Relations

Category: Noteworthy

  • rel=”source” – Making the source relationship in journalism explicit

    The discussion on the reuse of content,  quoting ,  use of sources etc. is getting more attraction and attention from day to day. Following and being involved in that discussion quite heavily (disclosure, i was very much involved in dpa’s selection of Attributor) as well as the discussion on URL shorteners being evil a simple […]

  • Google launches reverse geocoder

    Google just added a functionality to its MAP API  i was waiting for for quite some time: a reverse geocoder. When our editorial staff is geocoding the news, it is often the case the initial address is slighty wrong (or approximate). Hence they have to move that marker a bit and get the new coordinates […]

  • Back from vacation

    For already some days i’m back from vacation (the first real summer holidays since a couple of years) and am still coping with the backlog (especially in catching up with the feeds in Google Reader). Instead of feeds i finally read some books (in reading order) Some quick comments on them: Exit Music: If you […]