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  • How to fix the web

    Robin Rendle published Why are websites embarrasing? wherein he laments the state of design and accessibility on the web. But, he’s hopeful. “I do truly believe that a website can be as well designed as any book, just as thoughtful, just as brilliant.” I sympathize with Robin. The web, especially the news web, is a…

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  • Taking another social media break

    Jake Dahn: In many ways it feels like the more “information” I consume, the more burnt out I become. And: Ideas feel different, though. When I consume a new idea, I fall into a natural optimism where I can’t help but be motivated to remix the idea into something new. Please read his entire post…

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  • CNN lite

    Remarkable find by Jack Baty, CNN Lite: I could not love this more. Can we get all of the news sites to do this? I can’t tell if this is official or not. Either way, bookmarked.

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  • A list of words being used too often in news headlines lately

    Finally Blasts Destroys Braces Defends Smashes …and you won’t believe what happened next

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  • Goodbye Google.com

    BBC: Google is adding a personalised Facebook-style news feed to its homepage – Google.com -to show users content they may be interested in before they search. End of an era.

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  • Information water torture

    Emily Lakdawalla, on taking a writing sabbatical: I feel less and less satisfied doing rushed news-update-style reporting, and am more interested in spending more time to explain science or engineering in depth, in articles that will be useful over time, not just this week. (I am really enjoying writing the book, when I can find…

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  • The Outline

    Joshua Topolsky: What’s most exciting about the platform is that we’re able to break apart and atomize story elements into forms that are sized for what we want to communicate. So our ability to point you toward some interesting data, or key facts about a story, or context about where a story is coming from…

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