Links and Thoughts 32: 16 July 2014
Tower Of Power – Squib Cakes
Good Morning.
Over time I seem to be drifting from the original outline for these posts, but that’s a good thing. A natural organic process, or something like that. I still find that the primary distraction from writing is Twitter, and even a simple, pared-down blog post like this one suffers — not just from the sunk time, but also from the siphoning of genuinely good links. Twitter makes it so easy to share and the feedback is immediate; if I’m not careful, I can dump all my best material there and feel good about it.
Let’s see what I’ve collected since last we blogged:
Aspect Ratios. Yes, Aspect Ratios:
- “This screen aspect ratio makes no sense. Embrace the squarer display!” Let’s Get Rid Of 16:9 Laptops Forever : Popular Science
- The Chromebook Pixel’s squarish 3:2 display is a feature, not a bug : Geek.com
- BlackBerry’s square-screened phone to free us from our “rectangular world” : Ars Technica
Data Journalism:
- “It’s not the hive that’s at issue here. It’s the big, monopolistic beekeepers who should give us pause.” Mind your own business, Facebook and Google : Nieman Journalism Lab
- Data journalism needs to up its own standards : Nieman Journalism Lab
- President Obama and the horse mask person: An investigation involving data and charts : Washington Post
- previous two links via Daily Kos, Commentary on data journalism, ACA and Medicare spending
Cities and Citizens:
- Strange As It Seems, Cycling Haters Are a Sign of Cycling Success : Citylab * Despite Woes, Bike Share Programs Continue to Spread : Planetizen
- The Little Thing Our Cities Can Do to Inspire Millions More People to Bike : AlterNet
- Finding Freedom in the Walkable Neighborhood : This Big City
- How Parking Spaces Are Eating Our Cities Alive : Citylab
Science:
Why Isn’t Smog-Gobbling Concrete More Popular? : Motherboard
