April 2009
“Art isn’t easy, but booing is. A mind-closing activity, it tends to be the...”
– Should audiences lay off the boos? | Culture Monster | Los Angeles Times
Mark Swed just made my day.
WatchGuinness.com | Ads | After Work — Farm (1966)
I have a big ol’ crush on the Guinness site. Easy to browse, easy to port. Easy to drink.
“Whether leaks actually help or hurt is implicit in the question of long lead...”
– What Happens To An Album’s Pre-Release Cycle In An Era Of Leaks, Low Sales, And Dead Magazines? « Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip
Not yours
mrgan:
Here we go again.
A few months ago, a web business called ChoiceTweets sold shirts with funny tweets on them. They even scraped some popular-tweet websites to offer a guaranteed selection of clever bon mots. This was widely criticized, and rightly so - who gave them the right to scrape Merlin’s Twitter feed and sell merch buoyed by his wit? Offering an opt-out program was mocked still...
AFP covering Radiohead. Wish the Tumblr app...
Google INTERCAL Style Guide
The point of having style guidelines is to have a common vocabulary of coding, so people can concentrate on what you’re desperately trying to accomplish, rather than how. We present global style rules here so people know the vocabulary. But local style is also important. No, it won’t help, not really. But do it anyway. I’m serious. Do it. Do it or I’ll come find...