Monthly Archives: March 2008

Using Our Powers For Good

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Karl

I recently re-read Rebecca Blood’s 2003 BlogTalk presentation: “waging peace: using our powers for good”. It is worth revisiting by anyone who is a blog evangelist or critic. Taking a look at the daily lack of cross linkage on memeorandum.com, … Continue reading →

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Share It When You Can Find It: Investigative Journalism

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Karl

88 percent of newspaper coverage is ‘churnalism’: rewritten wire copy and PR. Only 12 is derived from reporters initiative or is fact checked. That’s the state of newspaper journalism in Britain according to what Nick Davies has written in his … Continue reading →

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Charles Rocks

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Karl

For most Web-tier development the following Firefox plugins provide me a great set of tools to get my job done: Firebug TamperData Web Developer Toolbar SwitchProxy ChatZilla Lately however, I find myself needing to trick out my local hosts file … Continue reading →

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Just over 40 years ago Mr. Rogers said hello

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Karl

YouTube: Mr. Rogers Goodbye Thank you Mr. Rogers.

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Google criticized for helping homeless ‘gimmick’

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Karl

 : who we are: the things we accept, those we defend without shame, reveal who we are. You would think a company expanding a service that helps homeless get off the streets (by providing them with a consistent means of … Continue reading →

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Getting Started With Jython

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Karl

Sun’s hiring of two of the biggest names in Python-land – Ted Leung and Jython’s Frank Wierzbicki – and my experiments with Django – has encouraged me to dip my toes in Jython. Here’s a few decent starting points: IBM … Continue reading →

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IBM: Continuous Integration Anti-Patterns

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Karl

IBM developerWorks: Automation for the people: Continuous Integration anti-patterns IBM developerWorks: Automation for the people: Continuous Integration anti-patterns, Part 2 And in case you need it: JavaWorld: Introducing continuous integration

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It’s never as simple as either/or

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Karl

There are far too many who like to paint the future of quality filtered media as either entirely driven by ‘the wisdom of the crowds’ or entirely by ‘the experts and the elite’. Both these extremist views are wrong as … Continue reading →

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