Bookmarks for 28 Apr 2009
- 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 of the word. [...] So: I hereby propose we as software professionals and businessmen stop using the word "quality" to mean a "measure of defects"." (qa quality development ) - moot wins, Time Inc. loses « Music Machinery
A very detailed account of how Time's annual poll of most influential people was hacked. Fascinating stuff, and makes the Telegraph/Twitter/budget hack look like kids' stuff. Though I don't doubt the ingenuity of the hackers, I think the author of the piece is a bit too hard on Time Inc. (hacking poll time_inc captcha 4chan ) - InteractiveMesh.org : Java 3D meets JavaFX
Some very nice JavaFX demos, including a 3D propellor which can be turned into an animated sliding blocks puzzle. Very processor-intensive, though. (javafx demo 3d ) - SEO For Journalists: An online journalism blog: How to make Twitter content searchable
Twitter is now considered a content management system. With no guaranteed continuity. See the phrase here "its Twitter content": "But before a news organization can make its Twitter content more searchable, it needs to stop thinking of Twitter as a social networking tool and as more of a search engine (as this article explains)." (twitter seo journalism search ) - How Guardian Tech readers detailed Oracle and Sun's buyups | Technology | guardian.co.uk
How the Guardian Technology desk crowdsourced a history of Oracle's past acquisitions. (guardian twitter journalism sun oracle crowdsourcing )
