Month: May 2010
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WikiLeaks and Tor: Moral use of an amoral system?
Reading the New Yorker’s piece on WikiLeaks, it’s hard to decide whether I’m reading about freedom fighters, skilled propagandists, or as is often the case, both. Without looking too deeply, although I have serious reservations about their editorial decisions from time to time, I believe in what WikiLeaks is trying to do, and I have since…
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WikiLeaks and Julian Paul Assange
Reading the New Yorker’s piece on WikiLeaks, it’s hard to decide whether I’m reading about freedom fighters, skilled propagandists, or as is often the case, both. Without looking too deeply, I believe in what WikiLeaks is trying to do, but I’m profoundly worried to see here, for example, Tor server traffic mined for data. That’s…
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The Pacification of Rio’s Favelas
This is a great roundup of stories and videos on what’s going on inside the worst neighborhoods in Rio. (As always, I wonder out loud why I haven’t seen any of these stories in the mainstream media, but of course it’s naive of me to assume there is still such a thing as a mainstream.…
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Revenge? Chicago mayor to post FOIA requests online
Mayor Daley, paraphrased: You like transparency, reporters? How about I post all your FOIAs online? Revenge? Chicago mayor to post FOIA requests online
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VIDEO: The Google Job Experiment
Excellent way to grab the attention of the people you want to work for: Buy AdWords search spots for their own names. They Google themselves and then… VIDEO: The Google Job Experiment
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Be a silobuster
Remember the great print vs. online war of 1995-2005? Well, some of you are probably still fighting this war, eh? Not everyone got the news yet, but the war is over, and the silobusters won. Anyway, you’re going to think this is crazy, but lately I’ve spotted a new silo developing, over there in the…
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The 7 Steps to Successful Infographics
A casual guide to getting started in infographics from a seasoned veteran of major newspapers. The 7 Steps to Successful Infographics