Category: Newstangle
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How to Make an Interactive Area Graph
Nathan at FlowingData provides this Actionscript/Flash tutorial on how to build a graph that looks a bit like those baby name explorers and unemployment charts you’ve seen lately. How to Make an Interactive Area Graph
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B.N.E., the Graffiti Writer, Gets a Manhattan Exhibition
I have no problem with graffiti artists making money while staying anonymous — after all, I do own a copy of Banksy’s book — but I do have a problem with BNE getting fame just for getting up. Ubiquity is easy. Telling a story is much more difficult. B.N.E., the Graffiti Writer, Gets a Manhattan…
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Top 10 Internet of Things Products of 2009
I continue to be fascinated by the busy intersections where the physical world and the Internet overlap. Here’s a solid roundup of products making that happen in 2009. Top 10 Internet of Things Products of 2009
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VIDEO: Twoddler: Twittering Toddlers
Hey, I’d actually use something like this, but, uh, not for every action my toddler takes. Like that plant that tweets when it needs water, but different. VIDEO: Twoddler: Twittering Toddlers
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Updating Flash Journalism
Mindy McAdams on why her 2005 book is out of date, how she’s getting her students caught up, and how you can follow along. Updating Flash Journalism
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Explore a whole new way to window shop, with Google and your mobile phone
QR codes + Google business listings = Yelp killer? Maybe. But aren’t QR codes so 2007? I thought Augmented Reality was the 2009 solution to this problem. Explore a whole new way to window shop, with Google and your mobile phone
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Mark the Spot iPhone App Tells AT&T Where They Suck – At&t – Gizmodo
AT&T crowdsources data on locations where they can’t keep up a call up for more than 30 seconds, which include my home, office, car, and most of Loudoun County. Downloading it right now. Mark the Spot iPhone App Tells AT&T Where They Suck – At&t – Gizmodo
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The man who may supersize non-profit news
I could do without the whole McDonald’s metaphor, but Alan Mutter talks with David Bennahum here about the Center for Independent Media and its potential to build a scalable infrastructure for local nonprofit news organizations. The man who may supersize non-profit news
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VIDEO: Paris Photo 2009 performance fabien breuvart
What better way to celebrate the opening of some sort of expensive, exclusive photography exhibition at the Louvre than by showing up with garbage bags full of old photographs and dumping them on the floor of the entrance. VIDEO: Paris Photo 2009 performance fabien breuvart
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After the Deadline
Need to add spelling and grammar checking to any text area in your application? Here’s an open source way to do it, thanks to WordPress and Automattic. After the Deadline