MBarking on Innovation: Killing "Quality""We use the word "quality" as an indicator of both "value" and/or "defect" presence, interchangeably. When someone says "high quality" they could very well be talking about the absence of defects or they could be talking about the presence of value. And by software standards, neither would be an inappropriate use [...]
YouTube – Google container data center tourA tour round a Google datacentre. (google video scalability )
Editorial: In praise of … Comic Sans | Comment is free | The GuardianObviously this is utterly, utterly wrong, as comic sans has no redeeming qualities. But it does include a typography joke. (comic_sans fonts )
The OJB guide to open [...]
Film review: State of Play | Film | The Guardian"Crowe ticks every box for the Hollywood journalist. In the real world, we tend to have the unexciting appendages of family, children, elderly parents, etc, to whose unsexy needs we must attend on getting home from work in the evening. Crowe, of course, is a supercool [...]
The Food Section: The New York Times Ate My Slogan…which gave me pause for thought on the slogan used by this blog. (legal nytimes slogans )
Why did Google create News Timeline and not newspapers? | Media | guardian.co.ukGood article from Kevin Anderson giving some context around Google News Timeline. And he asks why this didn't [...]
:: International Congress of Churches & Ministers ::It's like Terry Gilliam on Web-iinduced acid. (flash humour religion )
Now Even The New York Times Is Entering The URL Shortening Arena … KindaA New York Times themed link-shortening service. Currently "taken down to while a recently highlighted security issue is taken care of." (nytimes linking )
Showcase | [...]
Hard at play in Google Labs with Similar Images and Google News Timeline | Official Google Blog"In keeping with our long-standing tradition of bringing new ideas to our users early in the development process, we're proud to welcome two new innovations to Google Labs: Similar Images and Google News Timeline." (google search google_news google_news_timeline launch [...]
Twitter users play with Telegraph’s Twitterfall #Budget feature | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog"Good old online altruism eh? Twitter users have seized upon the opportunity to get their uncensored Tweets published on the Telegraph’s Budget page." Oh dear. You try to do something a bit innovative and people just kick you in the teeth. (twitter telegraph )
The [...]
Here are some recent photos. First, I finally got a decent picture of a duck, which I’ve wanted ever since my first several photos of ducks were very poor indeed. This is from a trip to Godstone:
Then, from our last-but-one trip to Malvern, a triptych from watching the Grand National on TV:
Finally, from [...]
Abduzeedo – design inspiration and tutorialsLots and lots and lots of great design inspiration, plus tutorials, wallpapers and interviews. (design photography inspiration )
InfoQ: Sun's Disagreement With Apache Overshadows Java 7 AnnouncementSome notes on JDK 7 and the dispute with Apache that it's become more about an implementation than standard. (java sun )
InfoQ: 10 Ways to [...]
Police delete London tourists' photos 'to prevent terrorism' | UK news | guardian.co.ukThere is such paranoia about terrorism that people are losing the ability to make rational decisions. It's dangerous when those people are the police. I feel very badly for Klaus Matzka. (police photography security civil_liberties )
#DataJourn part 2: Q&A with ‘data juggler’ Tony [...]
