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Kevin: Just in time for Valentine's Day, suggestions to save the newspaper industry. Page One Girls plus edible pages. My personal favourite is the ch'i sucking micropayment system.
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Suw: Some really fabulous data visualisation work. I particularly love the Britain From Above suff. Not just fascinating, but beautiful too.
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Kevin: Michael Kinsley founding editor of Slate on the folly of micro-payments and news. He not only spikes the idea of micro-payments, but he also talks about the supply and demand issues in terms of content and news.
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Kevin: Looking at some of the Silicon Valley startups and companies that are doing well in the recession. The companies include virtual malls, social networks, spam and spyware filter companies. It's interesting to look for patterns in the companies that are weathering this downturn.
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Kevin: My colleague Keith Stuart writes a nice eight step guide to how to develop iPhone apps. It reminds me of watching Olympic skiing. He makes it look and sound so easy.
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Kevin: Martin Stabe asks on Twitter: "how have I missed this brilliant site?" From the About page of the blog: Information Aesthetics is designed and maintained by Andrew Vande Moere, a Senior Lecturer at the Design Lab at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning of the University of Sydney, Australia. His research interests include data visualization and visual design, from traditional screen-based interfaces, over "media architecture", to more explorative, artistic and wearable applications. His teaching comprises interaction design, physical/wearable computing and 3D real-time multimedia.