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links for 2008-03-12

• AOL Brings Out the Penguins to Explain Ad Targeting | Bits | New York Times Blog
  "In a few weeks, AOL plans to introduce an ad campaign featuring a penguin to educate its users on ad targeting. (Yes, a penguin.)"
  (tags: advertising penguins privacy business internet)
• Somebody's watching: Yahoo rules web data collection field | Ars Technica
  "Yahoo, MySpace, AOL, and Google collect the most average data about online browsing habits in any given month."
  (tags: internet privacy advertising business yahoo myspace)
• Many Eyes
  "A a project to encourage sharing and conversation around visualizations."
  (tags: data visualization interactive statistics via:jkazil)
• The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986-2007 | The New York Times
  "Summer blockbusters and holiday hits make up the bulk of box office revenue each year, while contenders for the top Oscar awards tend to attract smaller audiences that build over time. Here's a look at how movies have fared at the box office."
  (tags: data visualization movies flash interactive nytimes via:pharkins)
• Steve Jobs pans Flash on the iPhone | AppleInsider
  "Over the last year, many observers have wondered when Apple would deliver Adobe Flash support on the iPhone ... Steve Jobs [recently] made comments that indicate that support isn't coming anytime soon, thanks to architectural limitations in Flash itself.
  (tags: iphone flash webdev apple via:jnorman cellphones)
• What if... you could have your doodle on the Google homepage for a day? | Official Google Blog
  Nifty time-lapse video of Google's Dennis Hwang creating a new illustration of the company logo for the search engine's homepage.
  (tags: google illustration art logos via:ssampsel)
• Seek or Show: Two Design Paradigms for Lots of Data | Theresaneil’s Weblog
  "Two design paradigms for handling large amounts of data, not to be confused (or combined) as web design meets desktop in rich Internet applications."
  (tags: data webdesign interface usability search toread via:pharkins)
• Keep Calm Ltd » Products
  Charming screenprinted posters.
  (tags: shopping posters wishlist typography design)