links for 2011-07-21

Includes this valuable point: "A newsroom produces a seemingly neverending supply of project ideas. But as Joel Spolsky reminds us, ideas are easy but execution is hard. The best news apps teams have the ability to say no and to pick the projects that have the best chance to be successfully executed."

Great piece from Paul Waugh about the banning on media people from Parliament in the wake of *that* pie incident.

A fascinating post looking at redesigning the New York Times to reduce noise and increase the reading experience. Expect a detailed currybetdotnet response at some point in the not-too-distant-future...

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A great conversation has broken out in this debate about authors who are famous for the wrong book. Also available on Twitter as #famousforthewrongbook