links for 2009-07-10

• AUTUMN ACROSS THE LAND, PENNSYLVANIA GIVES MUGGSY TAYLOR - 10.28.57 - SI Vault
  Meanwhile, in Baltimore, just before 6:05 o'clock one morning last week, hundreds of curious citizens climbed up on their roofs, breathed deeply of the fresh air and partook of an absolutely new fall sport: Sputnik spotting. That evening a Baltimore disc jockey announced his favorite 1957 fall song: Shine on, Harvest Moons.
  (tags: sputnik iss whats-that-flying-object party-like-its-1957)
• newani.gif (GIF Image, 28x11 pixels)
  The blinking GIF image at the brand new Ann Arbor Journal, used to denote new news stories; this is in lieu of having an RSS feed.
  (tags: blink blink-blink-blink the-gerbil annarbor michigan news we-need-a-better-press-corps)
• How to stop blogging : Article : Nature
  But some of the most valuable scientific meetings are more focused and deliberative, and are by invitation only. These intellectually intimate gatherings are valuable precisely because the researchers who attend feel free to speculate and to stimulate their colleagues, and to try to establish new research agendas. Whether an attendee is a blogger or a reporter or a practising researcher is immaterial. The meeting is 'off the record', and all have to sign up to that.

  Closed or open? Meeting organizers need to be clear in their minds which of these two approaches is appropriate, and be explicit about it from start to finish. The consequence that, in competitive fields, presentations at open meetings will become even more protective and boring is an inevitable consequence of the Internet.

  
  
  (tags: conferences bloggers ethics twitter science in:nature)
  
  
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  Ann Arbor Schools Musings: What's In A Name?
  
  
  If you're going to be "hyperlocal," that is not what blogs look like. Some of my favorite blogs are anonymous, others are attached to real people's names, but they generally: share information; aggregate information; analyze information. And the best do all three, but they are not generally breaking news. [Take a look at some of the blogs that will be on the parenting section of Ann Arbor.com; they are well-written and interesting, but they are not news breaking.] In addition, although some of the most credible bloggers I know do use their real names, others don't. They seem credible to me because their voice comes through (yes, as in "writing voice"), they provide thoughtful analysis, they cite verifiable sources.
  
  
  (tags: identity annarborcom news voice)
  
  
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  I Am Stunningly Uninterested In Diller And Malone’s Opinion Of Twitter
  
  
  A lot of people wondered how Google would ever make any money with a search engine. That problem was obviously solved. In any community with vast numbers of highly energetic and passionate users, there will be a variety of ways to make money. The only thing that can stop these services are high costs (YouTube and Facebook suffer from this) or someone building a better mousetrap (Facebook did this to MySpace who did this to Friendster).

  By the way, News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch isn’t impressed, either, saying that the site is “a tough investment to justify because it has not yet come up with a sustainable way to make money.” He also gave the exact wrong answer to two questions: “Asked if he was considering buying Twitter, Murdoch said, “No.” Asked about selling MySpace, he said, “Hell no.”"

  
  
  (tags: diller,barry murdoch,rupert twitter energy passion money its-all-about-the-hamiltons)
  
  
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  Rupert Murdoch reporters in the UK illegally hacked thousands of peoples' data - Boing Boing
  
  
  British journalists working for Murdoch papers have been on a crime spree, hiring private eyes to illegally hack into the voicemail and data of thousands of people, including " tax records, social security files, bank statements and itemised phone bills"; Murdoch has paid out over £1M so far to hush it up. The head of the Conservative party's communications is a former Murdoch exec who from the time that much of this crime was committed by his staffers.
  
  
  (tags: journalism ethics murdoch,rupert rupe hush-money dont-get-me-started-about-ethics)
  
  

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