Thanks. Interestingly I had my NYTimes preferences set to Global edition. (It can be selected at the top of the sections on the far left.) The Global edition doesn't link to the Skimmer. I wonder why.
-- Russ On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > If you go to the NYT homepage -- http://www.nytimes.com/ - look at the 3rd > row from from the top and right below the link to "Last Update: 8:52 PM ET" > There you will see the link to "Skimmer" > > -tj > > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Russ Abbott <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The TimesSkimmer is a wonderful page! I've been going to nytimes.com for >> a long time. I also get their daily email. But I never heard of the Skimmer. >> I can't even find a link to it from their main page. How did you hear about >> it? Is there a direct link, or do you have to put in the URL? >> >> -- Russ Abbott >> _____________________________________________ >> Professor, Computer Science >> California State University, Los Angeles >> Cell phone: 310-621-3805 >> o Check out my blog at http://russabbott.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I've been trying to make the case for 15+ yrs that the ink-on-paper >>> newspaper would become largely a tip sheet to the full and rich stories >>> posted on the web. >>> Lately, I've been using http://www.nytimes.com/timesskimmer/ >>> >>> -tj >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Roger Critchlow <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Twitter centric twitters. Someone who studies tweets and reports their >>>> results in the same form. >>>> >>>> At the recommendation of a New York Times blogger, >>>> http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/adding-controlled-serendipity-to-the-web, >>>> I have begun following @atul and @brainpicker on twitter, thus placing >>>> another nail in the coffin of traditional journalism. >>>> >>>> So twitter is essentially the lead sentence of the lead paragraph of a >>>> news article, or, rather, the population of all the lead sentences in >>>> competition for the attention of the twitterati. So, logically, the next >>>> step in the deconstruction of journalism would be a lead paragraph >>>> publication service, collecting blips of, say, up to 700 characters. >>>> Squawk.com would be good, except it's owned by someone at >>>> spamgourmet.com which doesn't sound appetizing at all. >>>> >>>> Hmm, lede.com is parked on an ad-farm, who's got a budget? >>>> >>>> -- rec -- >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> FYI >>>>> >>>>> http://neoformix.com/2010/TopVizDiscussedOnTwitter2.html >>>>> *"More Visualization Links on Twitter* *By: Jeff Clark Date: Sat, >>>>> 23 Jan 2010* >>>>> >>>>> * In a recent post I showed the Top 20 Individual Data Visualizations >>>>> Mentioned on >>>>> Twitter<http://neoformix.com/2010/TopVizDiscussedOnTwitter.html>and >>>>> remarked that many of the most frequently mentioned twitter links were >>>>> to collections of visualizations. Shown below is a meta list of the top >>>>> collection-type data visualization or infographic links. " >>>>> * >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -tj >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ============================================================ >>>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>>>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ============================================================ >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ========================================== >>> J. T. Johnson >>> Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA >>> www.analyticjournalism.com >>> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) >>> http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] >>> >>> "Be Your Own Publisher" >>> http://indiepubwest.com >>> ========================================== >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > > -- > ========================================== > J. T. Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > www.analyticjournalism.com > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] > > "Be Your Own Publisher" > http://indiepubwest.com > ========================================== >
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