Monthly Archives: March 2010

What type are you? Ask your font shrink!

Are you more a Gil Sans or a Cooper Black? Don’t worry if you don’t know. Courtesy of design studio Pentagram, a quick session with your own online shrink will provide your with the answer and, possibly, with a font better suited to your type. Yes, it’s wonderfully imaginative, you can stay on your couch …

March 20, 2010 – 12:56 am | By admin | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

La presse dérangeait. Aujourd’hui c’est le web qu’on veut museler

Discuté: les réseaux sociaux, le rôle changeant du journalisme, l’instinct de vérité de nos sociétés. Il y a dans la presse, les médias et la blogosphère une discussion assez soutenue depuis longtemps au sujet des réseaux sociaux et de leur rapport avec l’information et le journalisme. Elle révèle généralement l’inquiétude des journalistes face au développement …

March 20, 2010 – 12:17 am | By admin | Posted in Blogging, New media, Paradigm Shift | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Our daily information diet.

The video in my previous post had me go back to a study that I remembered reading about how much “information” each American consumes on a single day. If you think that the amount is gargantuan, you are right. The number is 34 gigabytes and 100’000 words* a day.

March 6, 2010 – 9:33 pm | By admin | Posted in Study | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

A video that says all about the web, well almost

The state of the web, warts and all, in a few minutes. JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.

March 2, 2010 – 1:23 am | By admin | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)