William M. Hartnett

Flash just got better, but it’s still (usually) very, very bad - Sixth W
“The Spiderman analogy applies: With great power comes great responsibility. Flash lets you jam practically anything into a web site, but the temptation to do so must be resisted.”
(tags: flash search)

On the Road - New Bag Helps Laptop Pass Airport Security - [...]

the map is here for you to use - tecznotes
“Why is OSM interesting? Having watched Oakland transition from the raw TIGER/Line data import to a more refined state, I’m starting to think that the main advantage of OSM might be in the kinds of details overlooked by the larger mapping agencies …”
(tags: openstreetmap mapping)

Will the [...]

Write one of these memos about your own website - yelvington.com
“Assign yourself any random task on your newspaper’s website, like trying to sell a car or give away a dog or maybe just find the forums. Take notes. And then write a Gates memo. Bet you can do it, with feeling.”
(tags: newspaper.com)

Official: United Announces Changes [...]

Spare me the fancy redesigns and give me some text to read - Howard Owens
“The whole (Orlando Sentinel redesign) hullabaloo reminds me of a thought I’ve had many times recently: Why not just let a print newspaper be a print newspaper? … Stop trying to turn your print front page into a web page.”
(tags: newspapers [...]

Avoiding carpal tunnel / repetitive stress injuries - Hacker News | Ask HN
Lots of good advice for dealing with, or hopefully avoiding, RSI.
(tags: ergonomics rsi)

Top 100 Advertisers Shifted $1 Billion To the Web Last Year At The Expense Of TV And Newspapers - TechCrunch
Does the typical newsroom dweller even realize this monumental shift of ad [...]

MC Hammer may have gotten Jack McKeon fired - The Palm Beach Post
“You know him as MC Hammer … But to Marlins special assistant Jack McKeon, Hammer always will be ‘little Stanley Burrell,’ the Oakland Athletics fan who just might or might not have gotten McKeon fired in 1978.”
(tags: sports baseball oakland pbpost mc-hammer)

Elitism: A [...]

Stop mocking (Tribune’s Lee Abrams) and start listening - Readership Institute
“But much of what he is saying isn’t new and shouldn’t be surprising. He’s pointing out things we’ve learned on the job … but that we have failed to act on.” Kind of my point: Why pay someone to shout the obvious? Get rid of [...]

The case for a JOA in Miami - Reflections of a Newsosaur
A joint operating agreement between The Miami Herald and the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel?
(tags: sofla miami-herald sun-sentinel tribune-co mcclatchy newspapers joa)

The Palm Beach Post Retreat Memo - The Daily Pulp: Bob Norman’s Blog
I wonder if he’ll react to it with snark and sarcasm. Yes, yes [...]

Breaking: GAO Sustains Boeing Tanker Protest - FlightBlogger
GAO describes what sure seems like a whole bunch of Air Force contract evaluation incompetence.
(tags: aerospace boeing airbus air-force tanker military contracting)

Directory of newspaper gossip and insider blogs - Journalistopia by Danny Sanchez
Beginnings of a handy list of newspaper gossip blogs here. Go add you local source of [...]

The web that time forgot - International Herald Tribune
“In 1934, Otlet sketched out plans for a global network of computers (or ‘electric telescopes,’ as he called them) that would allow people to search and browse through millions of interlinked documents, images, audio and video files.” Via Danny Sanchez.
(tags: history web iht)

Iowa Newspaper Employees Disaster Relief [...]