links for 2010-11-10

"Our experts discuss how you should determine whether to 1) create a mobile version of your Web site or application and 2) reuse your existing Web site’s or Web application’s design or start your mobile design from scratch"

"Recently we got a chance to interview Erik Hersman. He is the co-founder of Ushahidi, a web application created to map the reported incidents of violence happening during the post-election crisis in Kenya."

"I want to distinguish blogging from reporting, and bloggers from reporters. But more than that, I want to distinguish the first question from the second". One day, all these debates about blogging / journalism / journalists / bloggers will seem quaint. Probably.

"The US and the UK might get all the attention but should we be looking to Canada for innovative open data initiatives?"

"All in all, it's not a massive change, as they say. But it all seems for the better. Reaction on Twitter seems fairly positive  and you can't ask for more than that!"

"The dominant platforms of the US web - Facebook, Google, and increasingly Twitter- all have several things in common, but the one that comes first to my mind is their sophisticated ability to track your declarations of intent".

"Part blogging tool, part social network, Intersect lets users tell stories as they are pegged to a certain time and place in a way that would eventually create a timeline for each user. But pulling back wider, Intersect will allow communities to share a more complete narrative of certain events". [via Ms Geary]

"More and more news organizations are using Tumblr to share content, with each taking a different approach to using the popular microblogging service."

"I decided to compare the websites of the FTSE100. Mainly I was interested in which companies had placed an emphasis on good design and user experience. Having collected all the screenshots, I thought I'd check Twitter to see if anyone else was interested in them". We were, and we'd like to see updated snapshots every six months ;-)