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So I’m now officially on Twitter, @twitsplosion. Hunt me down, follow me, say hello.

I say ‘officially on Twitter’ because, well, I’ve been lurking there for a while, as well as using it for various other means.

I have my own method of dealing with new social media: I join it straight away, peer under the bonnet, poke at it with a stick, figure out what I think it does and why, calculate how much time it threatens to bleed from me, and then leave my account in a drawer somewhere to gather dust, until I’m persuaded to give it another prod. Come, join my group on Orkut, and list me on Friendster, why don’t you.

So why Tweet properly, and why now? Three reasons, really.
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Colophon is now Twittering!
Follow us all the way to Luxembourg – and then receive updates on talks and events during the festival. Also some early spreads from our forthcoming book are now viewable (click on the small images)

Docu recalls the love behind legendary New Orleans independent mag
I can’t imagine anything more opposite to The September Issue

Designer returns to his pet project: Diamante magazine
John describes it as “printed using letterpress, screen-print, lithography, die-cut, foil-block, a range of materials, inks and whatever I feel appropriate at the time.” He’s creating 6 issues a year, printing only 300 of each issue and selling them for (I think) £12 each. You can see some pics of the lovely-looking first edition here (PDF). A handful of subscriptions remain – email him for more information

Another online photography magazine launches
A great start, too. Following on from 1000 Words, and others, it seems that love of great photography is leading to some of the most interesting online magazines so far

Prada asks fashion editors to decorate their windows

Who’s doing product placement now?

Digimag Spektacle cryptically returns
It’s not a real suburban village, I promise. Somewhere I have their first edition from 2001, that came on a mini CD-Rom. They’re still experimenting with the strange combination of fashion and QR codes, now with iPhone reader. I can just never be bothered to take the picture and do the searching

Great magazine covers, daily
Not sure who we have to thank, but thanks (and thanks René for the heads-up)

Crisis roundup

Craft closes
Make survives. The spin-offs keep on spinning away

Guardian prints a publishers’ report card
I know things are bad, but there’s no need for those unfunny puns