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Wednesday 10 November 2010

Why Wikipedia beats Wikinews as a collaborative journalism project » Nieman Journalism Lab: From Feb 2010. Wikinews' combination of deadlines and less of a formula for story structure than Wikipedia has proved challenging for collaborative writing.
Mediagazer: Don't know if it's good, but the method sounds interesting: “…the day's must-read media news on a single page. … We've combined sophisticated automated aggregation technologies with direct editorial input from knowledgeable human editors…”
Product invention workshops – Blog – BERG: One of the things BERG does for clients. I bet they're nothing but awesome.

10 Nov 2010 at Twitter

09:43am: @wonderlandblog Me too. *Looks at shelf of unread books and handful of unstarted games.*
09:45am: Working from home this morning just in case our new duvet cover is delivered to our flat by mistake. #toohardtoexplain
02:14pm: I was negligent in not updating you sooner, for which I apologise. The duvet cover arrived and was successfully handed over in the street.
02:29pm: @suegyford The crazy, shady duvet cover racket that happens when you live in an impenetrable fortified maze of concrete.
06:01pm: @mala Stewart Lee had a bit last night: "Remember letters? They were like... objects. Young people won't remember. Remember 'things'?"
09:07pm: Look Mum No Hands is a really nice evening hang out. Feels Continental/American: food, coffee, smoothies, bottled beer. Lovely.
10:09pm: @Alby I've managed to eat and drink there without ever having been to their website. Imagine! It's like the early 90s (with good coffee)!