links for 2008-05-07
By William M. Hartnett on May 7, 2008 in daily links
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“In newsrooms, the gang at the top often mouths words about the Web site … moving his or her lips along with the music. But not really doing anything about it. Not really making it happen. Not paving a road that will lead there.”
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“With a little bit of regex magic in our .JSP template (finding “[ ](\\w+)(\\S*)
” and replacing it with “ $1$2
” to be exact) we were able to successfully rid ourselves of those pesky widows forever.”
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“Here’s the takeaway for original content creators: BE ORIGINAL.”
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“In our recent work with teens and young adults we heard many times that they go to news sites to get the news. That’s it. They’re not interested in spending time on these sites doing anything else.”
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Guide to data visualization and information design techniques. Via Will Sullivan, now out of the shadows on NICAR-L.
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“… non-European footballers who cannot speak English will be barred from joining Premier League clubs … under the new points-based immigration system detailed by ministers yesterday.” Wonder if American players will have to pass a British English test
