archive/ 2009 February
Castlefield Bridges
Castlefield Bridges , originally uploaded by darren_caf.
I just love the reflections and the light in this photo. HDR can do wonderful things to photos sometimes.
Baby steps toward an open newsroom
I just got around to reading this article by Dave Winer from a couple days ago concerning what an initial step toward an open newsroom would look like. Essentially, Dave’s idea is to get the experts on a topic to communicate directly to the readers through the newspaper. He writes:
Now, to be clear — I’m [...]
Quick Safari 4 Thoughts
So as many have reported, written about, and tweeted Apple released a public beta of Safari 4 today. Since I primarily use Safari for web browsing this mattered a lot to me and I was excited to get my hands on it to see what the future holds. Below are some initial impressions.
First, it’s FAST. [...]
Impressions of CollegeJourn
Tonight was the first time that I took place in the weekly CollegeJourn talk. This week it was the “Bring a Professor” chat so in addition to the journalism students that usually take part in the discussion there were a significant number of journalism professors and professionals there as well. Below are some of my [...]
Alan Keyes and Obama
This is just weird, and I’m not even entirely sure what to say. Alan Keyes, a conservative who lost to Obama in the 2004 Illinois Senate race, describes Obama as a man who is a communist, usurper, and as one who advocates infanticide. The L.A. Times also covers this video, which is below.