2026-01-11 2 B Bob Weir is gone. He and Jerry Garcia were (at least to me) the sonic and vocal backbone of the Grateful Dead. He was less than two months younger than me. Jerry was older, but dead at 53. Phil Lesh made it to 84, dying in October 2024. Bill Kreut …›
2026-01-10 Not any more. The last thing David Hodskins emailed to me was “Don’t become a Hoosiers fan.” It was David who made me a Duke Blue Devils Basketball fan. David was an Iron Duke—an alumnus who contributed to the progr …›
2026-01-10 Whoosiers! The last thing David Hodskins emailed to me was "Don't become a Hoosiers fan." It was David who made me a Duke Blue Devils fan, by bringing me often to fill the other of his two season ticket seats in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Th …›
2026-01-09 Also, Gemini failed. I still don't konw. I think we could have powered two cities with the work Gemini just did, thinking slowly to help me identify the actress that my old pal Drew Youngs sings about in his video (and musical composition) Betty t …›
2026-01-08 That’s a PageXray of Craigslist.org. I ran it after reading Is Craigslist the Last Real Place on the Internet? by Jennifer Swann in Wired. It shows Craigslist doing no tracking at all. Nice! Craigslist also doesn’t interrupt your ex …›
2026-01-08 A model for the future Nice piece on Craigslist in Wired. One paragraph: “It’s not a perfect platform by any means, but it does show that you can make a lot of money through an online endeavor that just treats users like they have some autonomy an …›
2026-01-07 I’m thinking out loud here about how to get development rolling for MyTerms. I see three pieces required for a proof of concept: Browser plugin Web server plugin Data storage and retrieval When we first thought about this at Pr …›
2026-01-07 Why German keyboards wear out faster I need to keep coming up with new titles for blog posts that might end up being on any number of subjects. Mittwoch jumped into my head because it's German for Wednesday. I took two years of German in high scho …›
2026-01-06 Always buy in the past In 1991, my bride bought us both lifetime memberships in United Airlines' airport lounge, then called the Red Carpet Club. I forget the price; but it was cheap, considering. I'm guessing it was less than what one would pa …›
2026-01-06 Think about all the things that give you global scale online: The Internet The Web Email RSS Cash Credit Now think about what traps you: Every loyalty, membership, and rewards program Every subscription Every accou …›
2025-11-25 It’s time for turkey! Across the nation, approximately nine out of every 10 Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. And Americans aren’t the only ones celebrating the holiday. Around the world, people from countries such as Canada, Germany and Japan come …›
2025-07-22 The bold approach NYT Cooking used to define a strategy for recipe cards.Illustration by Ben DenzerBy Jayne LeeIn The New York Times Cooking, “cards,” or the containers that represent our content, are the first impression of our brand. They’re …›
2025-06-02 How we developed a dashboard tool created to help ease the workflow of managing puzzles for our Connections editor.Illustration by Su Yun SongBy Shafik Quoraishee and Wyna LiuIn the game Connections, every puzzle is a meticulously crafted challenge d …›
2025-05-27 An in-depth look at the process of making the weekly “Brain Ticklers” for The New York Times Gameplay newsletter.Illustration by Claire MerchlinskyBy Heidi ErwinMost of my work as a Senior Game Designer at The New York Times is oriented around the …›
2025-04-25 Shipping fast often means shrinking scope — but accessibility deserves permanence, not compromise. At The New York Times, product managers embedded it into how our teams think, build, and deliver using the power of the three P’s: People, Proces …›
2025-03-03 How we navigated the shift from Enzyme to React Testing Library at The New York Times.Illustration by Iris LeiBy Felipe BuenañoAs part of our efforts to maintain and improve the functionality and performance of The New York Times core website, we r …›
2024-10-02 A look into how editorially-driven algorithms assist content curation on The New York Times home page.Illustration by Vivek ThakkerBy Zhen YangWhether on the web or the app, the home page of The New York Times is a crucial gateway, setting the stage …›
2024-06-26 How upgrading to React 18 energized The New York Times website — and how we tackled some of the challenges we faced along the way.Illustration by Ben HickeyBy Ilya GurevichAs software engineers at The New York Times, we place a high value on p …›
2024-03-26 Illustration by Henri CampeãBy Kathy YangExperimentation is an important part of product development at The New York Times — it helps us measure the impact of our changes, ship features safely, and gain insight into user behavior. Experiments …›
2024-03-08 An exploration into The New York Times Growth Data team’s process of designing and building a new subscription reporting model.Illustration by Giulio BonaseraBy Amir MalekThe New York Times digital subscription offering is a complex service that ha …›
2022-08-22 by Lylla Younes and Al Shaw ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigate …›
2022-04-21 by Ruth Talbot On Thursday, ProPublica added staff COVID-19 vaccination data to the Nursing Home Inspect project. The virus has killed more than 150,000 nursi …›
2021-05-14 by Andrea Suozzo On Friday, we updated our Nonprofit Explorer database in two big ways. First, we’ve added the ability to view key employees and officers right on an orga …›
2021-01-11 by Lisa Larson-Walker In the midst of Wednesday’s assault on the U.S. Capitol, Twitter user @thejuliacarter gave voice to the outrage many felt at the stark difference be …›
2020-10-02 by Frank Sharpe As a member of the team responsible for keeping ProPublica’s website online, there were times when I wished our site were static. Static sites have a simp …›
2020-03-06 It's hard to do truly custom interactives work within WordPress. INN Labs' Pym.js Embeds plugin is built to make it easier for your newsroom to embed your latest data project, with help from NPR's Pym.js library. Other solutions often involve p …›
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2019-12-13 by Rachel Glickhouse ProPublica’s Documenting Hate collaboration comes to a close next month after nearly three years. It brought together hundreds of newsrooms around th …›
2019-12-03 WordPress and Drupal are both powerful Content Management Systems (CMS’s) and two of the most popular ones in use today. There are several key differences between the two, and selecting the best fit has more to do with the specific goals an …›
2019-10-23 by Rachel Glickhouse For nearly three years, ProPublica’s Documenting Hate project has given newsrooms around the country access to a database of personal reports sent to …›
2019-10-04 With a great WordPress site comes great responsibility. WordPress offers journalists a distinguished platform to publish and distribute their content, but keeping your site safe and secure can seem like an overwhelming and daunting task. Luckily, …›
2019-09-11 by Rachel Glickhouse On Wednesday, we’re launching a beta test of a new software tool. It’s called Collaborate, and it makes it possible for multiple newsrooms to work …›
2019-08-30 There have been some changes since our last blog post around Pop Up best practices for NewsMatch and other special campaigns, so we're releasing an updated guide. Here are some general recommendations and best practices for using popups as part of …›
2019-08-16 Workday Minnesota began publishing in 2000 with support from Minnesota’s labor community and was the first online labor news publication in the United States. Since then, Workday has won many awards and has grown to be a trusted source for news …›
2019-08-14 by Rachel Glickhouse Today we’re launching a guidebook on how newsrooms can collaborate around large datasets. Since our founding 11 years ago, ProPublica h …›
2019-08-07 Angeliki Kastanis, Associated Press I used to work as a sound mixer on film sets, noticing any hums and beeps that would make an actor’s performance useless after a long …›
2019-07-19 This week's release of updates to the Largo WordPress theme is all about improvements for images, pull quotes, and media. It also brings improved compatibility and editorial functions for the WordPress Block Editor. This release includes: An exa …›
2019-07-15 Miranda with Jonathan Kealing (INN’s Chief Network Officer) and INN Members Candice Forman from Outlier Media and Asraa Mustufa from Chicago Reporter. We had a blast meeting and chatting in person! I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect going in …›
2019-06-21 Ben Keith and Lucia Walinchus with Eye on Ohio's first-place award for magazine website. The award plaque. We're happy to relay the news that INN Member Eye on Ohio won First Place Magazine Website in the Press Club of Cleveland's ann …›
2019-06-10 by Hannah Fresques and Meg Marco So you want to explore the world through data. But how do you actually *do* it? Hadley Wickham is a leading developer of open …›