pinboard June 17, 2011

• Guardian News & Media to be a digital-first organisation | GNM press office | guardian.co.uk
  Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of the Guardian, has revealed plans to become a digital-first organisation, placing open journalism on the web at the heart of its strategy.

  Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of GNM, and Andrew Miller, chief executive of parent company Guardian Media Group (GMG), today outlined to staff a major transformation programme in response to "inexorable trends" in media consumption.

  Rusbridger told employees that GNM would "move beyond the newspaper, shifting focus, effort and investment towards digital, because that is our future".

• Influence Explorer
  Type in the name of a COMPANY, your LAWMAKER or a prominent INDIVIDUAL, and see how they’re influencing the political system.
• HMRC To Use ‘Web Robots’ To Hunt Down Tax Cheats | eWEEK Europe UK
  British tax authorities do spidering and data mining to find tax cheats. #NewsFromTheFuture via @slashdot
• White Male Bloggers Want Everything But the Burden of Oppression – COLORLINES
  Someday I’ll stop tweeting about this, but for now, kudos to @akibasolomon for one of the better #amina pieces I’ve read
• foursquare
  I’m at Automattic w/ @sferik
• Untitled (http://flavorwire.com/187793/linda-mccartneys-intimate-photos-of-the-beatles-hendrix-and-twiggy)
  Linda McCartney’s intimate photos of The Beatles, Hendrix and more Reminds me of The Lost Beatles
• The Lost Beatles Photographs | Brain Pickings
  Linda McCartney’s intimate photos of The Beatles, Hendrix and more Reminds me of The Lost Beatles
• Nat Friedman – Instant Company
  Great post for entrepreneurs by @natfriedman: Instant Company (aka "the startup stack, CxO edition" per @edd in email)
• On Diversity | Code for America
  RT @ycombinatornews: Code for America on diversity in recruiting
• Make: Online | Microsoft Channel 9 Live’s day of Kinect SDK hacking starting right now
  Sorry I didn’t get this livestream news out earlier $MS Channel 9 Live’s day of Kinect SDK hacking is going on now
• Why Twitter’s media critics are missing the point – Telegraph
  »@dangillmor: as @shanerichmond explains, calling Twitter smug "is like saying the telephone is smug" «
• – O’Reilly Radar
  My storified take on the disastrous implications of Apple’s new video-blocking patent
• Report: Facebook mobile platform will circumvent Apple’s App Store – FierceMobileContent
  It’s starting to look like a movement: then Revolts happen whenever companies overreach
• The FT Escapes The App Trap – Simon Says…
  It’s starting to look like a movement: then Revolts happen whenever companies overreach
• Apple Patents Tech to Stop iPhones Filming in Venues – Slashdot
  Now consider the implications of *this* architecture: Apple Patents Tech to Stop iPhones Filming in Venues
• How early Twitter decisions led to Weiner’s downfall – CNN.com
  The importance of software architecture: How early Twitter decisions led to Weiner’s downfall

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