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Online Advertising: Losing the Race to the Bottom

Phil Nelson — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:49:36 +0000

John Gruber and Jim Coudal’s SXSW 2010 panel sounds like something I’m going to be sad I missed. Hell of a name.

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Metaphorical Maps

Phil Nelson — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:55:16 +0000

Christoph Niemann’s Abstract City maps for the NYT are funny. You may enjoy them.

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Capybara Games Reveals Clash Of Heroes HD For XBLA, PSN

Phil Nelson — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:49:15 +0000

Toronto-based indie games studio makes good. Clash of Heroes for DS is one of the best western-developed DS games ever made.

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Sweatshop: Art, Conversation, Madness

Phil Nelson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:39:15 +0000

Sweatshop, the live art video show I produce, is next broadcasting on Friday, 12 March at 3pm PST. Mark your calendars using the substance of your choosing. I’m told we will be jamming the new soon-to-be-released MC Frontalot album, ZERO DAY, which Sweatshop’s host/creator Eliza Gauger did the back cover for.

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European Parliament Demands Transparency For ACTA

Phil Nelson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:31:53 +0000

The European Parliament today voted on a resolution that demands transparency in the ACTA negotiations, and that the Commission puts all papers on the table.

The resolution was carried by 633 votes in favour, 13 against, and 16 abstentions.

Way to go, EU. See also: Christian Engström’s talk on ACTA from the European Parliament floor.

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A Message From Ronald Reagan To The Fashion Designers Of the World

Phil Nelson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:54:10 +0000

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in an extremely long time. Stick with it, and you will thank me. With gifts.

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Amazon.com’s 1-Click Patent Confirmed Following Re-Exam

Phil Nelson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:26:56 +0000

This is just plain terrible news. It’s the software equivalent of someone having a patent on “cash-only.” It’s a technology (and I hesitate to even call it a technology) so completely obvious that it makes the entire patent system look ridiculous by it’s inclusion.

This re-exam sticks us with another 4 years of the legal strong-arming of companies and people who try to make internet shopping experiences better.

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The Panic Status Board

Phil Nelson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:07:32 +0000

Compare The Panic Status Board with Jesse Schnell’s talk at DICE 2010, and see what he meant. Panic’s productivity has gone up due to work being more “game-like.”

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“Detroit Wants to Save Itself by Shrinking”

Phil Nelson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:01:17 +0000

Operating on a scale never before attempted in this country, the city would demolish houses in some of the most desolate sections of Detroit and move residents into stronger neighborhoods. Roughly a quarter of the 139-square-mile city could go from urban to semi-rural.

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Harmony

Phil Nelson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:49:45 +0000

A procedural drawing tool written in HTML5.

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Valve Announces Steam, Source Engine Coming to OS X

Phil Nelson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:41:25 +0000

Since they’re porting Source, that means Half-Life 2, Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2, Portal, Portal 2 and all Source-based games will be available for the Mac. Jimminy.

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Funranium Labs’ Experiments in Coffee

Phil Nelson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:20:15 +0000

At some point, all of us start wondering how much coffee we can drink before our hearts explode.

and with that, begins the journey. I am constitutionally incapable of seeing a coffee called “The Black Blood of the Earth” and not purchasing it.

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Lost Garden on Video Game Heroes and Fandom

Phil Nelson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:55:53 +0000

The article is games-specific, but I find that it applies to any creative media: Games, film, music, web development. Many points and questions worth digesting, especially the central question: Are the games you have fandom for WORTH your time and love?

Much of modern fandom is mired in what appears, to me, to be an abusive relationship.

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Golden Ratio Calculator

Phil Nelson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:24:59 +0000

A simple web-based golden ratio calculator. Used it this morning. (Via Ryan Taylor)

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Twin Galaxies Founder Walter Day Retires

Phil Nelson — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:54:59 +0000

Walter is one of those guys who just obviously loved games and the weirdos that play them. I hope he enjoys his retirement.

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Lukas Mathis on Scrolling .vs. Page-flipping

Phil Nelson — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:47:52 +0000

In response to a response, he grabs this quote from Kottke:

The page flipping animation in the iBooks app though? Super cheesy. It’s like in the early days of cars where they built them to look like horse-drawn carriages. Can’t we just scroll?

He says:

How is scrolling desirable to the person who is trying to read a book? If I’m reading a book, I want to fill the screen with text. Then, I want to read that text. Then, I want to fill the whole screen with new text, and read that.

and I smile and nod, because he is extremely right. The reason the page-flip metaphor still works is that my eyes/brain shouldn’t have to be in charge of figuring out where I am in the text every time I scroll.

It’s not as simple as eliminating “pages” entirely, I think, but re-implementing the good functionality of pages.

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HTML WG Working Drafts Have Been Published

Phil Nelson — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:17:39 +0000

The list includes HTML5, HTML+RDFa, HTML Microdata, HTML Canvas 2D Context, HTML5 Differences from HTML4 and HTML: The Markup Language.

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“Made, Is Making, or Will Make?”

Phil Nelson — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:11:52 +0000

David Barnard on the sales fluctuations in the App Store, and how hard is it to gauge future success/sales on same.

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SWEATSHOP Is Live This Afternoon

Phil Nelson — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:08:32 +0000

Around 2pm PST, 5pm EST. Join us for art, filmstrips, and conversation. You will be glad you did.

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Some People Can’t Read URLs

Phil Nelson — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:32:20 +0000

Serving as a follow-up to the “Facebook login Quandry“. Also by the same author: A tutorial level for the internet. He uses Metroid as an example, so I am bound by law to link to it. (Via Shawn Medero)

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