Links 2-9-11: webOS scales up, @TBD goes down, Pay tags are live in WordPress
Top of the Interwebs:
HP announced a whole bunch of stuff today. The big take away is that the company is putting its money on webOS in a big way. The news is that HP plans to push out webOS on desktop and laptop machines that might have otherwise run Windows. The next big announcement is their upcoming (but yet unpriced) touchpad. The tablet is clearly their primary ambassador of webOS to the greater public. The tablet won’t come out until the summer and is likely to have a lot of competition, perhaps even an iPad 3.
Oh and I guess Palm, as a brand, is dead. A moment of silence please? They made my second-ever handheld device. (The first was a Handspring).
Self-aggrandizement:
I write my first of four posts about Narrative Artifacts. Interested? Well, I’m glad to explain what they are and why they are important.
It’s a miracle (tool)!
The ever-intelligent ProfHacker has a great post on how to use Open Attribute to better designate and find Creative-Commons licensed content.
Worth looking at today:
Allbritton Communications basically gives up on the concept of TBD. The various media elements that made up the majority of TBD’s content will be returned to their previous branding and restored their independent websites. The main TBD.com website will stay online, though under the control of the TV station WJLA. It is really only a matter of time before the oddly named but well-intentioned service goes completely offline. Which is a shame, but not as much as The Washington Post’s frighting website. I had to go through design hell to get you those links.
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A very interesting post on character blogs, “a type of blog in which a writer blogs as if he or she is a character off of a television program, movie, etc,” and how they can make our regular blogging better.
Mashable announced Mashable Follow which has something to do with making your own news site, but to be honest, my eyes glazed over from too many buzzwords. If you actually browse Mashable instead of following links or feeds in, I guess this is somehow useful. (via)
Activision’s Guitar Hero finally gives up the flimsy plastic ghost. The company has decided to discontinue the series, which was pretty much on loop and shuffle anyway, leaving the fake music field up to even odder competitors and the less-fake Rock Band.
Remember when we were talking about pay tags? Well it looks like there is now a WordPress plugin called Cleeng out that lets you monetize elements of your content. Seems interesting. I’d like to see it in action though.
Stop screwing up fonts! Mmmkay?
