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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 folks would understand the infrastructural nature of open code, open protocols, open formats.
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 by news execs to always maintain impartiality is just absurd. A story is always partial no matter what you do to it. To not let staff members have a personality and outside opinion is just a weird desire in my eyes. Allow them to have and express opinions, it’s what makes the news interesting.
The best way to graduate from beginner is to get in way over your head. Nothing makes you better faster.
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.
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
