links for 2011-03-09

An event to set the direction for the UKUPA community

The closing date for our software dev bursary is approaching.

Wonderfully detailed analysis of what makes the game a success, and avoids making the obvious point that the music is funny and the birds ridiculously angry.

Can basically be boiled down to "people with PRs use PR people to manage a PR channel", no?

"The biggest reason not to rest all of your hopes on Facebook comments is that Facebook logins are not a cure for bad comments, real names or no real names. The only cure is something that takes a lot more effort than implementing a plugin, and that is being active in those comments — in other words, actually becoming part of an ongoing conversation with your readers, even if what they say happens to be negative in some cases."