning set of photos to Flickr, taken with his iPhone 3GS:

First impressions of the iPhone 3G S’s new camera: very positive. With focus control like this, it’s hard to believe it’s just a cameraphone. Tap-to-focus is how all cameras ought to work from now on.

10 Useful Firefox Extensions to Supercharge Firebug

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:21:20 -0400

10 Useful Firefox Extensions to Supercharge Firebug

Buka (via joshbousel)

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:49:45 -0400

Buka (via joshbousel)

laser kitty haz no needz for door handels « Lolcats ‘n’...

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:15:47 -0400

laser kitty haz no needz for door handels « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger?

davidlantner recommended an article : Data Center Overload

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:14:36 -0400

davidlantner recommended an article : Data Center Overload

Mr. Penumbra’s Twenty-Four-Hour Book Store

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:04:34 -0400

Mr. Penumbra’s Twenty-Four-Hour Book Store:

Robin Sloan’s delightfully entertaining short story about a bookstore, San Francisco and data visualization. (via Waxy)

Few places possess sheer possibility as much as San Francisco; I think that is why I still consider myself to be on my way back there, regardless of the permanence of my current place.

JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit - Interactive Data Visualizations for the Web

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:50:39 -0400

JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit - Interactive Data Visualizations for the Web: A library agnostic, extendable toolkit for creating data visualizations

"The concept of access enablement is not complicated. In the physical world, it works like this: I..."

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:38:51 -0400

“The concept of access enablement is not complicated. In the physical world, it works like this: I build the ramp, you bring the wheelchair. I don’t have to provide you with a wheelchair; it’s up to you to procure one. Nor do I have to teach you how to use your wheelchair to get up my ramp. Nor do I have to push you up the ramp when you arrive. If your wheelchair happens to break at the bottom of my ramp, you can’t sue me for being inaccessible. I did my part: I built the ramp; everything else is Somebody Else’s Problem.”

- Mark Pilgrim - Accessibility is a harsh mistress [dive into mark]

"The best way to ensure that the government allows private parties to compete on equal terms in the..."

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:49:00 -0400

“The best way to ensure that the government allows private parties to compete on equal terms in the provision of government data is to require that federal websites themselves use the same open systems for accessing the underlying data as they make available to the public at large.”

- Government Data and the Invisible Hand | Freedom to Tinker

dihard: This is an interesting graphic that tells the story of...

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:39:18 -0400

dihard:

This is an interesting graphic that tells the story of the culprits behind our budget deficit.

The NYT article from a couple days ago breaks it down in further detail […]