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Apt’s links for October 10th

Print is dead and that’s the way, uh huh uh huh, they like it - “print is willingly running itself off a cliff…why? Because they know there’s an inflatable mattress down below named the Internet, and that any readers of the print edition they might lose they stand a pretty good chance of winning back […]

Published: October 11, 2007. Read more →

Apt’s links for October 8th through October 9th

Amazon.com: Customer Discussions: I’m sooo pissed - Unleash the beast. Enjoying watching this attempt by Penguin and Amazon to “crowdsource” the slush pile.
FT.com / Technology - You can’t stop them talking - David Bowen piece in the FT on how to use social networking / web 2 for companies that really don’t know.

Published: October 10, 2007. Read more →

Freeconomics: Radiohead vs. Publishers

As we all know, last week Radiohead did something interesting. I’d like to acknowledge that it was a very smart (and lucrative) thing for an established band to do - and to use it as an entry point into debate about the future of the book and its distribution online.
To recap, from our perspective […]

Published: October 9, 2007. Read more →

Apt’s links for October 5th

Radiohead kills the entire music business - In a nutshell? Expect more on this from us. This via Infovore.com
Talent imitates, genius steals: Book Sampling - Faris [Thanks James] on why he’d give a book away for free. As he says tho - it only works cos e-Ink is so rubbish.

Published: October 6, 2007. Read more →

Apt’s links for October 4th

Frieze Magazine - A nice looking redesign for Freeze.
Noisy Decent Graphics: I’m a designer. Use me better. - “If you ask Porsche about their sustainability policy they will proudly tell you that 60% of all Porsches ever made are still on the road today. Think about that for a bit.”
CR Blog » Blog Archive » […]

Published: October 5, 2007. Read more →

Apt’s links for October 1st

Anthony Lilley: Why web.2.0 adds up to a revolution for our industry | Media | MediaGuardian.co.uk - Anthony Lilley explains the maths behind the potential of “the social web”
Stephen Brook on the FT’s overhaul of the fees users must pay to access its website | Media | MediaGuardian.co.uk - FT.com joins NYT in breaking down […]

Published: October 2, 2007. Read more →

Apt’s links for September 30th

Exploring the Dark Side of Crowdsourcing - Another oldie: Subvert & Profit interview on gaming social media.
What Does Crowdsourcing Really Mean? - Going through old RSS: Doug Rushkoff lays into “corporatist framing of a cultural phenomenon”

Published: October 1, 2007. Read more →