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    Archives: August 2011

    Mirror, mirror: The New York Times wants to serve you info as you’re brushing your teeth
    Meet the R&D Lab’s latest: a proof of concept in the form of a “magic mirror.” Megan Garber
    Maria Bustillos and David RothAugust 31, 2011
    Psychotic jest and infinite reactions: How David Foster Wallace didn’t invent the Internet’s voice
    “Because you can make the case that — as with the breakdancer, say — a certain type of writerly show-offiness inheres in the task itself. If you’re going to write something so that people will read it, then you might as well WRITE it, right?”
    Amazon’s new @author feature launches, and changes (just a bit) what a book is all about
    Got a question for Susan Orlean? Now you can ask it through Amazon. Megan Garber
    The NYT joins forces with YouTube and Storyful to collect and share video reflections of 9/11
    Collaboration’s in the air in the run-up to next month’s anniversary. Megan Garber
    The New York Times imagines the kitchen table of the future
    The Times Co.’s R&D Lab is betting breakfast will be less about sharing out newsprint and more about swiping through stories, ambient commerce, and the quantified self. Megan Garber
    New from Nieman Lab: More ways to Fuego, three years of tweets, and an option for chronology addicts
    A few new features to add onto last week’s redesign of niemanlab.org — and a new Twitter account to follow. Joshua Benton
    August 29, 2011
    Links on Twitter: Read later on Pulse, journalists on Linkedin and a phone hacking how-to
    August 26, 2011
    Links on Twitter: Earthquakes, hurricanes, brunch
    The NYT launches a Twitter feed for live coverage of breaking news
    Creating a separate space for covering big events is a way to avoid flooding the feeds of @nytimes’ 3.6 million followers. Megan Garber
    Justin EllisAugust 26, 2011
    Big hopes, smaller size: Why The Cincy Enquirer is going tabloid
    One reason: Print is a mobile product, too.
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