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links for 2008-08-20 »

links for 2008-08-19

  • NSF and the Birth of the Internet – Special Report
    The National Science Foundation's interactive quasi-timeline on the birth of the internet, from the development of ARPANET in the 1960s, the first email sent in the 1970s ("LOLZORZ", it said) and right up to the "web 2.0" of today. …No mention of Goatse
    (tags: internet video timeline)
  • Debategraph
    An experimental site which tries to visualise debates as colour coded 'maps' with several layers of recursion. Topics include, "can computers think?", "Iranian nuclear programme" and a map of Hamlet's existential dilemma, "to be or not to be?"
    (tags: politics visualisation)
  • New facebook design confirms a drift to the right (nav)
    Is the convention for left hand navigation on its way out? Flow Interactive thinks it might be.
    (tags: ux)
  • BBC NEWS | Help | Story links trial
    Roughly a decade too late, the BBC is now experimenting with in-line links to external sources in its news articles. This adoption of one of the most basic features of hypertext is sadly flawed, however, relying mainly on popups and overlays
    (tags: bbc hypertext media)
  • Brits using mobile Web to find high street bargains – Netimperative
    BT has published some research, looking at shoppers who use mobile internet to make purchase decisions while out and about. But this article is basically a rewritten press release – where's the source?
    (tags: mobile retail)
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