The Difference Between Infographics And Their Simpler Cousins I like this article mainly because I have been talking about the difference between ‘infographics’ and ‘posters’ (in the academic sense I am familiar with) since I started at the day job. I agree with the author that arguing over the definitions is pointless (and frustrating) but…

The return of Kathy Sierra In 2007 Kathy Sierra essentially stopped speaking in public, writing her blog and generally contributing online. This was due to a campaign of appalling abuse that including death threats and her home address being made public amongst other things. In late July Sierra returned to blogging just as the Twitter…

Edward Snowden’s not the story. The fate of the internet is Feels like I’m linking to something like this every week 😦 Another story about the threat to the freedom of the internet and how it is fragmenting in to a series of smaller, censored networks where privacy is non-existent. Scary days. On a related…

How we are losing the war for a free and open internet  It seems like every week I am reading another blogpost bemoaning the changing face of the internet & web. It feels like there is something building but towards what I am not sure. Here Sue Gardner from the Wikimedia Foundation talks about being…