Technology is easy; labor is hard
Aron Pilhofer of nytimes.com on the hardware, software, and costs associated with building the best interactive data projects in the news business: Everything we use is free and open-source. Our...
View ArticleHoward Weaver’s exit interview
I was struck by a few things in Howard Weaver’s post announcing that he’s leaving McClatchy — and journalism — at the end of the year. For one thing, Howard’s a damn fine writer. I haven’t agreed with...
View ArticleI forget useful code, but Snipt remembers.
If you’re anything like me, you’re not really a Web developer by trade, but you push around a little bit of code on an extremely regular basis. And often, it’s the same little bits of code over and...
View ArticleOn IdeaLab: DIY development, design, community management, and marketing...
Over at IdeaLab, I’ve posted an update on what’s going on with ReportingOn, which is to say, there’s not much going on with ReportingOn. For now. My Knight News Challenge-funded project to connect...
View ArticleAnnouncing: ReportingOn 2.0 is live
ReportingOn 2.0 is live and ready for your questions. And answers. It’s still the backchannel for your beat, but it’s an absolute re-imagining of the network. For those of you who haven’t been keeping...
View ArticleNotes on managing technology decisions
Over at the Knight News Challenge blog, I’ve contributed a short list of tips on dealing with developers and choosing a platform for your project: “3. Hire human beings, not a programming language or...
View ArticleThe growing Instagram app community
News to me: There’s a growing series of side businesses attached to Instagram. This reminds me of early Flickr API toys, and naturally, of the Twitter developer community. Here’s the link that’s been...
View ArticleFancy open source timelines from spreadsheets
Fancy open source timelines from spreadsheets: TimelineSetter: Easy Timelines From Spreadsheets, Now Open to All. It’s Ruby and it’s from ProPublica and it’s elegant.
View ArticleIntroduction to open-source GIS tools for journalists
Introduction to open-source GIS tools for journalists: GIS software is expensive, right? Wait, there are open source GIS tools now? And Matt Wynn wrote up a few for Poynter? Let me mash my mouse on...
View ArticleThis.
@andymboyle not every piece of journalism software is a public-facing news app built on deadline. — jonathanstray (@jonathanstray) December 21, 2011
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