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Monthly Archives: June 2005
The Downing Street Memo Shows the Web Redefines What is Newsworthy
PressThink: Jay Rosen: The Downing Street Memo and the Court of Appeal in News Judgment:
News judgment used to be king. If the press ruled against you, you just weren’t news. But if you weren’t news how would anyone know enough about you to contest the ruling? Today, the World Wide Web is the sovereign force, and journalists live and work according to its rules.”
Congratulations to Jay Rosen for earning the 2005 Reporters Witout Borders best blogs defending freedom of expression award.
100 American History Milestone Documents
Read up. Great site and resource: Our Documents.
Republican Senator Hagel: US ‘losing in Iraq’
US ‘losing in Iraq’ – Republican Senator Hagel – Yahoo! News: says administration policy is “disconnected from reality”. And now we will see Senator Hagel disconnected from party support. After all, Senator Hagel must hate America. From me, that’s a sarcastic response. But check out Yahoo!’s comments thread attached to the article.
New Star Wars Movie From the Makers of ‘Troops’
First, lets get this clear, Troops was and still is the best Star Wars fan film ever made. Download it. Watch it. Laugh. It’s old. But somehow, since it mashes COPS with Star Wars, it works.
Turns out the makers of Troops have started production on a new, epic fan film, and the Slashdot crowd isn’t impressed. Their criticism’s aren’t close to fair. So far, if you ask me, this rocks.
Some analysis of Google’s “Information retrieval based on historical data” patent
Some interesting comments by Richard MacManus at Read/Write Web. Same rules seem to apply – post quality content that covers a subject, and be recognized (linked to) by others who are respected covering the same subject – and Google will treat you nicely.
The Rise of Open Source Java
Online K-12 Education
Some sites for others (and sometimes myself), posted for reference:
BrainPOP
DiscoverySchool
RefDesk.com Homework Helper
infoplease Homework Center
Math.com
Algebra.help
Mark Fletcher: Stealth Start-Ups Suck
wingedpig.com – Mark Fletcher’s Blog: Stealth Start-Ups Suck:
…Here’s the thing, stealth mode for a web start-up is the kiss of death.
Stealth mode is when a company is operating in secret for some length
of time before launching their product or service. In many industries,
creating a new product or service takes significant time and effort.
During this time, being in stealth mode may make a lot of sense. But
creating a new web service is not rocket science and does not take a
lot of time or money. My rule of thumb is that it should take no more than 3 months to go from conception to launch of a new web service. And that’s being generous. I’m speaking from experience here. I developed the first version of ONElist over a period of 3 months, and that was while working a full-time job. I developed the first version of Bloglines in 3 months. By myself. It can be done. And I suck at it! Just ask all the engineers who have had to deal with my code.Why go fast? Many reasons:
- First mover advantage is important.
- There is no such thing as a unique idea. I guarantee that someone else has already thought of your wonderful web service, and is probably way ahead of you. Get over yourself.
- It forces you to focus on the key functionality of the site.
- Being perfect at launch is an impossible (and unnecessary and even probably detrimental) goal, so don’t bother trying to achieve it. Ship early, ship often.
- The sooner you get something out there, the sooner you’ll start getting feedback from users.
Grassroots Journalism: Will Independents Succeed First?
I get into a great converation with Lisa Williams in a thread started when Steve Outing poses the question “Will Independents Succeed First?” at running citizen/grassroots journalism efforts.