Year: 2008
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Use URL Patterns and Views in Django – Webmonkey
This is the next chunk of a Webmonkey Django tutorial I started a couple weeks ago. I think I’ve worked past this point now, but it could come in handy. Use URL Patterns and Views in Django – Webmonkey
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In Which The Spectacle Is Everywhere « This Recording
In Which The Spectacle Is Everywhere « This Recording
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You can be a journalist without a job at a mainstream news organization
That headline seems obvious, no? Then why is it that when journalists see layoffs, buyouts, and newspaper companies in trouble, they sigh and say “Should I stop wasting my time and start applying to advertising agencies?” Really? Here are a few ways you be a journalist without a full-time job at a mainstream news organization:…
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Chicago tomorrow
Later tonight, I’ll be on my way to Chicago for a Knight Foundation meeting ahead of the UNITY 2008 conference. I’m psyched to see the News Challenge posse, but of course if you’re in town for UNITY and want to cross paths on Tuesday, drop me a line or better yet, DM me on Twitter.…
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The Island of Alameda
Local news blog in the East Bay by a former MNG reporter. The Island of Alameda
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Pete as a newspaper: Freetype, jpeg, zlib and the Python Imaging Library on OSX 10.5
When you get to the part in Django where you want to upload images through the admin panel, this is what you need to read. Pete as a newspaper: Freetype, jpeg, zlib and the Python Imaging Library on OSX 10.5
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It’s not the economy, stupid – Part 2
Mark Hamilton on why the “current crisis” in the news business might pay off on the other side of the chasm: “Even if the American economy turns around in a big way, newspaper health won’t magically improve, because of the internet, demographic and societal changes, etc. But newspaper companies are likely to find that their…
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Innovation is messy
Michele McLellan has been doing some liveblogging of the Knight Digital Media Center’s Leadership Conference this week. Check out her notes from Krisztina Holly’s talk about innovation. Holly mentioned seven myths about innovation; I’m going to flip the proverbial script and turn them into Seven Reasons Innovation is Messy: Focusing your vision on the core…
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Twitter Technology Blog: Summize and The Future of the Twitter API
Crucial changes for anyone planning any projects developing on top of the Twitter API. Twitter Technology Blog: Summize and The Future of the Twitter API