William M. Hartnett

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 [...]

Associated Press Hands Local And National News Sites An Opportunity To Get Links And Traffic - Publishing 2.0
“To seize this opportunity, national and local news sites could get the word out to bloggers that they want the links and the traffic, if AP doesn’t. It’s up to them whether they agree with AP’s attempt to [...]

The Russert Death-A-Thon Continues - The Daily Pulp: Bob Norman’s Blog
“Was a time when journalists were loathe to make themselves part of the story. Not anymore. This cable news station is clearly obsessed with its own cult of personality. And to do this kind of thing while soldiers are being killed in Iraq is nothing [...]

FEC, media can’t handle Obama jackpot - Politico.com
Oh, dear: Obama and Clinton fundraising reports too big for the 65,536-row limit in older versions of Excel, allegedly causing headaches for the FEC and media. One hopes we would be past the point of being stymied by Office 2003, but apparently …
(tags: politics obama clinton excel data [...]

Latest “think piece” from Tribune’s Lee Abrams - Romenesko memos
I Can’t BELIEVE THIS MAN GETS PAID….to write meaning-LESS NONsense LIKE THIS—he seems a little MENTAL-ly ILL! What on earth does this man…DO ALL DAY!? Among ingrediants for NOTICABLE change:VERY BAD SPELLing! Abramsie, you’re doin’ a heckuva job!
(tags: tribune-co lee-abrams management newspapers)

Ferraro Comments Show Unapologetic Bigotry [...]

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 [...]

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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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 [...]