We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.
“Wilhite was working at CompuServe in 1987 when he invented the GIF. ‘I saw the format I wanted in my head and then I started programming,’ he told The New York Times in 2013, saying the first image was an airplane and insisting that the file had only one pronunciation – a soft ‘G,’ like Jif peanut butter. Those using the hard ‘G,’ as in ‘got’ or ‘given,’ ‘are wrong,’ he said. ‘End of story.’” —
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