I did a quick round-up of today’s #asnechat on news hackers. Enjoy!
Update: ASNE also Storified the chat.
Steve Jobs’ legacy and a lesson
A few minutes ago — a few hours after news of Steve Jobs’s death became public — I tweeted the following:
Steve Jobs’ greatest legacy is not the products he created, but what they enabled and who they inspired.
Soon after that, I thought of a lesson for journalism: we shouldn’t focus so much on what we do as much as what we enable, who we impact and what comes from all that. Continue reading Steve Jobs’ legacy and a lesson
ONA11: Evening events during the conference
Hey, everyone! I’m here in Boston through Sunday for this year’s Online News Association conference. I’ve compiled a list of evening events for networking, socializing, etc.:
Wednesday
Thursday
AAJA tweetup (waitlist)
Nieman Lab happy hour
ONA official opening night reception
Friday
SND@ONA meetup
Social Journalism/#wjchat meetup
Karaoke (disclosure: I’m organizing)
Saturday
I haven’t heard of anything planned yet for after the OJA banquet, but people always go out after
Anything I missed? Let me know in the comments!
Rushkoff challenges Gleick’s idea
Browsing my Google Reader on Sunday, I found a Q&A on Wired with Douglas Rushkoff discussing Program or be Programmed, a book I’d recommend to everyone.
Now before you leave because you don’t care about programming (you should care) or you think this will be too technical (it’s not), I need to clarify that the book is not so much about computer programming as it is about the more general concept of programming, plus understanding the biases of digital technology. As Rushkoff says, you either use the software or you are the software; you’re either the passenger or the driver, but not necessarily the mechanic. Continue reading Rushkoff challenges Gleick’s idea
A new look for The Linchpen
After three years on WordPress, I’ve finally put a fresh coat of paint on The Linchpen. The theme is called Oulipo and it has a clean, minimalist design.
Long-time readers will remember when this blog started on Blogger in November 2007 — that was design no. 1. The only other time the look has changed since then is when I switched to WordPress in August 2008. So that makes this the third coat.
I initially did some theme previewing and testing on a local sandbox (MAMP, ftw!), but this update is still very much a work in progress as I continue to make tweaks and improvements.
Drop a comment in below (or using this contact form) and let me know what you think. Thanks!