links for 2011-01-26

Simon Rogers with an informative guest post on journalism.co.uk

I'm entirely unclear whether this is really the NME's 50 darkest albums ever made, or whether someone has just tipped a pile of my CDs on the floor...

Not sure I agree with all of this essay, but I definitely agree with this bit: "Developing is not something to rush into expecting success from your first efforts. From the outside shipping useful software looks easy. It's an illusion created by the ease-of-use of the resulting product. If the product is easy, the process of creating it must be too. When I say it that way you can see it's not true."

Interesting look at the beginning of what seems to be a trend of local authority websites having adverts on pages

"Trying to fit into the schedule or habit of individuals should be the goal of any news organisations, like a mobile game. You need to take back the time being spent playing Angry Birds."

Interesting to think how some of these 'web' ways of thinking appear counter-intuitive if you are concentrating on holding on to your print era advantages

A round-up of some interesting stuff that seems to have come out of the weekend's History Hack Day.