Category: Newstangle
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Frameworks for Designers – A List Apart
Jeff Croft on building out a framework of stylesheets to handle the repetitive design tasks we face when we try to work on 20 sites at once. Frameworks for Designers – A List Apart
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Doing Local Right – Simon Willison
One of the Lawrence crew’s notes and links on the databasey hyperlocalness that is the LJWorld and related properties. If you don’t know what I mean by that, check out the post and all the links. Bang around the sites a bit and see what they can do. Doing Local Right – Simon Willison
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Video Journal: Hillyard Hammer – Spokane Spokesman Review
Nice long-form documentary about a boxer. Great characters, good story. I want to know who wins. Video Journal: Hillyard Hammer – Spokane Spokesman Review
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Why (some) journalists should learn (some) code | mattwaite.com
Matt totally rocks this example tutorial of how to sling a static data set at a Google map with journalistic intent and javascript. Why (some) journalists should learn (some) code | mattwaite.com
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Geo Mashup plugin – cyberhobo
Add a point on an embedded Google Map (which sits on a WordPress page) by finding the point on a map embedded in the WordPress Write Post admin screen. Post excerpt displays on the map. Geo Mashup plugin – cyberhobo
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Programmin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo – William M. Hartnett
“If you want to work in a newsroom in Miami, you better speak Spanish. If you want to work with data in any newsroom anywhere, you will run into a problem that requires you to start messing around with a scripting language. It’s inevitable.” Programmin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo – William M. Hartnett
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Django on Windows – import this
Good thorough install instructions for those of us in the dark ages running Windows XP. Django on Windows – import this
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BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers – PythonInfo Wiki
Python for non-programmers. BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers – PythonInfo Wiki
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Should journalists learn to code? – Scott Rosenberg
“What journalists do need is working digital literacy. They need to understand something about how the technology that’s reshaping media works, how it’s built, what its strengths and weaknesses are, and how to harness it.” via Jarvis. Should journalists learn to code? – Scott Rosenberg
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EveryBlock: One-Stop Shop for Local Info – E-Media Tidbits
“The second experiment, once we’ve released EveryBlock’s code, will be to find out whether news organizations or citizens will want to take on the responsibility of publishing similar sites in their own communities.” – Adrian H. EveryBlock: One-Stop Shop for Local Info – E-Media Tidbits