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2009-11-17 16:45

Open source journalism: The Gotham Gazette's budget games

Gail Robinson, editor in chief of the Gotham Gazette, and Amanda Hickman are two of my new journalism heroes. With a Knight Foundation grant, they've been creating a series of news games, which they're in the process of open sourcing. Switch is kind... Continued »
2009-11-11 07:52

Diving in to Open Atrium

I've given up for the evening on getting repeating events to work with Views Calendar. It took long enough just to get any calendar working, but the Spare Change calendar is once again alive and well. With that done, the next priority is (against a... Continued »
2009-11-04 21:11

Drupal: Facebook Connect or not to connect ...

Editor's Note: In the interest of sanity and others' edification, I thought it might be nice to start logging my travails developing Spare Change News in Drupal. I probably won't post all the updates to Instant History (the main blog), but the major... Continued »
2009-10-27 16:12

Google Reader only scales so well

I really don't know how I ended up being subscribed to 1369 RSS feeds, but I did. A lot of it is probably Twitter feeds, which I subscribed to using Dave Winer's Twitter OPML exporter because I wanted a backup of this stuff. So when I went to clean... Continued »
2009-10-02 07:31

(un)Borked

Recently, I've fallen in love with a number of web widgets: Feedly, which if you use Firefox and Google Reader, makes both so, so much better Google SideWiki, which is much ado about nothing Drupal Admin Menu, which makes administering a Drupal... Continued »
2009-09-11 21:02

Why I kind of hate Twitter, and really hate Twitter at @CNN

Twitter is a very, very small part of most stories that mention it, yet media outlets seem to be climbing over each other to promote it. "On these issues, I will not be muzzled, I will speak up and speak loudly against this risky plan," Wilson said... Continued »
2009-08-29 12:46

If I Ran The Paper ...

Ben's post just reminded me too much of my time at the New York Daily News to not play along. And like he said, "I'm awake. What the hell." Whiskey at every desk. Editor's drink Scotch. Senior editors, gin. Anonymous sources get code names. I had... Continued »
2009-08-06 05:14

What would you build on Twitter and Pushbutton?

Author's Note: This post is a work in progress. It is subject to revision, updates and possible deletion, so please, share your thoughts and help me better thing through it.-MM After a night of Entourage and PBR, we got to talking about Anil Dash's... Continued »
2009-08-05 22:36

Heads Up: Theme Update

I'm bringing the Morisy.com design up to the latest version of Instant Design. Overall it's not too drastic a change, but some images will likely break for a bit and the front page will require some heavy lifting. I've mostly been prepping it over... Continued »
2009-08-05 21:34

Things I hate but I love, or A journalism podcast I recommend

I've been tempted lately to start a Tumblr called "Things I Hate But I Love." For one, it's the perfect Tumblr name, in an Emily Gould sort of way, but also it's something I've been experiencing rather frequently. See: Overly complicated Starbucks... Continued »
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