Year: 2008
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Transatlantic passenger ships
Mindy McAdams offers 10 simple facts about the survival of journalism. Number 5: “Newspapers were a nice business. Publishers could make the product insanely cheap (remember the penny press), and the advertising would cover the expenses, plus generate fantastic profits. However, this is clearly over. It’s done. It worked for a long time, but now,…
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AD The Morning After | drupal.org
Nice Drupal theme, clean, good typography. AD The Morning After | drupal.org
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Stay sane
Well, for a laid-back holiday weekend, that sure was a lot of hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing over the future of newspapers, eh? Now that it’s Monday and we’re all back to, y’know, working to save newspapers (or just put them out every day), here’s how I’ve been staying sane lately: Indexed: Most weekdays, a comical graph/chart…
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Learn Django: Create a Wiki in 20 minutes tutorial video
Learn Django: Create a Wiki in 20 minutes tutorial video
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I happen to know some people with ideas.
If you’re not already subscribed to the PBS IdeaLab blog, the forum for Knight News Challenge winners to talk about their projects, spout off on related topics, and generally try to change the world, now would be a good time. Here’s a few recent posts over there that I’m still thinking about: Amy Gahran on…
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Let the microblogs bloom – RussellBeattie.com
Good advice here on technical code issues for micrblog platforms. Let the microblogs bloom – RussellBeattie.com
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Declare your independence from the curmudgeon tribe
More than a year ago, I wrote a blog post aimed at the curmudgeons in your newsroom. The ones who prefer hand-wringing editorials to reorganization plans. The ones who prefer complaining about bloggers to starting a blog. The ones who prefer whining about Google and craigslist and every other disruptive organization to becoming a disruptive…