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August 28, 2008 | 4:02
Category: Links

links for 2008-08-28

BBC - Radio Labs - Archers - an everyday story of web development

Making a show into a database: "We created a data model that represented what we thought was important in The Archers [a BBC Radio soap opera] - including scenes, characters, character relationships (such as marriages or parent-child), locations, storylines and tags." (via palewire)

(tags: radio tagging database bbc socialmedia)
EveryBlock Los Angeles: Los Angeles local news and public records

Holovaty and company expand their local data aggregator to include the city of Los Angeles (and some data for the rest of L.A. County): "…fresh updates of nearby fire alerts, restaurant inspections and media coverage and more."

(tags: losangeles everyblock holovaty database local)

Changes to this site

2008.08.02: Regular readers (an oxymoron, since I haven't posted often enough to merit regular reading) will notice that the site looks different. I'm redesigning, and it's a work in progress. I intend to start posting with greater frequency soon. Meanwhile, let me know what you think of the new look.

Elsewhere

Find me on del.icio.us, Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr and Twitter (but I'm taking a hiatus from Twittering at the moment).

Media bloggers I read when I get the chance: Bradshaw, Dube, Echola, Glaser, Holovaty, Jarvis, Romenesko, Sholin, Smith, Sullivan, Welsh, Wu and others.

Contact me

To minimize spam, I don't post my e-mail address, but if you're a human this should help you figure it out: firstname@lastname.com

August 28, 2008 | 0:21
Category: News

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Delicious links: Er, on second thought…

OK. My short experiment in posting my Delicious bookmarks to the blog is over. My infrequent "real" posts are getting buried, and I'm not sure that these hodgepodge daily link lists are particularly useful except to people who have the exact same tastes and interests as I do. If ...

August 27, 2008 | 6:32
Category: Links

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