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Apt’s links for November 23rd through November 24th
Low cost usability testing – UserTesting.com – Wow.
Getting the Numbers Straight: Mobile Phone Usage Explained – “Growing mobile access to media and the Internet is often considered a boon for Africa. But how far are we already? A case study on how to obtain these badly needed numbers.”
Published: November 25, 2008. Read more →
Apt’s links for November 18th through November 21st
The Faces of Mechanical Turk – Waxy.org – “I started the task at $.05, but only two people responded in the first 24 hours. (And one of those was Joshua Schachter, who I’d told about the project.) Clearly, that was too low, so I increased it to $.25, receiving only eight submissions in 48 hours. [...]
Published: November 22, 2008. Read more →
Apt’s links for November 10th through November 13th
Adam O’Riordan: Why the poetry of hip-hop is tragic | Books | guardian.co.uk – “These patterns stemming from verbal expression exist across high art and low culture; antidiplosis, antithesis, stichomythia, anaphora, epistrophe, anthypophora and a whole bunch of other hard-to-remember terms can be found in the bombast and rhetoric of the album. I return to [...]
Published: November 14, 2008. Read more →
Barack Obama and The Golden Notebook
OK, so we just launched The Golden Notebook project, which will be gathering momentum in the coming weeks (we hope). I set up a Google Alert to keep abreast of links to the site, and what people think of it. (So far, so good).
One thing I didn’t expect was the endorsement, reported in today’s Evening [...]
Published: November 11, 2008. Read more →
Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook
We’re very pleased to announce that Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook, our collaboration with The Institute for the Future of the Book, is now live.
Several months ago we heard that the Institute was setting up in the UK, and we approached Chris Meade with a view to working with if:book London on a joint project. [...]
Published: November 7, 2008. Read more →
Victoria Barnsley, HarperCollins CEO, on “Publishing: Media’s Last Diehard?”
Last night Victoria Barnsley, Chief Executive and Publisher of HarperCollins UK and International, gave a talk at LSE entitled ‘Publishing: Media’s Last Diehard?’ This is a loose transcription based on my notes, which are a very rough rendition of what was said. May contain errors.
A theme of change, appropriate for the night. Publishing is “standing [...]
Published: November 5, 2008. Read more →
Apt’s links for November 3rd
US Election Special | Online Only | Granta – Granta commissions a load of writer on the US election.
US elections: America’s hottest pollster gives final verdict | Technology | guardian.co.uk – “”In baseball you have statistics recited constantly, 10 stats a minute ? but they’re not necessarily telling you the meaning of all of this. [...]
Published: November 4, 2008. Read more →
Apt’s links for November 2nd
SEOmoz | What Quantum of Solace Can Tell Us About Information Architecture –
Kangaroo comes out fighting: 73-page rebuttal of competition concerns | Media | guardian.co.uk –
Elegant Web Typography – SlideShare – One for the records.
Published: November 3, 2008. Read more →
Apt’s links for November 1st
Validate an entire site with the Free Site Validator | 456 Berea Street –
A Wine Tasting with Jancis Robinson – Episode #568 – Wow. Gary and Jancis. *And* they’re tasting Ridge and Manzanilla. The stars are aligned. Just. (Talk about style clash)
Published: November 2, 2008. Read more →