“Personal Web logs are becoming a contentious issue in newsrooms across the country. When I set out to write a column about staff journalists who write Web logs in their spare time, I found that there are two principal types of employed journalist bloggers…”

“Ever found yourself in need of a quick color scheme ? But no inspiration at all… When that happens, i quickly launch my favorite www.colormatch.dk! And this is the Flashlet version of it. The original being written in JS, it wasn’t really portable ( ie not working in NS or OPERA ). So I thought this version might be handy… You’ll notice that it is strictly inspired by colormatch, in that it only find analogous colors. It was also a nice introduction to the color object in MX, for me.”

“Looking for the meaning or origin of a phrase or saying? Here’s free access to: A list of the meanings and origins of over 2,000 English phrases and sayings. You can either browse via our A-Z Index or scan with our search engine. Whether you want to resolve a friendly argument over how a phrase originated or whether you just enjoy words, you’ll probably find something here to interest you.”

“This site provides resources for hands-on learning in research methods and statistics. Visualizing Statistical Concepts — use computer graphics to understand statistical concepts.”

“I got my new iBook a couple of days ago, and finally tried this Mac OS X thing for the first time. After doing all the software updates, this is what I found… The quality of Appleís human interface has declined and continues to decline. That other current platforms, both Free and non-Free, continue to be even worse does not make this situation any more satisfying.”

“The panoramic map was a popular cartographic form used to depict U.S. and Canadian cities and towns during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Known also as bird’s-eye views, perspective maps, and aero views, panoramic maps are nonphotographic representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle. Although not generally drawn to scale, they show street patterns, individual buildings, and major landscape features in perspective.” (Thanks The Map Room)

“This field recording repository is an extension of the eGroup disscussion list Phonography. Although this is primarily for the Phonography readers, others are welcome and encouraged to upload their recordings.”

“The Animals, made up using tube lines, stations and junctions were spotted by Paul Middlewick some 15 years ago. The original Animal, the Elephant was ‘discovered’ while Paul was staring at the tube map during his daily journey to work. Since then, the Elephant has been joined by many other Animal friends.”

“The Underground Map and Minard’s famous Carte Figurative of the French Army’s disaster in Russia in the war of 1812 are alike in important respects: both are brilliant, and neither travels well. The Underground Map and Napoleon’s March are perfectly attuned to their particular data, so focused on their data sets. They do not serve, then, as good practical generic architectures for design; indeed, revisions and knock-offs have uniformly been corruptions or parodies of the originals.”

“Morse code is entering the 21st century — or at least the late 20th. The 160-year-old communication system now has a new character to denote the @ symbol used in e-mail addresses. In December, the International Telecommunications Union, which oversees the entire frequency spectrum, from amateur radio to satellites, voted to add the new character. The new sign, which will be known as a ‘commat,’ consists of the signals for ‘A’ (dot-dash) and ‘C’ (dash-dot-dash-dot), with no space between them. The new sign is the first in at least several decades, and possibly much longer. Among ITU officials and Morse code aficionados, no one could remember any other addition.”

“About a month ago, I turned on the Public Radio International program Studio 360 and was pleased to hear the unmistakable Bronx accent of legendary adman George Lois, who was host Kurt Andersenís guest that morning. The talk inevitably turned to Loisís covers for Esquire in the sixties, the high point of his career and probably one of the high points in 20th century American graphic design, period. Why, wondered Andersen, didnít anybody do covers like these any more? ‘Theyíre all infatuated with the idea that celebrity, pure celebrity, sells magazines,’ growled Lois.”

“At the same time The Unstrung Harp was being published, [Edward] Gorey was embarking on another project, one which turned out to be part and parcel of a major change occurring in the paperback book industry: Designing the covers for the new Anchor Books.”

“Q&A: O’Reilly programmer and technology maven Rael Dornfest looks beyond Web services and social networking… Rael Dornfest speaks quickly but calmly when he discusses trends. The words pour out with a hint of a foreign accent; he’s glad to release what his high-bandwidth brain has already absorbed and processed. Dornfest codes software, edits books, and organizes conferences for OíReilly & Associates, the publisher of popular instructional manuals for programmers. The job gives him a close up perspective on computingís grass roots movements.”

“This article is intended for anyone interested in categorizing links (or any other data) so that users can click through a hierarchical ‘tree’ of categories until they find the data they want. Integrating a search engine, by adding metadata to the database, is also discussed.”

“Gerard Unger’s typeface designs have added both style and legibility to any number of publications. Until now, however, his influence has been less obvious than it might be, because his work is scattered in so many places. The debut of his own Web site concentrates examples of all of his work in one place, making it easier to see both the forest and the trees. It’s also a well-designed site with a lot of useful information.”