500 Internal Server Error500 Internal Server Error (none) The Best Picture on the InternetYes, this is actually the best picture on the Internet. (humour image ) The Technium: Free Kindle This November"In October 2009 John Walkenbach noticed that the price of the Kindle was falling at a consistent rate, lowering almost on a schedule. By [...]
Which websites dropped the most in the latest Google algorithm change? – QuoraGood answers, as ever. (google algorithms demand_media spam ) Google Announces Massive Algorithm Change, Declares War On Content Farms, Including Demand Media"Google just changed its search algorithm and effectively declared war on Content Farms like Demand Media. [...] UPDATE: Demand says the algorithm [...]
This Is Business, Not Personal."As we’ve all heard by now, yesterday, Twitter made what seemed to be a quick and drastic decision to block a number of popular Twitter third-party clients, namely, UberTwitter and Twidroyd. Both of those, of course, are owned and operated by UberMedia, a company which is quickly buying up a significant [...]
Flickr: FlexeFlix’s stuff tagged with gsxswScreenshot of the winning Articlr hack for Guardian SXSW Hack Weekend, plus a bit more. (photographs gsxsw ) High court judge criticises police failure to fully investigate phone hacking | Media | The Guardian"A high court judge has criticised the Metropolitan police for failing to adequately investigate allegations of phone [...]
Kim-Jong-Il’s birthday party is one guest short | World news | The GuardianI'm always fascinated by news of North Korea… "A North Korean defector has walked through the heavily fortified border area into South Korea, amid official celebrations for Kim Jong-il's 69th birthday." (north_korea ) Weasel words and journalism: It’s either true or it isn’t [...]
Hey Grammys, you can’t tape-delay social media – Lost Remote"While viewers in most of the U.S. were wrapping up the live broadcast of The Grammy Awards, viewers on the West Coast were just getting started with the tape-delayed version, airing at 8 p.m. PT. As is customary for many viewers now, many on the left [...]
Henrik Kniberg – Kanban and Scrum – A Practical Guide [pdf]Slide deck download on Kanban and Scrum (scrum kanban process pdf presentation system:filetype:pdf system:media:document ) What is Kanban?Kanban reveals bottlenecks dynamically… "The limits are the critical difference between a kanban board and any other visual storyboard. Limiting the amount of work-in-progress (WIP), at each step [...]
The Daily vanishes into the memory hole — Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard"Right now, the Daily seems to be simply throwing away its archive. You pay for it, you read it and then the next day you can’t get it back. What will Heather Havrilesky, or any other Daily writer, do when they want to review their [...]
The Guardian rosetta: the Datablog reference guide to nearly everything – ISO country codes, parliament, university, LAs and NHS codes | News | guardian.co.uk"Looking for ISO country codes? This is now the place to come. We want to make it easier to map data and keep it consistent. Take a look at our reference guide [...]
Compete Is In A Total Nosedive, According To Compete"When it comes to public-facing web analytics, basically, they all suck. We in the press are sometimes forced to use tools like Alexa and Compete for comparison’s sake, but using either for absolute numbers is extremely flawed and basically worthless. Naturally, those companies always disagree with us [...]
