links for 2010-10-14

I'm confirmed to be speaking about linked data and the semantic web alongside The Guardian's Simon Rogers, Martin Moore of the Media Standards Trust, and the BBC's Silver Oliver

"There are similarities in measuring and testing experiences across the desktop and mobile channels, but there are also some new perspectives to be considered."

"If you happened to be cruising the news section of the App Store today, you may have noticed something peculiar -- that being, the absence of The New York Times iPad app".

"What the Globe and Mail did was to invite subscribers to its e-mail newsletters to apply and become what they called 'Catalysts'. From among them a 'group of the most engaged, informed and passionate readers who represented a cross-section of Canadians' were chosen as 'Catalysts' and they helped in shaping the site's community strategy and helping it upgrade the commenting ecosystem."

"So while the rest of the industry is jettisoning sub-editors in the name of economy and efficiency, the daily papers that sell the most continue to invest in them. Coincidence? I don't think so".

*opens popcorn and waits for Cliff Richard fans to settle into the comments section*

New and, it looks, muchly improved version of the Axure Design Library

Squiggly bits of Google URLs demystified