New York Times reader out for Mac, still a bad idea
From Gizmodo: Not so hot on the heels of its Microsoft-built Windows-based counterpart, the Times Reader beta has been made available for all members of NYTimes.com. Although a Silverlight install is...
View ArticleFlash just got better, but it’s still (usually) very, very bad
From Slashdot: Adobe systems made an announcement that it has provided technology and information to Google and Yahoo! to help the two search engine rivals index Shockwave Flash (SWF) file formats....
View ArticleTell your story with data, without writing a line of code
I’ve been on the hunt for quick and dirty ways to show off data: visualization tools that are free, pretty, and easy to embed in a story. Here are my finds so far. Kick-ass embeddable visualizations...
View Article7 great resources for green (and seasoned) new media journalists
TreeHouse Media Project, in their words: “Teaching old scribes new tricks.” Jay Rosen sez “The tone is self help for angry journalists.” Making a living as a publisher, however, requires...
View ArticleHate, props, and hotness: restoring journalism’s credibility
Journalism.co.uk sez: NewsCred, a website aimed at gauging the credibility of online news, has been launched in a beta. The site, which aims to help users find ‘the highest quality and most credible...
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