Information architecture for news websites"During the month of April, starting tomorrow, I’ll be blogging about a small but important piece of the puzzle that is the future of news: the information architecture behind a good news website. Each of the four parts (and two addenda) will look at the current state of things, criticize what’s [...]

Interview: Guardian’s Bell Sees Mixed-Model Future On Way To Columbia | paidContent:UKInterview with GNM's director of digital publishing, Emily Bell, as she prepares to leave her post to take up the directorship of Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism. (interview guardian journalism ) YouTube – Axis Of Awesome – 4 Four Chord Song (with [...]

Chase Paid $1 Million To Sponsor The New York Times iPad ApplicationA terrific deal by the New York Times team. (nytimes sponsorship ipad ) Inspiration on the iPad: The Guardian Eyewitness | Phototuts+"Today we’ll be taking a look at how devices like the iPad can offer motivation and inspiration to photographers, taking time to investigate [...]

NoSql presentationMatt Wall and Simon Willison's presentation to NoSQL EU conference. Added bonus for including phrase "sharded counter pattern". (presentation guardian scalability databases ) Government requests directed to Google and YouTubeGoogle's map of government data requrests and removal requests: "Like other technology and communications companies, we regularly receive requests from government agencies around the world [...]

This is What a Tweet Looks Like"Think a tweet is just 140 characters of text? Think again. [...] Now, thanks to Raffi Krikorian, a developer on Twitter's API/Platform team, you can see what a tweet looks like, in all its data-rich detail." (twitter api metadata ) Telegraph launches powerful election database | Online Journalism BlogThe [...]

Tough love: Gawker finds making it harder for comments to be seen leads to more (and better) comments » Nieman Journalism Lab"That chart is, for news organizations seeking to tame their commenters, perhaps the best evidence yet that adding a few obstacles for those seeking the leave their mark on a web page can actually [...]

Google’s Plan To Give Chrome OS (And All Web-Enabled Devices) Universal Printer Support"Google has announced a new project called Google Cloud Print which is setting out to “build a printing experience that enables any app (web, desktop, or mobile) on any device to print to any printer anywhere in the world.” In short, your computer [...]

First Look: FT’s iPad App Is Just Around The Corner | paidContent:UK"We got a sneak peak at the Financial Times’ forthcoming iPad app during a digital briefing by parent Pearson. It looks, well, a lot like you’d expect…" (financial_times ipad ) Google to open source $124.6m video codec, says report • The RegisterGoogle is apparently [...]

AddThis – The #1 Bookmarking & Sharing ServiceService which provides a simple "Share this" button for your website. (sharing social_media tool ) Stax Networks – Home"The fastest way for Java EE developers to build, manage and scale applications in the Cloud." (java hosting cloud_computing amazon_ec2 ) Google Upgrades Its Twitter Search Features"Google’s adding an intriguing [...]

Palm Said to Tap Goldman, Quattrone to Find Buyers (Update4) – Bloomberg.com"Palm Inc., creator of the Pre smartphone, is seeking bids for the company as early as this week, according to three people familiar with the situation. [...] Taiwan’s HTC Corp. and China’s Lenovo Group Ltd. have looked at the company and may make offers, [...]