William M. Hartnett

Using MapShaper to Create Smaller Shapefiles and KML through Finder! - Official Blog of FortiusOne
Combating shapefile to KML bloat with generalization routines in web-based MapShaper.
(tags: gis mapping kml mapshaper map-generalization)

On Bomb-Throwing - The Scoop
“So much of journalism blogging is preaching to the choir that you get the sense that if rest of the industry just [...]

Feature story is another installment in My First American Home, an occasional series. Neighborhood of the week is Palm Greens at Villa Delray in Delray Beach.
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Not lay offs but new lives - BuzzMachine
What to do with the laid off and bought out: Offer people leaving a blog, sell ads for them, split revenue. If they start a company, invest in it. What to do with the survivors: Redefine every job, provide opportunity to retrain and apply for new jobs.
(tags: newspapers [...]

See … This is how stupid U look - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Die Crocs, die.
(tags: cats lolcats ichc crocs)

Rumor central: Gannett interested in Daytona? - Gannett Blog
Any chance Gannett is interested in the News-Journal? Might make for a tidy little cluster with Florida Today in Melbourne.
(tags: gannett florida-today daytona-news-journal newspapers)

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Just posted over at The Official Backyard Post Blog: If a server fails to reboot in a forest. So, um, about the hours of 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday …

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Obtuse Software
“Using zigGIS, you will be able to take advantage of the advanced analysis and cartographic tools of ArcMap while leveraging the superior spatial data storage and management capabilities of PostGIS.”
(tags: ziggis gis postgis arcgis)

Is it a good idea to drink urine when water is scarce? - Slate Magazine
Don’t even try telling me you haven’t [...]

Because today I finally signed up, and my record of registering for products and services the very instant after they reach their zenith and begin a spectacular descent into unpopularity and insolvency is impeccable. Doesn’t matter whether I sign up during the private invite-only phase or two years after everyone and their parents, I ruin [...]

The best and brightest of journalism’s future not exactly wired - Howard Owens
Award-winning collegiate journalists Googled, signs of significant digital savviness surprisingly lacking.
(tags: commented-on reporters journalism)

Salaries at the St. Pete Times - Creative Loafing Tampa
“(Jim) Romenesko makes more than $170,000 a year,” which is only ever so slightly more than what Matt Waite is paid, [...]

Can we get past our token “young people” stories? - SeanBlanda.com
“One would think that with young people flocking from their medium, newspapers and other … outlets would at least take a second to look at how they cover their hemorrhaging demographic.” LOLZ!!1! Young people are so angry!
(tags: journalism rant generation-gap)

Journalism is killing itself with shallow [...]