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Jan. 15, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Mobile donations bring in $5 million for Haiti, sarcasm gets a punctuation mark, simple interactivity with satellite photos

Remember when 640 pixels was the max width for a site? The lead image on NationalGeographic.com is 744 px. http://j.mp/4Xnyth »

Interactivity doesn’t have to be flashy: Satellite photos and a slider show Haiti before and after quake. http://j.mp/4XjnKe »

Sarcasm gets its own punctuation mark, but it’ll cost you $1.99. http://j.mp/8Uf2Rp (via @zdnett»

Ads on NYTimes.com touting an upcoming TV show include links to archived Times articles. Example: http://ping.fm/KpdlV »

Haiti text-message aid is now over $5 million. Previous high for a text campaign was $190k. http://j.mp/73iBrY »

 
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