Geekbook 3.1 | Trove Edition

Welcome to Geekbook —  The Trove looks back at the past week or so, highlighting particular stories and articles, primarily from the digital media and online marketing & design industries, that have captured my attention and compelled me to read on. Subscribe here to receive Geekbook via e-mail.

• How Facebook’s Timeline Was Born: Get a peek into the Facebook ‘labs’ and listen as Nicholas Felton as he describes the creative process that went into Facebook’s Timeline. It’s amazing to hear him talk through the sequence of events from his creation of the idea to Facebook’s implementation of it. — Fast Company

• Financial Times Editor on Digital Transition: As the newspapers and the rest of the media industry continue to work through major industry changes, this piece was particularly interesting. Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times talked with The Guardian about his plans to tackle this digital revolution. With a combination of a production changes, a strategic change of direction for the international editions, and staff cuts, he walks through his plans to get through it all. — The Guardian

• The Unfair Stigmatization of Digital Notetaking: Up until about a year ago I still primarily used a notebook to take notes at meetings, etc. However, now I find myself bringing my Mac or iPad to meetings and taking notes directly in Google Docs or Evernote. I confess to chronic multitasking when taking notes this way, but is that fair these days? Alexandra Samuel provides her experiences and insights here. — Harvard Business Review

• When Will the Internet Reach Its Limit: As the number of connected devices increases immensely from year to year, is there a point where the Internet will break? Larry Greenemeier at Scientific American looks at indicators that we’re reaching a limit,  and walks through some interesting (read: geeky) ways to increase its limits. This is a pertinent topic and it’s nice to know someone is thinking about a solution. — Scientific American

• First the media gets disrupted, then comes the education industry: Being in the middle of the digital media revolution our focus tends to be on newspapers, publications, and media. However, Mathew Ingram’s story here looks at another area that is primed for disruption: education. In a conversation with Harvard business professor, Clay Christensen, he talks about how the availability of high-quality online learning could be a game-changer. Mathew provides links to other articles that dig into this topic even further. — GigaOm

(Images via Twitter, Fast Company, The Guardian, GigaOm, Don Skarpo)