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donohoe

32,641karma·3,769submissions·August 19, 2009
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I build web things for fun and sometimes I post on the social platforms

Web: https://donohoe.dev

Bluesky: @donohoe.dev

I build, or rebuild, big parts of media companies. Previously at Hearst, The New Yorker, Quartz, and NYT

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The New York Times has a number of open positions, about 10, in software engineering, web development and others. http://nyti.ms/webjobs Ping me if you'd like to know more.…
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Couldn't hurt to work/intern for a online news site and gain some experience.
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Sometimes there is a software issue, firmware update, diagnostic software etc that can help. Not always, but it happens enough that they'd need to be able to log-in. Still agree that asking for your p…
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Nope, not a hoax, but not a 'ban' either
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Ok, where to begin... - "The Times has tried twice to create pay-wall models that have utterly failed" Um, not true. They did it once. It was called Times Select. It actually worked quite well, howeve…
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Lets be clear. It is NOT a link. It is a Headline and Summary with a Link. Completely different. I doubt that changes your point or your mind, but lets be clear on whats going on. I would also add, th…
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I don't know for certain, but I think that IE, Chrome, others asked NYT for permission and don't just go ahead and use the RSS feed.
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No, not really. I personally think this whole mess is because they pre-packaged NYT RSS feeds and also used that in their screenshots (don't know that last point for sure, but I think thats the case?)…
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To: ahoythere "By that logic, Safari ships with Apple and CNN "built in"." Yes - but you bet Apple did actually ask CNN and others beforehand and CNN said Yes. That has been my experience.
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me = good focus + bad multitasker http://twitpic.com/1urx6m
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two dollars is a little arbitrary but I would like to see something along these lines - or at 24 hour period in which you can 'return' the app perhaps?
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If your competitors are really watching then I'm sure they'll find out regardless of an email from you. ... but you are completely within your rights to remove them. I don't see an ethical issue with …
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I'm one of the people who disagrees with #2 "Put down other interests section" - unless it is related directly to the job in question. If you're interviewing for a Developer etc. spot I don't really c…
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I've used YQL via the Console and works a charm unless the site prohibits it in its robots.txt (like Google Image Search) http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console …
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Text to Speech would be awesome but I would put it down as a 'nice to have'. Also, please bear in mind that there has been no substantive research to say that any of those education toys actually educ…
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True. At that point it comes down to a level of trust. Do you trust the organization based on your knowledge and experience. In this case I would say Yes. For many others I would say No.
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Agree. While you cover yourself you still make a slur to which the is little comeback.
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Sorry - my bad. I meant in so much as a government agency etc should be transparent (but that's not a great example either) :)
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Don't mistake lack of customer service for 'disdain'. For every issue related to Googles free products and services when have you ever really, and I mean really needed a traditional customer service…
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All fair points... but not sufficient as I said :)
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I should also point out that the Times CMS has needs beyond just publishing a web site. A short list of points to consider are a sprawling detailed and curated taxonomy, aggressive editorial publishin…
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Did more looking, two options emerging: (1) Get a Nexus One as its AT&T compatible but now I'm worried that hardware is a little dated... thoughts? (2) This seem to be the best AT&T phone opti…
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Its one of those things that unless we have direct access to your gmail account we'll just go running around in circles second-guessing...
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It will.
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Not true. NYT makes most of its money from ads, but also from archives, content licensing (Amazon etc), indexing, and things like online crosswords. Second, you might get it first on Twitter or what…
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