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Evolutionary step for open social networking
Gawker redesigned its comment system recently and seeded the ability to leave comments via a Facebook profile. It’s not active yet, but I think this new capability is amazing and evolutionary.
Gawker’s network of sites aren’t the only ones experimenting with using an open(ing) architecture. Social-network-for-professionals LinkedIn will provide CNBC its user profiles. Users will be able to recommend articles, see who is connected to companies mentioned in the stories and the whole thing will have some crossover onto the cable channel. (I hope someone gives CNBC an MSNBC-like makeover. Yikes, is it loud!)
Like I said, none of this is revolutionary; it’s just evolutionary. Gawker and CNBC’s moves further realize the social/sharing/geektopia nature of the Internet and break down walls. No longer will contrived barriers hold your online “identity” within the bounds of a .com.
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Plastics News headlines and designs so far
To survive on the copy desk at Plastics News, you have to get creative with artwork. Often this means creating a chart and a creative headline. Below are a few samples of the headlines and designs I’ve done so far at PN. To note: “LR” in a photo means “low resolution,” something we had to do in our old way of assembling news pages.
Top 10 Web sites 10 years later
SitePoint recently took a look at the top 10 Web sites from ten years ago. They did not post screen shots so I jumped over to the Wayback Machine to see what the sites looked like back then. Continue reading »