Author: Ryan Sholin
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Taking a ride with carousels – OJR
Another eyetracking study, this time looking into best practices for “carousel” style featured story slots on news site home pages. I’m a bit of a hater when it comes to these, but I’m glad to see there appears to be a right way to do it. Taking a ride with carousels – OJR
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Ecamm Network: Call Recorder for Skype – Automatically Record Skype Calls On Your Mac
Does what it says, and well. Thanks to @kthread for the tip. Ecamm Network: Call Recorder for Skype – Automatically Record Skype Calls On Your Mac
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Wiki what? Wiki who? Wiki why?
Carlos Virgen rounds up some thoughts on wiki use by news organizations, but I always get the feeling that most reporters and editors stop reading at the word “wikitorial,” freak out, and hide under the desks. Still here? Good. Carlos has a great idea about using a wiki as a “contextual archive” for related stories.…
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10 Killer WordPress Hacks | How-To | Smashing Magazine
The bit about pagination seems useful, although I tend to run from plugin pages where the developer’s middle name is “GaMerZ” and comments indicate issues with WP 2.7. But hey, the idea of making that darn “Next/Previous” crap prettier is worth it. 10 Killer WordPress Hacks | How-To | Smashing Magazine
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Learning to think like a programmer – Infovore
Incredibly important notes for journalists not so much on how to program, but on how to identify which information gathering and processing tasks could be better accomplished by a computer. (via Tim D’Avis) Learning to think like a programmer – Infovore
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Why Twitter’s New Security Solution Could Pave the Way to a Future Web – RWW
Notes on OAuth — Starting to make a lot of sense to me for ReportingOn auth purposes. Let RO access your Twitter info? YES. Why Twitter’s New Security Solution Could Pave the Way to a Future Web – RWW
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7 news story comment guidelines worth looking at | STL Social Media Guy
Kurt Greenbaum rounds up 7 reader comment guideline notes. 7 news story comment guidelines worth looking at | STL Social Media Guy
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10 Things to do After Installing WordPress – Pro Blog Design
I haven’t really thought about any of this for a year and a half or so, but yes, this is a great checklist to run down when you’re launching a new WordPress blog. 10 Things to do After Installing WordPress – Pro Blog Design
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Carnival of Journalism: Are we asking the right questions about online revenue models?
As is my habit, I’m running behind on my Carnival of Journalism post this month, set to the timely and tuneful whistles and bangs of talk about whether a newspaper’s online revenue could support the newsroom, how long the newspaper of record will keep the press running, and what a major metro in a failed…