links for 2010-04-20

"I cannot emphasize enough how radically different the frame set is, that iPad interfaces are embedded in. The iPad brings hands and eyes back together. There is more to say, but for a first impression that was long enough."

Idio developed Chrome extension for The Indy - comments raise some interesting concerns around the scope of information that the extension asks the user to give The Indy access to.

"Data geeks will be disappointed that the data doesn’t appear to be mashable, and there obviously isn’t an API. The Telegraph’s Marcus Warren tells me that they are looking at mashups for after the election, but for the moment are focusing on researching candidates. That seems a sensible move. The MPs’ expenses scandal may turn out not just to be the biggest story of the last decade, but the foundation of a political database to rival any other news organisation. The Telegraph have a real strength here and it’s good to see them building on it."

Makes some good points, but misses out the crucial 11th question - "have you convinced your other half that it is more vital than a weekend away / renewing the car insurance / feeding the baby etc"...

"I recently had the honor of speaking at the Chirp conference, where I got to stammer nervously about @anywhere and share a fun statistic I figured out a few days earlier: Someone tweets a link to a New York Times story once every 4 seconds. That is the sound-bite reduction of an interesting process, so this post explains how I figured that out using the Twitter streaming API."

I think currybetdotnet is going to be settling into a 'cyclic universe' model of intense bursts of activity followed by scheduled downtime...

Interesting nuggets and facts and figures in this presentation about Mail Online strategy