links for 2007-08-25

D’Arcy Norman, via Flickr (CC license)

Learning to program:
Boo scary?

Why (some) journalists should learn (some) code | mattwaite.com
“When a journalist with data wants to get that data onto the web, a little programming can go a long way. And, the beautiful part is, once you get this working once, you can reuse it over and over and over again.” (tags: journalism databases mashup programming skills good+example tidbits+fodder)
Journalists need|don’t need to learn programming | mattwaite.com
“At this time of transformation, should anyone in journalism be discouraged from doing something enterprising? Anything entrepreneurial, no matter what skillset it involves or how far afield of words on page it gets? No. Not even no but hell no.” (tags: journalism media news newspapers programming media+evolution skills tidbits+fodder journogeek)
Social Media: JibJab Starring You!
“One particularly inspired thing they’re doing: incentivizing users to post photos of themselves, lest you’re represented by the dreaded default picture.” (tags: fun photo mashup business)
DMC Web Forum: Don’t Forget About the Feeds
“This Poynter column by Amy Gahran is, uh, food for thought. She recommends using full-text feeds, not just the headline and a line or two of copy. Whatt??? I hear you sputtering. Nobody will see our ads! They won’t even bother to go to our site!” (tags: feeds AmyGahran mycoverage mycomments publishing controversy)
Association of Graduates - United States Air Force Academy
“Educational reasons for choosing a tablet computer out-weighed the increased cost and weight for other computers since it can be used for taking hand-written notes in class, as well as math formulas, drawings, diagrams and other classroom formats.” (tags: tabletPC, tools, education, mobile)

Ajax Blog » Intuit Shuts Down Zipingo. Yelp Winning This Space Through Attrition
“Zipingo competed with a slew of other startups targeting local business reviews. Of the 3 we mentioned - Yelp, Judy’s Book and Insider Pages - only one, Yelp, remains in its original form. Judy’s Book changed its model to focus on coupons and deals.” (tags: business reviews)
Yahoo Adding Video to Flickr
“Flickr purists may not adopt video in their still photo utopia, but the plans of integrating user generated video into a channel full of user generated photos makes perfect sense given the strength of the Flickr brand and its widespread usage.” (tags: sharing video photo business)
Yahoo to Launch a YouTube Like Video Portal
“Slated for launch before 2007 ends. We hope it offers something new & far better features than the very popular and currently the leading video search portal, YouTube. Otherwise, Yahoo’s new video portal may be doom to fail even before it is launched.” (tags: video sharing business)
Google’s SocialStream is Here. It’s Orkut
“It’s still possible that SocialStream may be rolled out separately to distance it from Orkut’s Brazilian and Indian user base - the point would clearly be to get traction in the US market.” (tags: social+media social+networks business world)
Ajax Blog » Attack Of The Fake Bloggers
“Whilst Fake Steve Jobs has gained the most attention in the fake personal blog scene, a number of other fake blogs have been launched this year. Here’s a quick run down of a few that might be worthy of adding to your feed reader…or maybe not.” (tags: blogs fun authenticity spoof identity)
Ajax Blog » Eventbee: AdSense for Events Has Busy Plans
“Event Network Listing: “AdSense for events.” Lets event planners for a fee list an event on any site or blog in Eventbee’s partner network — sites and blogs with embedded AdSense-like code . Highly targeted and controlled event promotion.” (tags: events advertising business)