I'm a technologist & Internet culture researcher studying the spread of information and ideas online. I co-created the Know Your Meme video series & Internet meme database, selected as one of TIME Magazine's Top 50 websites of 2009. I'm also a founding member of the Free Art & Technology Lab (FAT), an open-source research & development group.
In 2007 and 2008 I taught the Internet Famous Class at Parsons, where your grade depends on your online popularity.
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TIME [2],
NYTimes,
CurrentTV,
Gawker,
BuzzFeed
,
ArtNews
<txp:dub_if_ajax>, a small helper tag that tests if the current page is being called via an XMLHttpRequest. Works great with jQuery or Prototype, which publish the needed HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH header — YMMV.
This can be used so that pages my be pulled in via AJAX or displayed on their own with minimal effort. I generally put it at the top of a page, only outputting page layout elements if it’s not being called by AJAX.
<txp:dub_if_ajax>
This code is being called from an AJAX function. Just output the article, etc.
<txp:else />
Regular page. Add visual fluff.
</txp:dub_if_ajax>
Check out the demo
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