Category: Newstangle
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Google Maps Mashups 2.0 – LatLong
Sure, this new mashups on MyMaps thing is cute and all, but Will It Embed? I bet it will… Google Maps Mashups 2.0 – LatLong
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New WordPress Feature: Pending Review – Mark Jaquith
This is completely awesome, and plays right into my grubby WordPress development hands. via Simon D. New WordPress Feature: Pending Review – Mark Jaquith
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twitterfeed.com : feed your blog to twitter – post RSS to twitter automatically
Does what it says it does. Going to get a breaking news feed set up at work for tweeting. twitterfeed.com : feed your blog to twitter – post RSS to twitter automatically
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Mashup Maker Smackdown – Mashable
Still looking for the perfect tool to mashup hard-to-extract local data with db or map apps, with as little code as possible required. Mashup Maker Smackdown – Mashable
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Par Excellence
It’s the “Fake Par Ridder” blog. I’m sure this is *really* interesting for the two newsrooms involved. Par Excellence
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Podcasting Twittergrams: A prediction – Rex Hammock
Notes on using Twittergram as a news delivery service – especially now that Dave’s added RSS. Podcasting Twittergrams: A prediction – Rex Hammock
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Webreporter – Turkey – BBC NEWS
Ban Hammersley reporting from Turkey via his blog, Flickr, Delicious, wikipedia, technorati, twitter, etc. Webreporter – Turkey – BBC NEWS
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Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab
“Why doesn’t Craigslist choose small towns? … In cities, there are enough buyers and sellers to make markets work – whether of used stuff, new stuff, events, etc, etc. In smaller towns, there just isn’t enough supply or demand.” Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab
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Finding and Using Local Content on YouTube – web.aan.org
[yourtownnamehere] YouTube video of the week. Smart. Works as a topical thing, a la the IBA political blog’s Schwarzenegger Video of the Week, or as a geographic thing on a community site. Finding and Using Local Content on YouTube – web.aan.org
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The important lessons of Backfence’s closing – Terry Heaton
Let me just say this: Terry is really fucking smart. I actually learn from his blog things I need to know, like this week. Go read this post if you’re at all involved in trying to figure out how to make hyperlocal work at your news organization. The important lessons of Backfence’s closing – Terry…