Posted by Paul Smith on 21 May 2008 | Filed under: content issues
I’ve just read an interesting piece in the Guardian, concerning post-publication editing of articles, and how the Web has divided opinion on whether print versions of articles should match their online equivalents. Obviously, the nature of the Web allows for minor corrections (typo’s, spelling mistakes, etc) but should journalists have the power to change, or [...]
Posted by Paul Smith on 19 May 2008 | Filed under: conferences and workshops, trip reports
Day 3 This morning’s hangover was brought to you by Smithwicks. A short day today, with the conference finishing at around 1pm. Before the end, though, a couple of talks to go to before the final keynote. Firstly, was a session on ‘Data portability with SIOC and FOAF‘ from Uldis Bojãrs of DERI, Galway. This [...]
Posted by Paul Smith on 19 May 2008 | Filed under: conferences and workshops, trip reports
Day 2 After learning the lesson from yesterday’s ‘worst Full Irish Breakfast I’ve ever had in Ireland’, I headed off to the conference via Starbucks – this time my route problems of the previous day were banished, and I actually arrived early. Not early enough for the 8am sponsor presentation, though, so I hope somebody [...]
Posted by Paul Smith on 19 May 2008 | Filed under: conferences and workshops, trip reports
Intro This is a brief write up of Day 1 of the 2008 XTech conference held in Dublin, Ireland from 6-9 May 2008. Days 2 and 3 to follow. The proceedings and presentations from the conference are available for further reading. The theme for this year’s conference was “The Web on the Move”. Not being [...]