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Links on Twitter: Techdirt’s voluntary payment system, redesigning NPR.org, booze you can use

By Twitter Sept. 14, 2009, 7:22 p.m.

Techdirt’s voluntary payment system is keeping the site profitable. Most give $35 for a book and T-shirt http://tr.im/yEQ9 »

From sketches in a Moleskine notebook to wireframes: redesigning NPR.org http://tr.im/yH9a (HT @A_L) »

NY Times Co. touts print strategy but adds, “we are a news company, not a newspaper company.” Internal memo http://tr.im/yF1Y »

Booze you can use: After NYT and WSJ wine clubs, Men’s Health releases iPhone app that locates nearest bar http://tr.im/yH7e »

POSTED Sept. 14, 2009, 7:22 p.m.

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