archive/ 2009 September
Doc Searls On value and valuation
If you listen to Rebooting the News it’s a point that you’ve heard before but Searls puts it well:
If you had told me in 1999 that the two hottest names on the Web in 2009 — Facebook and Twitter — would both be silos, I’d have been disappointed. I’d have figured that by now most [...]
Post Editor Ends Tweets as New Guidelines Are Issued
This is just ridiculous:
When using these networks, nothing we do must call into question the impartiality of our news judgment. We never abandon the guidelines that govern the separation of news from opinion, the importance of fact and objectivity, the appropriate use of language and tone, and other hallmarks of our brand of journalism.
The crusade [...]
Graduating from beginner
The best way to graduate from beginner is to get in way over your head. Nothing makes you better faster.
The Bay Line apartments?
An interesting proposal to turn the soon to be replaced Bay Bridge into a floating apartment and park complex. Really great idea even if it doesn’t come to pass it should make us consider what we can do with older pieces of infrastructure. Photo via BLDGBLOG: The Bay Line.
The heart of socialism
From a reading for my senior seminar course in citizenship:
The heart of socialism [is] the fight against the exploitation of man by man.
- Kenneth Kaunda, former President of Zambia