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Textbook rental site Chegg.com raises another $57m - http://deals.venturebeat.com/2009...
Whoa. These guys were a footnote to a Spartan Daily story I wrote in 2006. Fourth round of funding?! - Ryan Sholin
Don't Give Up on Online Video Yet - http://www.poynter.org/column...
Regina McCombs doesn't believe the anti-video hype. Here's her Poynter rundown of what's driving traffic at local news sites running regular online video. - Ryan Sholin
How J schools can encourage innovation - http://www.danielbachhuber.com/2009...
Frankenstein & his monster. - http://thisisindexed.com/2009...
Well isn't this just an advertisement for mediocrity. - Ryan Sholin
YouTube Direct Gives News Orgs A Way To Accept User-Submitted Videos - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
This should be a great tool for tons of news organizations without a method in place for gathering video from their community. Also worth noting: It's incredibly disruptive to the few companies that already do this for news orgs. With YouTube's brand behind it, this should take off quickly. - Ryan Sholin
Tokyo | Cairo: Comparing Obama's Foreign Policy Speeches - http://blog.blprnt.com/blog...
Like Wordle? Check out this improvement on the concept, comparing two speeches, or two stories, and mapping the common vocabulary in each. This was done with Processing. (Spotted via infosthetics.com) - Ryan Sholin
With Klout Comes Influence: Measuring And Modifying List Authority on Twitter - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
Most Twitter apps along these lines feel like toys to me, rather than genuine measurement tools, but a quick way to find "the most influential Twitter users" on a given topic feels useful for the average reporter just getting into social media. - Ryan Sholin
Dilbert: "We're hiring reporters?" - http://dilbert.com/strips...
Dilbert: "We're hiring reporters?"
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Sigh. - Ryan Sholin from Bookmarklet
Web Foundation launches operations - http://www.knightblog.org/web-fou...
You've seen these videos. Now they have a name. - Ryan Sholin
INSIGHT: Nothing gets you as focused on solving a - http://37signals.com/svn...
Maybe this is why due dates finally got added to to-dos in Basecamp, eh? - Ryan Sholin
The growing value of URLs you can easily spell out in dead bodies - http://virtualeconomics.typepad.com/virtual...
This almost makes me want to play this sort of video game. - Ryan Sholin
Helping with the yard work again - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Helping with the yard work again
How Murdoch Can Really Hurt Google And Shift The Balance Of Power In Search - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
Yes. - Ryan Sholin
Dolly Parton Says: You Should Try IE8 Webslices! - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...
Ahem. Don't quite know where to start on this one... - Ryan Sholin
How to Make a US County Thematic Map Using Free Tools - http://flowingdata.com/2009...
Fantastic tutorial using Python, Beautiful Soup, and a few other free ingredients to cook up a visually attractive map. - Ryan Sholin
Log in or sign up? - Leah Culver's Blog - http://blog.leahculver.com/2009...
Some ideas about a common problem with register / login forms on the Web. I used to consistently screw this up at Twitter.com, where I would enter my credentials and then click the biggest shiniest button around, which apparently said "JOIN TODAY." - Ryan Sholin
Another baking operation - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Another baking operation
One book, many readings - http://samizdat.cc/cyoa/
Stunning visualizations and analysis of how the narrative options in Choose Your Own Adventure books changed over time. (Spotted via Snarkmarket.) - Ryan Sholin
Maclaren strollers recalled - http://www.parenthacks.com/2009...
As a parent with a budget decidedly under the Maclaren minimum, I have to cackle wildly at this news. But I hope everybody's fingers are OK. - Ryan Sholin
A very special project for me: The Philadelphia Story - http://garciamedia.com/blog...
Is Mario Garcia redesigning the Inquirer? Or did he already, and I haven't been paying attention? - Ryan Sholin
Spotted via a @dsato share. Gotta be a little scary to skate this and see a tentacle coming at you, though, right? - Ryan Sholin from Bookmarklet
Autonomous Roombas do Pac-Man right (video) - http://www.engadget.com/2009...
Best thing ever, or awesomest thing ever? - Ryan Sholin
Yankees Closer Mariano Rivera's Postseason Performance - http://www.nytimes.com/interac...
Fantastic New York Times graphic detailing every batter Mariano Rivera has ever faced in the postseason. - Ryan Sholin
I Love Lunch! The Musical - http://improveverywhere.com/2009...
These people are awesome. - Ryan Sholin
The Impressionists: Disc 1 - http://www.netflix.com/Movie...
The Impressionists: Disc 1
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