BigShinyThing

We were half-watching one of those myriad “100 best ….” programmes this week when this mind-blowing last video of the Man in Black came on.

hurt.jpgIt features both Cash and his wife very shortly before both of them died. The song is from Cash’s last album of cover versions which also features his extraordinary version of ‘Personal Jesus’.

Isn’t it great when you see something on TV one night and the next day you can just find it on the web, at YouTube?

Need to Know

The Wisdom of Edward Tufte

Wise words from the information design guru.

Social News

Pew Internet publishes its latest findings on news consumption.

Chalkbot vs StreetWriter. A Nike Fail?

Nike in ‘cool new robot not cool or new’ shock.

#amazonfail

Amazon’s ‘vanishment’ of LGBT literature from sales ranks spurs a realtime revolt via social media.

(Just Say ‘No’ To) Form 696

Running a club night in London will require reporting of all acts and ‘target audience’ to the Met. WHAT?

What Google Is…

Or at least, what it might be up to…

Welcome To The Precariat

The continuation of exclusion, by other means…

Who Watches the (Internet) Watchmen?

Self-appointed internet censors mess with Wikipedia.

New Words

New times call for new words and phrases. The list starts here.

XDR-TB

This matters. Get involved.

Chrome, The Cloud, McCloud

Google explains its new browser, comic-book style

Genius as a Product

And how to make a business from it