Links for 2005-10-09

Posted October 9, 2005 1:17 AM.

• JotSpot Live - basically SubEthaEdit on the web - feels quite good and appears to mostly work The most interesting aspect of this for me is that it assumes that in the office you're online all the time. The assumption of always-on mobile connectivity is something that would have made this seem ridiculous a few years ago.
• Wikipedia's article on the Scott Trust, the financial structure that allows that keeps The Guardian ticking over "The Trust is responsible for appointing the editor of The Guardian ... but apart from enjoining them to continue the paper's editorial policy on "the same lines and in the same spirit as heretofore", has a policy of not interfering..."
• The Guy Ritchie film "Revolver" got terrible terrible reviews, but on the poster there was a quote saying it was "Ritchie back to his best". The quote came from a PR microsite the Sun was paid to carry... These marketing types are so ethical... "We try to connect with niche audiences in their home environment," says Hamm. "We use bloggers as much as online journalists."
• Metacritic starts running TV reviews, and one of it's first celebrated shows is Brit animated classic "I am not an Animal" "Its mix of twisted laughs and surrealist visuals smacks of something you’d see between Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Harvey Birdman on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim hours."
• Signal vs. Noise asks its readers whether iTunes should keep all its songs at a flat-rate of 99c or follow the wishes of the record industry in putting in price variety Lots of people have argued that songs should be sold at different prices because then the market can be optimised. But that assumes Apple have a monopoly. Other vendors can try variable pricing - if it works, Apple will follow suit...
• Google has launched an RSS reader / aggregator called "Google Reader" It's frankly a bit weird. It's going to take me some time to get my head around it...
• Chameleon: an icon set from SimpleBits that changes color... "Chameleon is a unique stock icon set for the web that features simple, friendly, universal shapes designed and hand-crafted by SimpleBits"