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linkdump for 2007.05.14

Military puts MySpace, other sites off limits
Out of the fear soldiers might reveal sensitive information to the enemy, soldiers are barred from using DoD networks to access sites like YouTube and MySpace. I’m sure this will be great for morale.
(del.icio.us tags: censorship military YouTube myspace)
User Generated Content Is About Efficiency And Growth, Not Exploitation
TechDirt uses the example of NYC’s MetroNorth online lost-and-found system to argue that with Web 2.0, everyone comes out ahead. But when businesses use UGC, does everyone come out ahead equally?
(del.icio.us tags: UGC Web2.0 transportation NYC)
Design Observer: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Typeface
This handy list of typography tips is largely geared toward print design, since none of your Web readers are going to have Frutiger installed.
(del.icio.us tags: typography design print)
Calif. Web site outsources reporting
It’s worth pointing out the difference between “outsourcing” and “offshoring” here. Newspapers are outsourcing when they hire a stringer to cover the city council meeting; they’re offshoring when they hire writers in India to watch them online.
(del.icio.us tags: offshoring journalism India globalization stupid)

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