2013-04-12 (Friday)
Links
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How the Banner Ad Was Born | Digiday
On the first banner ad, created at HotWired in 1994. (via Daring Fireball)
Tweets
@dracos Brill, thanks - I’ll post it tomorrow!
I mean, that’s what I was interviewed about, so that’s what my bit is probably about.
That last RT… I haven’t heard it yet. It’s about Our Incredible Journey, acquihires, etc.
And suddenly there's me and @philgyford on CBC today. cbc.ca/spark/episodes… (We're at 26:00)
@tomscott @whoisdanw To me they sound like fake sincerity - over-emphatic attempts at attention-grabbing. (But, yes, nothing’s content free)
@blech Being trampled by a police horse, to keep the equestrian theme?
“BBC Networking Club” “Electronic Telegraph” #Cyber
@russelldavies @ianbetteridge @bobbiejohnson @revdancatt I’m afraid Ian is correct. (A space is required. :) )
@russelldavies Better: Slightly annoying tics, rather than MISLEADING INACCURACY. When’s the next edition out?
@Alby This.
Wow, just wow: Wait. So, it turns out. Look. Huh. [Twitter’s own annoying, content-free, verbal tics.]
@tomcoates @blech I always feel its occasional sane articles (”the war on drugs isn’t working!”) make people think its something it’s not.
@tomcoates @blech It makes me a little angry that the Economist seems like the default political/economic reading for many of my peers.
@russelldavies @rex3000 Yes! Er, shortly.
Liked tweets
Tonight's Finale: People ask to see stars - my camera does its best in dim light. Our atmosphere glows in the dark.
Why celebrate the Wicked Witch being dead when her flying monkeys are running the country?