Links 2-23-11: TBD staff dumped, Easier bibliographies, Compelled consent, A world without oil
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Top of the Interwebs:
Today Allbritton Communications’ beleaguered TBD.com layed off most of its staff. Well, at least it was the top of my interwebs. TBD was the great social experiment in DC; a group of media outlets turned into one community-powered converged news source. At least it was before Allbritton systematically removed its limbs due to advertising failure. First eliminating community advertising, than decreasing the focus on showcasing community content, then returning all the non-web media back to its old branding.
With the website folded under the banner of a single TV news source, it was clear that any new news, would be bad. According to WeLoveDC, the entire community team (once considered part of the core of the concept), along with all the news and sports reporters, were laid off. I’m not sure whose left.
Anyway, if you are looking to get a good journalist, check out these guys.
Self-aggrandizement:
Find Twitter users in your city with this simple technique.
Pwety:
Very interesting infographic on “the world’s oil addiction.”
It’s a miracle (tool)!
Students at the University of Waterloo have developed a mobile app that lets you scan book barcodes to generate a properly formated bibliography.
Worth looking at today:
Your Facebook experience will, sadly, be less stalker-like.
This morning’s reports verify claims that the death toll in Libya is likely over 1,000.
Get a better understanding of where your constitutional rights and Facebook intersect with this excellent post by Susan Brenner.
Minecraft is now coming to Android, continuing to make it difficult for me to avoid the popular building game. I cannot give in, least I be sucked into a pixelated vortex for a month.
More on how to gamify your marketing. It’s just a fun word to say, alright?
iPad 2 event announced. It will be March 2 after all. Boring.
It looks like Ubisoft will finally be dropping it ridiculous DRM that requires you to stay connected to the internet as long as you want to use their game.
