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"When the police act as though cameras were the equivalent of guns pointed at them, there is a sense in which they are correct. Cameras have become the most effective weapon that ordinary people have to protect against and to expose police abuse. And the police want it to stop. Happily, even as the practice of arresting "shooters" expands, there are signs of effective backlash. At least one Pennsylvania jurisdiction has reaffirmed the right to video in public places. As part of a settlement with ACLU attorneys who represented an arrested "shooter," the police in Spring City and East Vincent Township adopted a written policy allowing the recording of on-duty policemen." - × × ×

Poynter: http://www.poynter.org/column... — “I do think, though, that there are some practical tips for citizen journalists who find themselves in situations like those described in the Gizmodo article. When possible, I think those individuals should seek out the support of traditional media organizations and groups like the Reporters Committee and SPJ. These groups can help provide valuable legal amicus support and/or public support through articles, editorials and publicity about these legitimate and important First Amendment activities. (And again, we need to make sure that our media clients are being vigilant as well to these situations.)” - × × ×

"Toy Story 3" did very, very well at the box office in its opening weekend, but only 60 percent of the gross came from 3D screens. That's lower than the openings for "Alice in Wonderland" (71 percent), "How to Train Your Dragon" (68 percent), and "Shrek" (62 percent). The percentage decline could simply reflect the limited number of of 3D screens - "Toy Story" has had to share the stage with "Shrek." ¶ There's bound to be speculation - founded or otherwise - that the lower numbers point to a 3D fatigue among moviegoers. Seems early for that to be happening, but with more 3D features due out this summer, it's possible there will be pushback, especially for the less-heralded fare. Hollywood types are closely monitoring 3D results because it's a potentially huge revenue source. - × × ×

спасибо за нижний кадр, ага. я еще сам собираюсь решопить эту метафору - lightforce manager

“The distinctive thing about inductive reasoning is that it generates conclusions that aren't necessarily true. They are, instead, probabilistically true — which means they are possibly false.” Schulz recommends that we respond to the mistakes (or putative mistakes) of those around us with empathy and generosity and demand that our business and political leaders acknowledge and redress their errors rather than ignoring or denying them. “Once we recognize that we do not err out of laziness, stupidity, or evil intent, we can liberate ourselves from the impossible burden of trying to be permanently right. We can take seriously the proposition that we could be in error, without deeming ourselves idiotic or unworthy.” - × × ×

где-то в frf был тред, что нельзя людей ругать за ошибки. за бездействие, необразованность, злонамеренность — сколько угодно. а неудачные попытки сделать что-либо, исходя из разумных предположений, должны считаться такой же нормой, как удачные. - 9000

^^^ /like - 9000

Если напишешь чуть более конкретно, что не так и чего хочется, могу передать Лесникову. - Based on real people

Я попробую, ок, спасибо. - × × ×

“This booklet is intended to be a practical guide for new members and sponsors of new members of Alcoholics Anonymous. TO THE NEWCOMER: The booklet is designed to give you a practical explanation of what to do and what not to do in your search for sobriety. The editors, too, were pretty bewildered by the program at first. They realize that very likely you are groping for answers and offer this pamphlet in order that it may make a little straighter and less confusing the highway you are about to travel. TO THE SPONSOR: lf you have never before brought anyone into A.A. the booklet attempts to tell you what your duties are by your "Baby," how you should conduct yourself while visiting patients, and other odd bits at information, some of which may be new to you. The booklet should be read in conjunction with the large book, Alcoholics Anonymous, the Bible, the daily lesson, any other pamphlets that are published by the group, and other constructive literature.” - × × ×

“This booklet is intended to be a practical guide for new members and sponsors of new members of Alcoholics Anonymous. TO THE NEWCOMER: The booklet is designed to give you a practical explanation of what to do and what not to do in your search for sobriety. The editors, too, were pretty bewildered by the program at first. They realize that very likely you are groping for answers and offer this pamphlet in order that it may make a little straighter and less confusing the highway you are about to travel. TO THE SPONSOR: lf you have never before brought anyone into A.A. the booklet attempts to tell you what your duties are by your "Baby," how you should conduct yourself while visiting patients, and other odd bits at information, some of which may be new to you. The booklet should be read in conjunction with the large book, Alcoholics Anonymous, the Bible, the daily lesson, any other pamphlets that are published by the group, and other constructive literature.” - × × ×

“I wanted something with reduced friction. There should be as few difficult decisions as possible, nothing harder than “shall I turn the page?”. I wanted to avoid having to make a big decision before reading an article. It should be as quick and effortless as possible, as close to how easy it is to start reading an article in a newspaper. ¶ I also wanted something with high readability. No clutter around the articles, as little navigation as possible, no comments, no distractions (aside from the Guardian’s ads which should appear soon and are a condition of using their API). Freed from the usual corporate constraints, this is very easy to do. ¶ Finally, I wanted finishability. I wanted to be able to read today’s news, know I’d read it all, and that I’m done until tomorrow. Again, this is not too difficult if you’re willing to accept that the contents of the print newspaper is a reasonable solution. ¶ Although the finished site looks nothing like a newspaper I think it has more in common with newspapers’ best features than most news websites do. The sense of browsing quickly through stories and reading the ones that catch your eye, feels similar.” #будущее_мидий #паттерны - × × ×

“Over the next couple of weeks I'll be posting a look at what information architecture means specifically in the context of a news website like guardian.co.uk, and giving a more detailed view of the wireframes and research process that went into the design of the World Government Data section of the Data Store.” - × × ×

"In the end, however you try and define it, Information Architecture boils down to consciously organising the content and flow of a website, based on some principles that can be articulated, that have been derived through evidence gathering." - Phil Smirnov

Сколько же разных векторов пересекается сейчас, что такое с людьми творится, тектонические разломы, сдвиги целых пластов культуры, друзья и знакомые, у которых одновременно и беспомощность и безграничные возможности. Очень странное ощущение от наблюдений и выводов, от открытий на чужих граблях и ошибках — про смерть и преодоление, про выбор болезненных трансформаций, про «если не по-моему, то никак», про «я вас всех давно хотела переучить по-своему», про встречу семи фронтов на стрелке-Эльбе, про то, что всем пофиг, но никто не замечает. Выключим-ка мы на время интернеты. - × × ×

Спасибо, дорогое мироздание! :) - × × ×

«Мы считаем важным привлекать не только издательства и авторов, но и СМИ. Сегодня редакции — это своеобразные неформальные мозговые центры, которые очень много знают, следят за ситуацией и могут предложить интересные темы и спикеров, которых мы сами не откроем.» - × × ×

«Все это такая филантропия в пользу самих себя, потому что никому, кроме нас, это не надо. Вот так мы бы хотели чтобы были устроены триста шестьдесят пять дней в году. Я очень горд, что погоду четырех дней из трехсот шестидесяти пяти я чуть-чуть меняю, и эта погода в Москве становится какой-то оформленной, приятной и благодарной. Пока ты производишь фестиваль, знакомишься с новыми, умными собеседниками, тебе кажется, что в Москве невпроворот дел и только здесь и стоит жить. Ради этого наркотического по сути ощущения я лично и делаю фестиваль.» - × × ×

“Over the last few months, user engagement on Scribd has surged, according to CEO Trip Adler, thanks to its transition to HTML5, the introduction of the iPad, and Scribd’s Facebook integration. Of these three factors, Adler says the conversion from Flash to HTML5 was by far the greatest driver for his document sharing company. According to Scribd’s numbers, time on the site has tripled in the last three months.” ¶ “That gamble has paid off handsomely for Scribd. Although the number of unique visitors still stands at roughly 50 million per month, those users are spending significantly more time perusing documents and sharing with friends.That growth in user engagement has rapidly accelerated in the past month. On May 25, at TechCrunch Disrupt, Friedman said user engagement had doubled— implying strong acceleration in the last three weeks.” - × × ×

Предыдущий разговор про Scribd: http://ff.im/kpy6m — и да, посочувствуем Опере ещё раз. - × × ×