Interestingness roundup

There have been a multitude of things that I've read over the last few weeks that made me think, "Hey, I should share this with everyone!" So following is a list of all the "interestingness" (word borrowed from Flickr) that readers of this blog might find useful.

One in 8 Million from NYTimes.com :
This might be particularly relevant for our next class. The New York Times is featuring one "character" per week in a multimedia presentation (photography slideshow with narration by the subject from interviews). I thought the photographs in the slideshows were phenomenal, and the stories the subjects told were really interesting. It says they are adding one new person per week, so I have it bookmarked to look at periodically.

10 Journalists You Should Follow on Twitter from the 10,000 Words Blog:
Interesting coverage on a number of journalists who post on Twitter, including short descriptions of each journalist recommended. I haven't had the time to look through each of their Twitter feeds yet, but what they post might be interesting enough to follow. At a minimum it will give you an idea of how other journalists are utilizing Twitter.

100 Excellent Free WordPress Themes from Smashing Magazine:
For those of you who are either considering starting a Wordpress blog or who have already started one and want a design change, this post shows a multitude (100 to be exact) of free themes available. There is also a new theme announced by Wordpress on Jan. 12 called Grid Focus.

15 Journalists' outstanding personal sites from the 10,000 Words Blog:
I looked through the Web sites featured on this list to get ideas for a possible Web site of my own. There are lots of different design ideas here -- take a look and see what you like and what you don't.

How to start a Twitter hashtag from contentious.com:
This post gives basic information on the theory behind and etiquette of starting hashtags for Twitter (hashtags are used for categorizing "tweets" for particular events so that they are searchable).

I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday and a happy new year!