links for 2010-07-27

"The Wikileaks disclosure of thousands of Afghanistan war records was datajournalism in action. This is how we did it".

"Ridding also points to the fact that the FT has had 250,000 iPad downloads in the US, which has driven 10% of all digital subscriptions even though it is currently available on a free trial. And the average session time is reported to be a staggering 25 minutes". Wow.

Raises some interesting points about the tone of sensitive local news coverage on Twitter, and when engaging in the comments can cause unexpected reactions.

A new angle on the journalism vs bloggers debate - now with added criticsim of journalists who blog but not in a journalist-y enough way. A very passionate post from David Higgerson.

"Any four of us can get behind a keyboard and -- not to dismiss his talent -- come up with an interesting harmony or melody. I don't think we're afraid to work on music without him". Said the drummer, totally dismissing his talent.

"Here is a flier obtained from the long since demolished record store (remember them) known as Reckless Records". There is a statistical chance that I gave this man this flyer.

"This month's FUMSI collection reminds me of how much this real-time feedback and social collaboration has invaded our corporate and institutional worlds."

"I feel guilty. I feel guilty when I look at a certain interface elements. It's the unread, or "new" count, that little number you see by your email inbox or beside a subscription in your RSS reader. Drawar, a design blog and community, has recently added a little sidebar box that shows the number of new site updates. Unless you click on the link to see the feed of updates, the counter will just keep going up. Worse, the box detaches itself and follows you as you scroll down the page, leaving no escape from the counter."

This story involves several levels of bonkers [ahem], and is, I reckon, the only time you are going to see the word "bukkake" on the PCC website and currybet blog...

The links all seem to be about $ex today: "So, with a little research The Sun could easily have presented this as an interesting case study in how modernisation within the health sector is putting public services on a more commercial footing through investment in improving services. But that wouldn't be a good story would it."