The Case for a "Pause" Button →

This needs to be a part of something:

…FriendFeed, which has quickly become the platform of choice for the web’s least interesting narcissists — and the slow-witted woodland creatures who enjoy grooming their fur…

Make RGB 3D pictures in photoshop →

Awesome. I tried this on a real quick shot that had a little depth, and it worked brilliantly. Can’t wait to play around a little more with it.

Photography as a Weapon →

This looks like it’ll be a very interesting read on how photos are used to manipulate people—photos that are shopped to tell a lie, more or less.

New study finds that newspaper blogs fail to increase public dialogue →

Larry Dailey, who was one of my professors, contributed to this. I wonder if newspapers will take heed or continue with business as usual. This goes right along with what I think everyone having to do with blogging saw a few years ago. Newspapers were blogging like mad because they realized it was a market that they were failing to reach. It was never about public participation for them. It was about pageviews and readership overall—ad money at the end of the day. Newspaper bloggers rarely respond. They rarely truly engage. They also probably feel like it’s extra work, for the most part. There is also the issue of blogs being way more democratic. Newspaper blogs are rarely so. They are just news stories written in a slightly different voice and put forth online. It’s still edited. It still has the expert model working well. The link to other blogs is rare. That behavior stifles public participation as much as anything and leads to very ill-informed commenting when it actually does come.

The most overrated position in sports →

This is an absolute, 100% must-read for baseball fans. Not only is it a rarity that there is a thoughtful, reasoned, backed-up article about baseball on ESPN, but I generally preface every statement I make when talking to other baseball fans about pitching with, “closers are overrated.” I say it about managers, too, but I doubt we’ll see an article about them anytime soon. Nice work here, ESPN.

The Deadline Has Passed →

Great explanation from the magnificent Paul DePodesta, one of the front office guys for the Padres and former Dodgers general manager from back when I had faith in the front office. The comments are a great read as well, with readers asking questions and Paul answering. This is a perfect primer for newer or less geeky baseball fans who might be wondering why all the fuss and dealing the past week. Also, check out this shirt. Same DePo.