Daily Archives: Thursday, March 8, 2007

The New Yorker gets a new look — kills millions of in-coming links

Posted on Thursday, March 8, 2007 by Rex Hammock

The New Yorker website flipped the switch on a new design and Jason Kottke and commentors provide instant-reviews. Oh, also some instant hacks, like this one to create a URL so a story appears on one page rather than several: … Continue reading →

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Search this square block

Posted on Thursday, March 8, 2007 by Rex Hammock

Ask.com is not the search engine I first think of when doing local searches or stuff with maps. However, the Google-maps-clone, AskCity has a new feature described in their blog today that sounds, well, pretty amazing. You can draw a … Continue reading →

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New policy: Credentials of Wikipedia contributors must be verified if they want to win argument by playing the ‘Oh, yea, I went to Harvard’ card

Posted on Thursday, March 8, 2007 by Rex Hammock

Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales provides the quote of the day from an AP story about Wikipedia requiring verification of credentials by those who “cite” them: “It’s always inappropriate to try to win an argument by flashing your credentials,” Wales said, … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-03-08

Posted on Thursday, March 8, 2007 by Rex Hammock

The future of print and the future of hiring | Paul conley I want people who don’t think they need some gray-haired, middle-aged man like me to give them permission to create — I want bloggers and page designers and … Continue reading →

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