links for 2008-12-11

"There’s a continuing stream of tools and resources for visualising all kinds of data". Very useful list.

"I was interviewed about the future of newspapers by Chris Vallance on the BBC's Radio 4 PM programme today and argued that local papers were part of the fabric of communities, like pubs and churches, and could not be replicated by a lot of fragmented websites".

"Police attempted to stop photographers reporting on a blockade of the Greek Embassy by Greek and British anarchists in London on Monday December 8". Luckily, the police in the UK are not as out of control as officers in Greece. But we are slowly but surely getting there, don't worry.