links for 2011-04-11

I'll be speaking at the Content Strategy Forum in London in early September

"Throughout May, the Guardian is opening its offices to developers as part of our commitment to the developer community. Each day from 4pm, you'll be able to turn up with your laptop and coffee, meet other developers, collaborate on projects or simply have somewhere to work for a few hours."

"I don’t think Tumblr is a journalistic platform". No, I mean with a service that allows you to combine text with pictures and publish it on the web, I don't see how it could possibly be used for journalism...[see also "Is blogging journalism?" and "Is ice cream strawberry?" passim]

Now there are over 70 slides, activity sheets, reading lists, videos, blog posts, posters and other resources on my compilation of things from Denver

From broadsheet print to electronic ink

"I’ve always wanted to do a “mash-up” of the words used in commercials for so-called boys’ toys. I did a little bit of this in my book, but now, thanks to Wordle, I can present my findings in graphic form. This is not an exhaustive record; it’s really just a starting point, but the results certainly are interesting."

Slightly more complex than "they stuck a bloke on top of a giant missile and crossed their fingers"

"There’s another option to consider here though. For a couple of years now Google have been providing customised search results. Whenever you search on Google, they take into account the links that you have clicked on from previous search results. I’m not surprised that I get a page of official links as those are the kinds of sites that I usually show most interest in. If Mr Brummer gets a page of pirate links then perhaps he should investigate who has been using his computer."

The Chancer has obviously not visited the tech team on the 3rd floor where normal dress code rules do not apply...

"Remote usability testing offers greater audience diversity and higher fidelity to real-world user motivations than in-person methods (but should not entirely replace them). We recommend using ‘Moderated’ testing for understanding an issue and "Unmoderated" to get large volumes of data."

The regulatory and broadcast infrastructure in the UK means we would probably take a different approach to this

"We can't estimate the time for any individual task in software development because the nature of the work is creating new knowledge."