May 2012
74 posts
[Infographic] PHP vs. Python vs. Ruby →
Udemy has put together an infographic that compares Ruby, PHP and Python. This looks (briefly) at the history, popularity, ease of use, demand for programmers, benchmarks and more for each language. If you’re job-hunting, Udemy says that you probably want to know PHP above Ruby or Python. According…
15 Stats About Facebook | Hitwise Blog →
Facebook.com received 9% of all US Internet visits in April 2012.
“Clicks Are Out, Engagement Is In as Video Service Goes Longer-Format to Conquer...”
– YouTube’s Video Views Are Falling — By Design | Digital - Advertising Age
Profile of the Data Journalist: The Data News... →
this is all it takes to get the skills: curiosity and desire. that you are interested in using data in different ways to approach answering the mission of journalism than via traditional interviewing, summarization and creating a narrative… that is different. this is how programming and using information as a programmer changes how journalism is done.
“Women’s magazines are still offering us the same take on weddings, weight...”
– Eva Wiseman: How time stands still in women’s magazines | Life and style | The Observer
Watch(via Renny Gleeson: 404, the story of a page not found | Video on TED.com)
“Bottom line: the choice an online business makes between an app and an HTML5...”
– Apps Aren’t Dead. Neither is The Web. The Parrot Is, Though…
“The designer today should not help to produce more — he has to help produce...”
– The Role of the 21st Century Designer | Drawar
“To be really successful you need to go a level or two deeper than most do in...”
– Psych 101: Instagram, OMGPOP and the Secret to Building Great Products - Forbes
“The model consists of two major components: the need to keep having new and...”
– Futurity.org – Skip the ups and downs. Stay happy
“Huh has been thinking hard about how journalism is evolving for some time, and...”
– Ben Huh says journalistic objectivity is a trap — Tech News and Analysis
Why Publishers Don't Like Apps - Technology Review →
The future of media on mobile devices isn’t with applications but with the Web.
“But this market has incredible distortions thanks to a variety of ownership...”
– 7 ways Comcast is killing the cable killers — Broadband News and Analysis
“AOL’s Q1 total ad sales grew by five percent from last year’s corresponding...”
– AOL ad sales go on growing, but U.S. display ‘off-tune’ — paidContent
“This year, for the first time in history, celluloid ceases to be the...”
– Movie Studios Are Forcing Hollywood to Abandon 35mm Film. But the Consequences of Going Digital Are Vast, and Troubling - Page 1 - Film TV - Los Angeles - LA Weekly
“Marvel Studios, a division of the Walt Disney Company, spent about $220 million...”
– ‘Marvel’s The Avengers’ Top Box Office Record - NYTimes.com
That’s a figure worth acknowledging. The marketing budget is 1:2.2 of the content budget. The property has already pulled in nearly $2.5 million globally in the opening weekend.
So - what content businesses spend 1:2.2 in marketing...
“The problem isn’t the government itself, but rather the people who are...”
– Reagan was wrong: Why government is not the problem and what really is - Orlando liberal | Examiner.com
This has always struck me as a logical conflict in the current conservative argument, so I am interested that others have been perplexed by this phrase. In the theorem, it is given that USA is...
“Beyond even that. I think journalism is being replaced.”
– stdout.be | Fungible
this. this is what i’ve been talking about.
“Our cultural reading practices have trained us to consume stories...”
– Are Twitter Storytellers the Heroes of a New Postmodernism? - SocialTimes
WatchMashable Goes ‘Behind the Launch’ With New Documentary Series
5 Designs that Have Been Optimized for Conversions →
“About half of K-8 teachers say digital games have become a regular and...”
– Education Week: Digital Gaming in Classrooms Seen Gaining Popularity
“More than two decades after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...”
– Scientific Consensus Stronger than Scientists Thought? | The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media
“Cognition + Culture + Communication = Language”
– Debating Language: The Role of Culture And Biology (Part 2) : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR
“Pongpaet says the site is “a very simple Ruby and Sinatra app” and...”
– Pinstagram, Pinterest & Instagram Mashup, Launches As A Joke, But Is Actually Pretty Cool
“Yes, only one screen in the entire LinkedIn iPad app is actually native. The...”
– You’ll never believe how LinkedIn built its new iPad app (exclusive) | VentureBeat
“Among the findings: 37% of internet users ages 12-17 participate in video chats...”
– Teens & Online Video | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
“Josh Benton, meanwhile, suggested that the pre-web days were not as romantic as...”
– It’s the year 1472 in journalism, a fact some people like and some don’t | Capital New York
