It seems to me like there were a lot of earthquakes last week. Then I discovered Earthquakes In The Last Week, which marries USGS data and the Google Maps API. It looks like there were … but because this site has no archived data, I can’t compare it with, say the same week in 2006 (or even last week). So I don’t know if it’s more or fewer than normal … but there were a lot. At least to this uneducated eye. Check it out!
A new social site for journalists is scheduled to have a beta launch next month. Publish2, Inc. will facitilate journalist collaboration. “Journalists will also be able submit content, similar to the aggregator site Digg, and create their own personal profile page that can feature links to their work.” Although targeting traditional journalists, the site will also provide membership for “serious” bloggers (not yet defined).
The Seattle Times published a story today with the headline, “Study chips away at hormone therapy” (online: “Breast cancer rates fell with drop in hormone therapy, study says”) This is my response. Read the rest of this entry »
Notes from my Gnomedex session on Education and Technology.
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Lee LeFever has created a new “In Plain English” tutorial. This one is about Del.icio.us.
Day one of Gnomedex! I’ll be periodically blogging today … depends in no small part on connectivity. 
According to Arstechnica, Google will allow comments to be attached to news stories on Google News … provided they come from a person or organization featured in the news article. Comments are subject to editorial review. (How will someone “prove” they can speak for an organization?)
According to a new “guideline” (not “policy”), any CBC employee — not just those who are journalists — must obtain permission of their supervisor before starting a personal blog that “clearly associates them with CBC/Radio-Canada.” Even after getting approval, the blog “cannot advocate for a group or a cause or express partisan political opinion.” More a Inside CBC.com. (tip)
The acting editor in chief insists (in a comment) that this is a benign guideline (implication: no teeth): “we are trying to provide guidance for CBC staff that is consistent with existing practices and ensure the same high ethical and quality standards that are hallmarks of CBC.”
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