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October 12, 2012
— more background from /r/subredditdrama, part one and two #
October 11, 2012
— a smackdown against the short-sighted Authors Guild #
— I’d love to see something like this as a platform, helping indie writers get paid #
October 9, 2012
— don’t cry out loud via @trammell #
October 8, 2012
— interesting perspective from a patent reviewer; don’t miss the video feature #
— well worth your $4.95 for a DRM-free download #
October 7, 2012
— the Republican propaganda site is a glimpse of future political campaigns to come #
— interactive fiction weaving between 1980s BBS and a real-life adventure; creative use of Vorple for IFComp 2012 #
October 5, 2012
— clever way to boost repeat viewings #
— only showing CW tweets seems like an incredible waste; make it interactive! #
October 4, 2012
— like the Journey to the Center of Hawthorne project, Reddit is great at catalyzing fan creation via venuspatrol.com #
— Facebook passed one billion users via Kottke #
— Robin Sloan’s interviewing incredibly interesting people live; buy the book! #
— a huge step to fix a broken process I’ve written about repeatedly #
October 3, 2012
— they try to dissect why it’s so popular #
October 1, 2012
— the first commercial electronics company to freely release part designs on Shapeways #
September 28, 2012
— Diran Lyons’ vicious NSFW political satire using Obama and Romney spliced audio #
September 27, 2012
— try your hand at patent busting #
September 26, 2012
— fun visualization from the Guardian; see also: Is Mitt Romney the President? via Nelson Minar #
— busy server, but worth trying via Nelson Minar #
September 25, 2012
— the tool powering the /gifsound subreddit, which spawned this popular compilation #
— the detail is staggering; see Alan Wolfson’s other miniature urban sculptures #
September 24, 2012
— Google, Yahoo, Apple, FB, eBay, and EA’s parallel transit system #
September 23, 2012
September 21, 2012
— over 100 feet in length, 600 hours of construction #
— this kind of experimentation is why we invited her to speak/perform at XOXO #
— fundamental policy changes to hardware and product design projects #
September 20, 2012
— this should be the contractual contingency plan for every failed acquisition #
— organized collection of tweets from the 400+ attendees #
— really, really not happy about this; also: the death of animated GIF avatars #
— or: why global maps are really hard to do well via @ironicsans #
— new Linden Lab game, like Minecraft meets Second Life #
— collaborative music experiment from Ze Frank with averaged video frames #
September 19, 2012
— Ryan Gantz’s debut on The Verge is a lovely feature on XOXO #
— first video off their new album, funded by fans on Pledge #
— Super Hexagon as a text adventure, now playable online #
— and a new retail location in Manhattan #
— ridiculously massive comic, roughly 46 feet wide at 300 dpi via Kottke #
— new tools to help video creators make money, including tip jars and pay-to-view #
— for the first time, accepting money for services; $20/year to bypass CAPTCHAs #
September 18, 2012
— 350,000 broadcasts since 2009, loanable on DVD; more from the NYT #
— staggering tale by Maciej about his girlfriend’s battle with cancer, and an unusual friendship #
September 10, 2012
— with all the old Offworld posts, too! just in time for XOXO Arcade, which Brandon curated #
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