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As much as anything else, a user's impression of a web site has to do with how fast the site loads. But modern Web 2.0 websites aren't your father's Oldsmobile...

Paywall Performance for News -- the National Business Review (NBR) in New Zealand went to a paywall in mid-July, and Foo Camper Lance Wiggs says their visitor numbers reveal a grim picture...

The Newseum is worth the entrance fee. But it gives short shrift to journalism's economics, influence on society, and technology.

ProFORMA -- software which builds a 3D model as you rotate an object in front of your webcam. This and more in today's Four Short Links.

I am really impressed by Scala, though I have not used it on any real projects yet. Apart from reflection, it seems to be much stronger than Java in all the kinds of features that are good for XML document processing: co-routines, pattern matching and so on...

Onstage, Terrified – "It is always reassuring to read about the performance anxiety of the successful--whether it's a star pitcher feeling jittery before starting a World Series game or a concert violinist who admits to going into a meditative trance before walking out onstage," writes Philip D...

How to Find, Install, and Configure Drupal Themes How can I use an Android phone on Verizon's service? What's your backup system at home? ...

Copyright, Findability, and Other Ideas from NDF (Julie Starr) -- A newspaper industry guru attended the National Digital Forum where Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums talk about their digital issues, where she discovered that newspapers and GLAMs have a lot in common...

I have written in the past about the the vision that drove Steve Jobs in pursuing his ambition for Apple...