Guardian: Riot theory is relative
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 14:52
Philip Meyer: “After personal computers with user-friendly software became common, using a computer wasn’t such a big deal. But the term CAR, for computer-assisted reporting, is still used today to describe what I prefer to think of as the application …
James Cridland: I made the wrong choice with Facebook
Thursday, 29 September 2011, 18:49
“The fact Facebook now posts whenever I read articles by The Guardian is spooky and weird: I don’t want people knowing that stuff, that’s too personal.”
Guardian: The first Guardian data journalism: May 5, 1821
Monday, 26 September 2011, 12:49
"Data journalism is not new: the very first Guardian – or Manchester Guardian as it then was – in May 1821 contained a table of data. For the first time, we've extracted that table so you can see it for yourselves. … The data would seem unc…
Guardian: Guardian Facebook app: FAQ
Friday, 23 September 2011, 21:03
"The Guardian Facebook app is a way of reading and sharing Guardian content from within Facebook. If you choose to use the app, then when you follow links to the Guardian's website, you will be shown the content on a Facebook page. This enabl…
Guardian Government Computing: Boundary Commission defends release of pdfs of new constituency boundaries
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 12:32
"The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) has defended its decision to release more than 500 pdf maps of proposed Parliamentary constituencies, stating that they believe they provided "an appropriate level of detail". … The decision w…
Guardian: Anders Breivik’s manifesto mapped
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 18:30
"The man behind the Norway bombings and shootings wrote a link-filled manifesto. To show the vast spread of websites he cites, and how they linked to each other, we turned to French visualisers Linkfluence."
Guardian: Reading the Riots study to examine causes and effects of August unrest
Monday, 5 September 2011, 15:17
"Reading the Riots is modelled on an acclaimed survey conducted in the aftermath of the Detroit riots in 1967. The findings of that study, the result of a groundbreaking collaboration between the Detroit Free Press newspaper and Michigan's In…
Guardian: Twitter traffic during the riots
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 13:55
"The Guardian has compiled a unique database of more than 2.5m tweets related to the riots, showing that the majority of surging social media traffic occurred after the first verified reports of incidents in an area."
Punkchip: Guardian interactive review: Flash vs. web standards
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 17:32
Interesting demonstration of rebuilding a Guardian interactive originally built in Flash using only CSS.
Guardian: Introducing Guardian Shorts
Friday, 5 August 2011, 11:57
"Guardian Shorts is a new series of ebooks from the Guardian, providing detailed guides to topical news stories, public policy, sports and cultural events. The ebooks will demonstrate the best of Guardian journalism, with timelines, data and comme…
Guardian: How Twitter tracked the News of the World scandal
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 19:07
Nice antimated timeline of Twitter reactions to the News of the World scandal.
Independent: Stephen Glover: What Mail Online could teach its rivals
Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 21:58
"Mail Online is not yet making a profit but it could be making serious money within a few years – a notion which would have seemed far-fetched only 18 months ago. The huge size of its ever-increasing audience is becoming attractive to advertiser…
New York Times: Guantánamo Files – A Note to Readers
Monday, 25 April 2011, 16:42
"The Guantánamo files were part of a huge trove of secret documents leaked last year to the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks. They were made available to The New York Times by another source on the condition of anonymity. National Public Radio…
Google Maps Mania: Government Cuts on Google Maps
Friday, 1 April 2011, 13:27
Several attempts being made to plot local spending cuts on a map, including crowdsourcing efforts by Channel 4 and the Guardian.
