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Game theory o' the day: a takeoff on Frank and Ollie's 12 principles of animation.
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REST access to Spore data.
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Staff of the CO Rocky Mountain News remark on its closure.
links for 2009-02-28
links for 2009-02-27
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'In this space — and quite possibly in the real world — people (like these collaborators) can hash out what daily news might look like if we could start over, start fresh, and build for a digital world.'
links for 2009-02-26
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'When designing with a community what you should be aiming for is participation not democracy. Make your design process as open as possible, but don’t be fooled into thinking that because people ‘voted’ for a particular design, that is is the best decision, or even a good one. It’s probably not.'
links for 2009-02-25
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'a leaderboard for most helpful, most knowledgeable, most giving builds better behaviour…. Don’t put in a bad boy leaderboard (a list of banned members). Bad boys love to be on that list. Only reinforce behaviours you want to grow.'
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'What is perhaps a little surprising is that nostalgia is almost always associated with positive emotions – even when the trigger for recalling a nostalgic memory is something negative…. the negative memory people reported was usually a bad situation that was eventually overcome – a bad memory tempered with a good outcome and association.'
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'As Korean residents and shop owners have increased their presence in Little Tokyo… the multicultural melding hasn't always been harmonious. Today, however, the tone in the towers… is strikingly different.'
links for 2009-02-24
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Last.fm calls out TechCrunch on last week's rumors of feeding user data to the RIAA.
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Catalog includes the many arcade machines Jackson had at Neverland, incl. a Neo Geo MVS, Guitar Freaks, and Donkey Kong.
links for 2009-02-23
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Presentations oriented in 2-space rather than as a linear series of slides.
links for 2009-02-21
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I have a big stack of red Netflix flaps that's been waiting for me to find a site like this.
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Walled twittery statusy microbloggy thing for coporations.
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'If you think you’re going to save time in the long run by throwing your data into a big bucket now, then sifting through it later, you are mistaken. There are better ways.'
links for 2009-02-20
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Charts and graphs and numbers on iPhone app usage.
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Everything you need to know about Pac-Man.
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So apparently, Panic not only makes great Mac software; they also make cool official T-shirts for Katamari and Noby Noby Boy. We are living in a new renaissance age.
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'Once Gene and I were involved in a joint appearance with another Chicago media couple, Steve Dahl and Garry Meier…. Gene and I were known for our rages against each other, and Steve and Garry were remarkable for their accord. They gave us advice about how to work together as a successful team. The reason I remember that is because soon afterward Steve and Garry had an angry public falling-out that has lasted until this day.'
links for 2009-02-19
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James White and Keith Clark outdid the antics of Dwight Howard and KryptoNate Robinson.
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Swap site for games. Works on a point system.
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Swap site for games, with some sort of matchmaking mechanism.
links for 2009-02-18
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'The lead characters in all but a few of prime-time scripted shows this season are still white…. Reality programs consistently feature a much broader range of people when it comes to race, age, class and sexual orientation.'