Tag: journalism
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My delicious.com bookmarks for December 31st through January 4th
Mike Ash on Private APIs – Nice discussion on the pros and cons of using private API's in your applications. The only time I've consciously used them was years ago with a large PL/SQL program on an Oracle database. I got all the upside (quicker development) without any of the down (having to maintain it).…
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 29th through February 3rd
Afghan Student Sentenced to Death After Downloading Report – Good to see that the invasion of Afghanistan has resulted in more freedom for the locals… Forget passports – teachers and kids are the new ID card targets – Despite the loss of personal data and despite the fact that they will not (and cannot) do…
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 8th through January 11th
Behind bars – Looks like another fascinating documentary by Louis Theroux. Music lessons – Why the music industry as it’s currently structured is dying. “You Don’t Understand Our Audience” – The whole spiel by Justin Long in Die Hard 4.0 about the media cynically manipulating audiences is much closer to the truth than most people…