links for 2007-07-10

• Protest bloggers ordered to come out of the shadows - Times Online
  "Internet users will have to provide their real names, backed up by data from their identity cards, when posting messages on more than 100,000 websites registered in Xiamen."
  (tags: xiamen blogs realname identity privacy anonymity freespeech protest internet surveillance)
• "Persistent Censorship In China Produces Art of Compromise" By Edward Cody
  "In many ways, the country's 1.3 billion people are being deprived of the full bloom of their culture, with thousands of artists like Yan forced to calculate how much they can get away with rather than cutting loose with their talent unfettered."
  (tags: china censorship art innovation literature news journalism chineseinternetresearch)
• Open-Source Journalism: It's a Lot Tougher Than You Think
  "In which a member of crowdsourced journalism's "working class" shares a ground-level view of the motivations, the frustrations, and the potential of this movement"
  (tags: journalism journalism2.0 newassignment.net citizenmedia CitizenJournalism internet newmedia)
• Idealware: Comparing Open Source Content Management Systems: Joomla, Drupal, and Plone
  Very good explanation of the differences between these three CMS's.
  (tags: newmedia cms tools joomla drupal plone opensource webdesign reviews)
• Idealware: Top Ten Mistakes When Selecting a CMS
  "Selecting a content management system (CMS) can be a complex task, and organizations often run into pitfalls with processes, politics, and understanding the CMS environment."
  (tags: cms tools newmedia)
• Idealware: A Few Good Web Analytics Tools
  "we'll show you what to consider when choosing an analytics package, and identify free tools and robust applications that can help you better understand your site's visitors."
  (tags: webtraffic analytics statistics webanalytics newmedia)
• Concurring Opinions: Jonathan Zittrain: The End of Email
  "If one were denied email in 1997 it would eliminate much of the Internet's usefulness. Today it wouldn't be that big of a deal."
  (tags: email internet future socialnetworking IM)
• Digital Storytelling: A Tutorial in 10 Easy Steps
  A great resource published last year by J.D. Lasica
  (tags: newmedia video journalism internet education web)