Linkpile

• Designy-ness vs. Design: Dwell: “A recent essay got us thinking about how consumers identify real innovation beneath a cosmetically enhanced product. Join the debate.”
• Slate Is Switching From ‘Today’s Paper’ to a News Roundup: “The news cycle has sped up [so new feature] will collect the world’s news three times a day.”
• The City Submerged – Josh Neufeld Tells Katrina Stories in a Graphic Novel: Incredibly, this article mentions Titans of Finance! Anyway: Yay Josh!
• The Etsy wars: “2.4 million registered members in 150 countries. Its more than 155,000 active vendors sold $58 million worth of goods in the first five months of 2009, doubling Etsy’s sales volume over the same period last year. Despite the recession, the site facilitated sales of $87.5 million in 2008 and is expected to break even for the first time later this year.” Even so, article focuses entirely on complaints.

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