15/05/08

Apt’s links for May 13th through May 14th

• The World of Fashion: Pixel Perfect: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker - Ah, the New Yorker, this time on post-production maestro to the stars - who in the course of this piece confirmed that the Dove “campaign for real beauty” was itself photoshopped to boot…
• disambiguity :Tone of voice matters (show some respect) - Totally agree. Reminds me of something last year: would your brand personality please shut up?
• Charlie’s Diary: Why your internet experience is slow - Great analysis of the cruft that takes up 99% of your web experience. Cheers George.
• Jemima Kiss: Searching for success in a digital age | Media | The Guardian - “Sixty per cent of her traffic comes from external links and from search engines, and 27% of that from Google.” The nuts and bolts of successful sites.
• iRex’s Brit biz partner lowers expectations–but wouldn’t it help if Borders UK put the iLiad on the home page? : | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home -
• The Web Habits of Highly Effective People - Online Only - Welcome to the magazine of new writing - Nice piece from granta about the bookmarks (and web apps) of the literati

Posted by Peter Collingridge in Links.