@Clayman: Apple CEO Tim Cook on Facebook: “We have a strong relationship, there are more things we could do together, stay tuned.” #atd10
jaredbkeller May 29, 2012 at 10:18PM
@jaredbkeller: In the new Romney iPhone app, America is misspelled. http://t.co/4aZmopKs h/t @thischoi #Amercia
BuzzFeedAndrew May 29, 2012 at 07:58PM
@BuzzFeedAndrew: RT @mckaycoppins: This Is What Mitt Romney’s Birth Certificate Looks Like (in case you were wondering…) http://t.co/1BtpgYVB
mattyglesias May 29, 2012 at 05:00PM
@mattyglesias: Good list of “not important” summer campaign stories from @GQPolitics, but the rest of it’s not important either: http://t.co/YUzrIvJj
Cyberattack Hits Iranian PCs – WSJ.com
stableford May 29, 2012 at 05:15PM
@stableford: David Letterman opens up about 9/11, politics, Carson and Clinton in rare interview: http://t.co/JRXr3nCM
Salon Article Rekindles Debate about Paris Review and C.I.A.
An article by Joel Whitney asserts that The Paris Review was “a covert international weapon of soft power.”
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/salon-article-rekindles-debate-about-paris-review-and-c-i-a/
A short history of image bookmarking
In a pair of articles at GigaOM, David Galbraith shares some lessons from building Wists, a visual bookmarking site that was a precursor to Pinterest. In part one, he describes how the site came about:
I get too much credit for RSS and for Yelp, but the one thing that I can unashamedly claim to have invented is visual bookmarking, and more specifically the “choose images to thumbnail via a bookmarklet” method that Pinterest is based on. It’s not much of an “invention” per se. It’s a moronically simple thing, but it’s the right moronically simple thing. And given that more than one billion dollars rests on the idea, maybe it’s worth looking back at its history.
In part two, he talks about the rise of grid sites:
Although a seemingly trivial distinction, grid sites have their distinct advantages and disadvantages over linear ones. They look pretty, but require scanning in two directions. This is not good for news, where you need to understand the timeline at a glance. However, for scanning thumbnails, a grid is particularly efficient. But even then, the success of such image-rich sites as Tumblr made people think that the river worked for everything. I suspect the key UX component of Tumblr’s success is the ease of sharing or reblogging. Also, in such a heterogeneous text/image environment, you can’t just have a grid.
I disagree strenuously with David about the importance and utility of grids for visual sites…using Pinterest for more than a few seconds makes me want to smash things.
Tags: David Galbraith  Pinterest  Wists
via kottke.org http://kottke.org/12/05/a-short-history-of-image-bookmarking
Opera would cost Facebook over $1 billion: analysts
OSLO (Reuters) – Opera Software would cost Facebook over $1 billion as competition from Google and others could push up the price tag, analysts said on Tuesday, as takeover talk pushed the shares up as much as 26 percent on Tuesday. Oslo-listed Opera, coveted for its advanced mobile phone software technology, would be a perfect fit for Facebook but the firm’s business is also vital for some of the industry’s biggest players so any bid is likely to attract others to the table. “Opera would be sensible for Facebook on several levels,” Arctic Securities said. …
via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-could-pay-over-1-billion-opera-analysts-102648522–sector.html
How the Weinsteins Beat ‘Soul Man’ Singer Sam Moore in an Important Lawsuit
Publicity rights, trademarks, libel, unfair competition … a suit over the 2008 film “Soul Men” had it all. Ultimately, the film studio beat the musician in a nasty fight with big implications for Hollywood.
via Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/weinstein-sam-moore-lawsuit-330072?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thr%2Fnews+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Top+Stories%29