February 2010
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NBC's broken Olympic coverage →
Linda Holmes, of NPR’s Monkey See Blog, hits the nail on the head: “The basic problem with NBC’s coverage is that they haven’t improved the fundamentals of the coverage in spite of massive changes in the way people take in content.”
NBC’s delivery of the Olympics this year has been completely underwhelming (and not simply because I’ve usually been catching it between...
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Just spent an hour and a half on Chatroulette
(Whoops.)
Actually, Chatroulette is just so mind-numbingly addictive that we were able to pull away only after my laptop’s battery had died. But, in that ninety-minute span, Justin and I met people from Paris, France; Munich, Germany; Kent, UK; and even Norway (twice)! Notably, we didn’t have a single worthwhile conversation with another American. On the other hand, it did seem like...
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“I am not even sure what Chatroulette is now. Everyone finds his own way of using...”
– Andrey Ternovskiy, the 17-year-old creator of Chatroulette, on how quickly his “fun” project for friends has turned into a multi-server operation out of Germany with network throughput of seven gigabits/second. His interview with the NYTimes has more.
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Google Buzz is the straw that broke my back
Wow, too much social media today.
My initial impressions: Buzz is pretty cool. It’s far more personal than Twitter and even more accessible. Maybe it even collects all my media together (which should ideally help dearly in a situation like this); but seriously, unread badges are the worst interaction design element ever*, and I think I have finally reached the point where I have too many of...
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“If people are psyched on it, it’s going to get out there, because there is a...”
– Chris Keating on how Odd Blood leaked almost two months in advance of its Feb. 9 release date (via BOMB; thanks Nate)
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The real Timothy McSweeney has passed →
From McSweeney’s Internet Tendency:
After a long struggle with illness, Timothy McSweeney passed away on January 24. He was 67 years old. As a young man, Timothy was an artist of tremendous talent. The canvases he leaves behind are filled with haunting and beautiful imagery. They are also filled with a palpable desire—to be heard, to connect, to be understood better by others and himself....
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