links for 2008-02-04

"When you use social media along with your blogging it not only will get you a lot of traffic and spread the word about who you are - you also can get other people to start linking back to you. From an SEO perspective - links are all I care about".

"Is information warfare to blame for the damage to underwater internet cables that has interrupted internet service to millions of people in India and Egypt, or is it just a series of accidents?". See also the instant emergence of lolsubs...

"I have a question for the journalism industry. Instead of sinking literally millions of pounds into a CMS, why not take an open-source system and become part of the development community?". Sadly 'not-invented-here' syndrome is a strong business driver.

"Pretending to be a traveling cellphone salesman, Rowe would use 'Nokia 3310' to refer to money, 'Nokia 3410' to signal potential trouble from the police and 'Nokia 3610' as code for weapons". A new usage of Nokia phone model names.

"Big Finish Productions has been producing Doctor Who audio dramas on CD featuring former Timelords including Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann - for the best part of a decade". Nearly nine years since 'Sirens Of Time'. Blimey.

"In other words, as a crude average, they have only one-third of the time that they used to have to do their jobs". Indeed, because in the corresponding 23 year period, there have been no technological advances to make working practices quicker ;-)

"Technology has been left to the geeks in the basement, leading to a corrosive 'us and them' situation where editors can choose to ignore issues facing their profession, and geeks have to end up making what are essentially journalistic decisions ".

"At best this will simply enable the audience to get a good look at the crew, the boom, the caterers and make up in their little chairs. Daft". Yeah, and it'll be just rubbish for those expansive nature documentary shots as well, so why bother ;-)