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Pipes Mashup Turns Google Maps into a Blogging Tool | Compiler from Wired.com
“Thanks to a little help from Yahoo’s Pipes, you can even blog from Google Maps. Think of it as your own personal geo blogging tool.”
(tags: blogging blogs community internet local map mashup blog)

Pipes from Tony Hirst
Tony Hirst has a set of great pipes [...]

This is my contribution to the third Carnival of journalism. This month it’s being hosted by Bryan over at Innovation in college media.
I have been trying to get some thoughts down about the recurring issue of teaching dreamweaver but Mark Comerford has said what I wanted to say, and better.
So instead I thought I would [...]

Posting has been light over the last few weeks as my teaching load has crept up and eaten head space. I need to get back in to the swing because the blogging opens up so many exciting opportunities.
The latest is an invite to be on a panel at the DNA2008 conference.
You can come and point [...]

I asked the twitter community if they had a view on what ‘newspaper video’ meant to them as kind of a Twitter meme. 140 characters (minus the @malarky) to say what they thought was good or bad.
Why? Well, to get the valuable opinion of those I trust and becuase I wanted some good content for a [...]

Another nice post from Colin Mulvany as he continues to share his experiences of multimedia at the The Spokesman-Review.
In his latest post he talks about using all the talents on the newsroom to get the best out of multimedia. Especially when it comes to script and voice over.
When I look at the big picture, I [...]

Here is a neat little video on how to frame shots for video
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=OMoQxp6zH1g[/youtube]

7 Tools For Fighting Spam In WordPress
. If you’re running a WordPress blog, you probably already have at least one spam control installed, but if you are looking for another layer of protection, we’ve dug up seven great tools for that purpose.
(tags: plugin security tools web wordpress spam)

A BBC INFOGRAPHIC … WITHOUT INFORMATION at WHAT’S [...]

The Guardian has had a bit of re-design. Emily Bell gives us an overview
If you use our site regularly you will already be familiar with the improved layouts and bigger pictures, as well as the helpful ‘keyword’ navigation against articles, which tie into the look and feel we gave our homepage back in May 2007. [...]

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