Jul 29, 2008
The Times experiences blog boom
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- Tony Hirst's roundup of Guardian apps - Guardian API Talk | Google Groups
- BrownhillsBob does the Express & Star’s homework – whilst they relocate Shire Oak to Brownhills Market… « BrownhillsBob’s Brownhills BlogImagine my surprise this evening when I happened upon the local evening paper to find there was a whole feature about Shire Oak Reservoir, complete with lead-in on the front page. The article was clearly derived from my earlier blog post, but bore no kind of reference whatsoever to the Brownhills Blog.
- Can Computer Nerds Save Journalism? - TIME
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Help Me Investigate Blog
- Another investigation roundup: What’s happening with Birmingham.gov?
- Dogma meets reality - 2 compromises
- One test investigation and the story so far
- A case for Help Me Investigate as ‘public commissioner’?
- Video: Nick Booth explains Help Me Investigate at #localgovcamp
- There will always be early adopters
- Is this where we want to be?
- A lengthy quote from Yochai Benkler
- Media reaction to Help Me Investigate
- Some typical questions?
5 Comments, Comment or Ping
hessel
That chart is very accurate! We started posting our VIP membership accounts at the beginning of April. Very accurate, in deed!
Jul 29th, 2008
Simon Dickson
I’m not a fan of those ’stacked area’ charts: apart from the overall message that the total is up, it’s nigh-on impossible to extract the data for each individual blog.
Jul 29th, 2008
James Robertson
… - and is it just me or would it not be hugely useful to be able to go straight to the relevant blogs from the graph? - y’know - some embedded links?
Jul 29th, 2008
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