Scary Red Text Occasionally, logging in to check site comments, I get scary red text like this. It gives me a sick little thrill, realizing how complicated and interconnected everything is, that I can reach in and break stuff on this site, even accidentally, like opening up a mechanical watch...
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Google Buzz and the commoditization of conversation
Maybe I’m daft (ok, we all know I am daft), but what new features, really new features does Google Buzz bring to the table? For the end user, it really seems like something that could have been cobbled together with a clever Greasemonkey script, which is an unusually low bar...
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Donate to help others help a good cause
When I first moved into the Boston area, a priority was finding a civic organization I could volunteer for and make a difference within the community. That ended up being a lot harder than I would’ve thought: I e-mailed organizations I thought would be a good fit blindly, and often...
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Things you never want your readers to see
SpareChangeNews.net was down for a good chunk of the day yesterday for some weird billing mixup. It was resolved fairly quickly, except HostGator somehow mixed our most recent backup with the site we had a year ago, and all these files conflicted so the site was broken for 6 more...
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Journalism as Massively Multiplayer Online Game
There’s a whole lot wrong with the idea of news as a video game, but there’s probably a whole lot more right at this point. Patrick Smith does a smart summary of some key concepts, including people will pay for interaction, new as gaming and reader rewards. It’s all stuff...
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