Apparently there is, according to this story in Computerworld.
Archive for July, 2009
Can someone explain to me why there is ANY DEBATE AT ALL about banning texting while driving???
July 28, 2009Walkability: 2 local events tonight
July 22, 2009There are two events of note this evening for those interested in livable, walkable communities.
In Framingham, there’s a Cochituate Rail Trail workshop if you’d like to find out more about trail plans and offer comments of your own. The design will be ready for preview starting at 6:30 pm, with a formal presentation beginning at [...]
Hands-on look at the Posterous platform
July 16, 2009My hands-on review of Posterous posted last Friday on Computerworld.com. In general, I like the service, but I do wonder at the wisdom of single, un-modified broadcasts out to all social networking platforms at once. For instance, if you use the same title for your Posterous post and Twitter tweet, either you’re not taking advantage [...]
The triumph of cheap junk
July 16, 2009Whether it’s food or clothing or electronics, most Americans are being conditioned by advertising to value, well, value. Quality? Not so much.
Unless you”re part of the upper-income “luxury goods” demographic (I’m not), as an American you are bombarded with messages that low price is the ideal. Wal-Mart, one of the nation’s most successful retailers, boasts [...]
Why the Economist is thriving while other weekly news mags aren’t
July 14, 2009How can the Economist — expensive, few ads, limited online presence — be thriving in the digital age when so many other weekly news magazines are in trouble? The Atlantic makes an intriguing point about the value of insight as opposed to simply offering lots of info:
Now that information is infinitely replicable and [...]
Las Vegas Sun online head: ‘We now geocode every story on our site’
July 1, 2009I’m a big believer in bringing order to the chaos of text. Even if you only bring a smidgen of structure to that information, you add so much more reader value. In fact, it’s become a joke around the newsroom how often I use the phrase “structured data.” My boss, editor in chief Scot Finnie, [...]
