25th March 1995: WikiWikiWeb

Qwiki video about the launch of the first user-editable website. FYI: the first user-editable website and the application behind it were developed by Ward Cunningham. This man deserves a medal "For services rendered to Humanity Knowledge"... or something like that.

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Happy f... 70th Birthday Captain Haddock!

From Bashi-Bazouks to Visigoths and Zapotecs, his famous curses and exclamations entered the legend. Anyone who's fan of the comic book series Tintin knows about his best friend and 'partner in crime' Captain Archibald Haddock. It turns out that today he celebrates his 70th birthday.


Captain Haddock was introduced in The Crab with the Golden Claws. Until Haddock's introduction, supporting characters would only appear irregularly, and mainly in the background. Apart from loyal Snowy, the canine companion of Tintin. 


With the introduction of Haddock, author Hergé realised the captain's potential to ventilate cynical side-commentary in a very unique way. This was at the expense of Snowy, whose role was somewhat reduced to accommodate Haddock.

Written Portraits

Nice ad(s) to promote "The week of books 2011" in the Netherlands (16th March - 26th March). Featuring books in the shape of faces. Spotted on Creative Criminals:

For other examples, go to Creative Criminals. It's worth a visit!

An old recipe for new media

Paginated Media? Never heard of it until today. My colleague at the ARC, who's doing a great job of international knowledge sharing between "Sanoma countries", drew my attention to it.

According to a mediaIDEAS paper Paginated Media has 3 key properties (excerpt):

1. metered: the media is divided into defined pages of content that are presented together (as in magazines, books, newspapers, article, section,... ) or individually;
2. edited: the role of the editor - he or she selects the articles, media, images and rich media that fill each page;
3. designed: the included content is arranged and formatted to enhance the reading (e.g. columns and typography) and visual experience (e.g. white spaces and positioning of elements).

Do any of these characteristics seem familiar to you? This list summarizes the main reasons why I think print editors have the best armed forces to win the battle in media land. And let it be clear: the media debate is no longer about which devices consumers use. A 'healthy debate' must be about the emotional relationship between (a) media brand(s) and it's consumers. When it comes to passion printed media brands have a huge asset.

App Store Stats

Sometimes I wonder how many apps are submitted per day to the iTunes App Store... If you struggle with the same question or if you're curious about the average app price, take a look at the App Store Metrics Page. This page was originally created to celebrate the App Store reaching 10,000 apps.

By the way, the editorial team of 148Apps.biz seems eager to hear our feedback.