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Apt’s links for October 26th through October 30th

mudd up! / archive / DEFENDING THE PIG - OINK CROAKS - Rather insightful article from a musician about the demise of Oink.cd
The Future of Electronic Paper - TFOT - “Q: What do you think will be the “killer application” of e-paper? A: Color.” Interesting article on e-ink and the trials of innovation… thanks alex

Published: October 31, 2007. Read more →

Apt’s links for October 25th

Frequently Asked Questions | Openads - OpenAds appears to rule as a free ad-serving option.
The Hottest Digital Agencies Around - Advertising Age - Digital - Ones to watch West-side.
VQR » The Very Edge of the World - Virginia Quarterly Magazine (Via Roy - cheers Roy). Long, unpaginated articles with free access. The future of (literary) […]

Published: October 26, 2007. Read more →

Information R/evolution

A new video by Michael Wesch, whose film last year The Machine is Us/ing Us explained the new interconnectivity of the web so brilliantly.
This time he’s taken as his theme the new digital (dis)order, as described in David Weinberger’s excellent recent book Everything is Miscellaneous.
We’ve been talking a lot about tagging and similar strategies recently, […]

Published: October 22, 2007. Read more →

Apt’s links for October 18th through October 21st

Mashable’s Best Resources Online on Squidoo - List of lists: seth puts together the best of mashable.
Pagination 101 - KuraFire Network - Examples of pagination on web sites

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Fair Trade Books?

Being green is high on the publishing agenda these days, thankfully, although which agenda is up for some debate.
The mainstream UK publishing industry has dipped a toe in the water with the no-returns initiative, and shouting about printing on recycled (or at least sustainable) paper. Both have had mixed successes and are far from being […]

Published: October 18, 2007. Read more →

Apt’s links for October 17th

Topple bookshelf by Julian Appelius - My bookshelves have been known to topple over in a Leonard Bastian attempt to end it all now, but these shelves are designed to do it…
Talent imitates, genius steals: Another Sky - Neo-Patronage - Faris on how books want to be free.
another sky press - “In addition to making […]

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Apt’s links for October 15th through October 16th

CR Blog | Blog Archive | The Saints - This sounds like fun. New ArtAngel project about the 1966 World Cup. Check the footage of the game with all players bar one (and the ball) removed digitally. Makes Zidane seem a little overblown.
Charlie’s Diary: Third time lucky? - Charlie Stross rates the new Sony ereader. […]

Published: October 17, 2007. Read more →

Apt’s links for October 12th

And The Walls Came Tumbling Down: Madonna Dumps Record Industry - “When Radiohead led the way in offering their music directly to fans many predicted that the move was the beginning of the end; Madonna may well be the tipping point from where we will now see a flood of recording artists dumping record labels…”
Ditching […]

Published: October 13, 2007. Read more →

Apt’s links for October 11th

RIAA Hits a Sour Note With Its File-Sharing Witch Hunt - Well, that’s one view. “Thieving from thieves”. Unleash the beast…
socialmedia.com - Blog Archive - Web 2.0 has 2 very different audiences, only 1 is scalable - Very interesting stats about how much a “social network” can scale beyond the geek scene…
LibraryThing: Common Knowledge: Social […]

Published: October 12, 2007. Read more →

Radiohead Customer Service

I’ve always felt that customer service in e-commerce is vital - that you only get one chance to stuff up a relationship with a customer; that you’re competing with Amazon (who in my experience have crap customer service, but the perception is that they are the high water mark); and that you should do […]

Published: October 11, 2007. Read more →