Worlds Top 500 Super Computers Reviewed
MANNHEIM, Germany, BERKELEY, Calif., and KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—The 32nd edition of the closely watched list of the world’s TOP500 supercomputers has just been issued, with the 1.105 petaflop/s IBM supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory holding on to the top spot it first achieved in June 2008.
The Los Alamos system, nicknamed [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Super Computers – What are They?
December 30th, 2008 |
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One Week Left To Enter The “I Am The Future Of Journalism†Contest
December 24th, 2008 |
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There’s one week left to submit an entry to the “I Am The Future Of Journalism” Contest. The deadline is December 30.
We’ve gotten some great entries by journalists who are thinking creatively, passionately, and positively about the future. You can show your support for them by helping to rate the entries (some examples embedded below):
When A Newspaper Stops Publishing In Print, What Happens To The Print Advertising Dollars?
December 17th, 2008 |
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With all the debate over the future of newspapers, here’s a question I haven’t heard anybody ask (much less answer): If a metropolitan newspaper suddenly ceased to publish, leaving the city with no newspaper, what would happen to all of that newspaper’s ad dollars?
Most newspaper companies’ strategy right now is based on the assumption that [...]
Breaking News Link Journalism: Blagojevich Arrest
December 10th, 2008 |
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So you’ve got a big breaking story right in your backyard, e.g. the governor gets arrested for trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the President Elect. Your newsroom is on the case, but the story is still developing. There are national ramifications, so reporting goes beyond the local angle. How do you [...]
Crowdsourcing, citizen journalism, and the lesson of scrapbook news
December 9th, 2008 |
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I want to further explore the idea of “scrapbook news” as a way of reframing the crowdsourcing/citizen journalism discussion.
One reason mainstream news organizations haven’t embraced the concepts may be that the spirit (if not the letter) of the cit-j discussion tends to focus on the people involved rather than the news being covered. That is, [...]
Why not writing a story is innovation
December 8th, 2008 |
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Discussions about journalism innovation usually focus on technology: Twitter, RSS, Flash, Django, data visualization, and all the other cool stuff that’s making online news so rich.
But there’s an equally important conceptual aspect of journalism innovation. Newsrooms have to rethink the kind of stories they cover and the way they tell those stories, or all the [...]
Obama’s debt cutting plan
December 5th, 2008 |
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On Monday, President Obama unveiled a plan to reduce the deficit by $3 trillion, in part by increasing the tax burden on wealthy people and corporations.
We invite you to share your thoughts on Obama’s plan. Do you think it will succeed in cutting debt?
Upload a short video or share your thoughts on the proposed plan. You could be featured on CNN.
First Entry In The “I Am The Future Of Journalism†Contest: Daniel Bachhuber
December 5th, 2008 |
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The “I Am The Future Of Journalism Contest” has its first entry, and it’s awesome. Daniel Bachhuber is a journalism student at the University of Oregon, a photographer, web developer, member of CoPress, and a journalist with a compelling vision of the future:
Here’s the text of Daniel’s entry:
There are three important themes I’d like to [...]
Announcing the “I Am The Future Of Journalism†Contest
December 2nd, 2008 |
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Publish2 is launching a contest for journalists to promote themselves as the future of journalism. We believe journalism has a bright future, and we’re betting everything on that belief.
The winner of the “I Am The Future Of Journalism” Contest receives a prize that we know is increasingly valuable in journalism due to shrinking supply — [...]