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Around the World in Ten Layers

Around the World in Ten Layers:

Ten designers in ten cities, fifteen minutes at a time. File will make a stop in the Southeastern United States.

Library of Congress to House Your Tweets

Library of Congress to House Your Tweets:

Kent German, writing for CNET's Crave Gadget Blog:

The Library of Congress announced today—via Twitter, no less—that is acquiring the Twitter's entire archive through donation…. Though the whole idea may sound bizarre, the Library already holds more than 167 terabytes of Web-based information, including legal blogs and Web sites for political candidates and current lawmakers.

We all best write a little more carefully, I suppose.

Dribbble, Martian Contest Winners

The results (and selections from myself based on a purely ambiguous, subjective awesomeness rating) are in. Here are the eight nine winners.

Martian Poster Winners

The following individuals have won a signed copy of the Colosseo, Exclusive "Martian" Edition:

Based on number of likes, Craig Henry's ßark and Dave Mott's Dribbble Ball are automatic winners. Even without the likes, however, they should have won—they're both incredibly creative and obviously required a good amount of time to...

Alice for iPad

Alice for iPad:

Now this is a reading experience only iPad (currently) could deliver.

Sweetie's Bakeshop Letterpress Business Cards

Sweetie's Bakeshop Letterpress Business Cards:

These are undeniably delicious. Well done, Adrienne.

Colosseo Contest Finalists

Some amazing entries came in for the martian poster and Dribbble invite contests. Featured below are some of the entries that caught my eye. Among these, winners will be chosen tomorrow. (None are linked up, but you can follow the contest links above to find each of them.)

Thank you all for participating!

Opera Mini vs. Mobile Safari, a Flickr Photoset

Opera Mini vs. Mobile Safari, a Flickr Photoset:

Screenshots I took this morning comparing Opera Mini for iPhone and Safari on iPhone, using Opera.com, NYTimes.com, Apple.com, and CameronMoll.com.

First impressions after a few minutes of testing: Opera Mini is definitely snappy on iPhone. NYTimes.com loads quite fast compared to Safari. However, most text on non-mobilized sites is illegible without tapping to zoom in. This almost negates any speed gains vs. Safari, as you have to zoom in to...

Organ Theme for Tumblr

Organ Theme for Tumblr:

From its creator, Simurai:

Well, it's more a CSS experiment that doesn't use any JavaScript for the animation. Make sure you test it in Safari/Chrome. You can use this theme on your own tumblr blog, but keep its limitations in mind and at the moment it only supports picture posts.

Design + interactivity = +1

Ampersand Eye Chart

Ampersand Eye Chart:

Only 110 copies available. Includes identification key. (U.S. customers can purchase a copy here. Nevermind, sold out already.)

/via swissmiss

Twitter Unveils "Promoted Tweets" Advertising Plan

Twitter Unveils "Promoted Tweets" Advertising Plan:

Claire Cain Miller, reporting for The New York Times:

The advertising program, which Twitter calls Promoted Tweets, will show up when Twitter users search for keywords that the advertisers have bought to link to their ads. Later, Twitter plans to show promoted posts in the stream of Twitter posts, based on how relevant they might be to a particular user….

When a Twitter user searches for a word an advertiser bought, the promoted message...